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An Ohio man has pleaded guilty to having sex with an inflatable pool float. As if this isn’t alarming enough, Edwin Charles Tobergta was actually arrested in 2011 for the exact same act. Tobergta, 34, was arrested in June after being caught in the throes of pool float love-making – in broad daylight, right in front of several children, The Smoking Gun reports. What was he guilty of exactly (besides being perhaps a bit too faithful to an inanimate object of desire)?...

This has definitely been the newsiest week for signatures. First Jack Lew makes headlines for his loopy signature. And then Oakland Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain makes headlines after getting arrested for his signature. So what signature could McClain possibly have signed to get him arrested? Well, try “F— y’all.” Yes, that was what McClain actually signed when he was pulled over in Decatur, Alabama, for driving a car with (allgedly) overly dark window tinting, reports NBC Sports....

How’s this for a holiday greeting from your boss: Best wishes for incredible sexual relations! It happened in one workplace – a police department, no less. And it came from the very top – from Police Chief Euclides Santos of Coimbra, Portugal. His greeting was replete with racy images of scantily clad women, The Huffington Post reports. While the chief may have hailed his holiday message as hilarious, his colleagues at work felt it was in ho-ho-horrible taste....

Being an inmate in a Texan prison is already bad enough, but during Banned Books Week last week, the state’s institutions were under the spotlight for their censorship of canonical literary works. Apparently, Texas prisons are notorious for banning books with virtually no oversight and based on extraordinarily subjective criteria. The Texas Civil Rights Project, a non-profit organization, has been on the front lines of the fight to change the policy within the Texas Department of Corrections and Justice....

The University of Louisville fired head basketball coach Rick Pitino in October last year, amid allegations that an Adidas executive conspired to funnel money to the families of two top recruits in exchange for their commitment to the school and agreement to represent the brand after they turned pro. That sparked quite a bit of litigation between Pitino and Adidas, which had just inked a 10-year, $160 million contract with the school and paid Pitino $2 million last year....

Court of Appeals’ reversal of a trial court’s denial of plaintiffs’ mandamus petition seeking to prevent the closure of a private airport, holding that defendant-county’s action amounted to a project requiring environmental review under CEQA, is reversed as: 1) declining to renew the conditional use permit was not a public project under CEQA because the county did not directly undertake to close the airport, but simply decided not to reauthorize a private activity that required a permit; and 2) as the airport operation was the project in question, projects rejected by a public agency are specifically exempted from CEQA requirements....

Four teens in Colts Neck, New Jersey were arrested last week for stretching plastic wrap across a highway–a stunt that caused a minor motorcycle accident. Though the cyclist was not harmed, local police are now accusing the 13- and 14-year-old boys of terrorizing the town for days prior, breaking mailboxes, strewing trash, tampering with a child’s swing set, and wrapping a neighbor’s vehicle in the industrial-strength plastic. The teens have been charged with interference of transportation, theft, harassment, and criminal mischief....

Feeling a gnawing in your belly, but for a better job? Ready to sink your teeth into a new experience? Savoring the idea of a sweater career? Well, if you’ve got an appetite a new job (as well as snacks and sweets), we’ve got some jobs to serve up for you. As part of our affiliate partnership with Indeed, we’re bringing you the three coolest jobs we can find this week – and they all taste great....

It’s a tough market out there for unemployed lawyers. If you’re one of them, you may be considering a job outside the legal field. You may be thinking about “dumbing down” your legal resume to make yourself more marketable. Career experts have mixed feelings on this move. On one hand, a “dumbed down” resume may help get your foot in the door. But it may also raise questions and concerns about your veracity for the truth....

In a patent dispute involving the differentiation of adipose-derived stem cells, district court judgment finding that defendants were not co-inventors of the patent in question and granting a misjoinder motion is affirmed where there is clear and convincing evidence that plaintiff’s researchers conceived of each claim of their invention through contemporaneous corroboration before the arrival of defendants at the university. Read Univ. of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education v....

Defendant’s mail fraud conviction is affirmed, where: 1) there was no reasonable probability that the verdict would have been different had Defendant received certain undisclosed evidence; and 2) any variance between the indictment and the evidence presented at trial did not substantially prejudice his defense. Read US v. Emor, No. 07-3092 Appellate Information Argued December 8, 2008 Decided July 17, 2009 Judges Opinion by Judge Griffith Counsel For Appellant: Peter V....

A totally, like, righteous teenage snowboarder was fined $250 after a video of him chasing a moose was posted on the Internet. Wildlife officials in Montana fined the snowboarder after the video of him chasing a moose down a snowy mountain went viral, reports United Press International. The snowboarders were hitting the powder at Whitefish Mountain Resort when they crossed paths with the animal. While the teen thinks that chasing a moose while on a snowboard is “no big deal,” the Flathead National Forest Service disagreed....

Gilbert Arenas’s guilty plea to felony gun possession has raised questions about whether the Wizards may void his six years $111 million contract deal. As previously discussed, authorities charged Arenas with the felony gun violation after he admitted he drew guns in the team’s locker room during a standoff with teammate Javaris Crittenton on Dec. 21 at the Verizon Center. To escape paying Arenas the rest of his $80.2 million for four years after this season – the Wizards may seek to void the deal, and do so by invoking the morals clause in the uniform player contract under the league’s collective bargaining agreement, the New York Times reports....

This circuit. This glorious Federal Circuit, with its unique, specialized jurisdiction over a few niche areas of law. Typically, this circuit’s run-of-the-mill patent decisions are a bit dry. But 2014 was different. This past year brought a whole lot of Supreme Court intervention, a scandal that led to a resignation and reprimand, and a new chief judge. In other words: juicy blog material. Here’s what you found most interesting, judging by traffic numbers:...

Medieval enthusiast Fremon Seay and his wife Julie were arrested on Sunday after forcing their 16-year-old daughter into a duel. The Yelm, Wash. couple reportedly felt that an early morning fight was the solution to the girl’s disobedience. Fremon allegedly told the unnamed teen to “put on your armor,” and then attacked her with a wooden sword. Her armor–makeshift padding and a helmet–did nothing to prevent bruises all over her body....

California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye wears many hats. In addition to her role as the state’s top jurist, she serves as Chair of the Judicial Council and Chair of the Commission on Judicial Appointments. In the latter role, she announced this week that the Commission has confirmed three of Gov. Jerry Brown’s appointments to the California Court of Appeal. So who are the newly-elevated judges? Judge Adrienne M. Grover, Judge Rosendo Peña, Jr....

Harvard Law School announced that they will be interviewing candidates next year via Skype. Previously, the school held telephone interviews with prospective students, but now the school will have a chance to not only hear, but also see, eager applicants. Harvard is already in the minority of law schools by conducting interviews at all, reports The Harvard Crimson. Now the university is pushing the envelope again with Skype interviews. For prospective students who are about to appear on camera before Harvard deans and admissions officers, here are five tips to have a winning interview:...

It’s rare for someone to dribble in both senses of the word at the same time: to spill liquid and to bounce a ball. Used in a sentence, the baby dribbled while drinking but could not dribble a basketball. Paul Rowley, however, can really dribble. He is both a college basketball player and a law student. That’s what makes him rare. Natural for Basketball Rowley is a natural for basketball, if you consider he is 6 foot, eight inches tall....

Last year Federal Communications Commissioner Michael O’Rielly suggested that half of the nation’s 911 calls were no emergency. Now researchers have confirmed that there is something to this statement, in San Francisco at least. Pocket dials – also known by the more crude appellation “butt dials” – make up almost one third of the city’s emergency calls, according to data from Google researchers shadowing dispatchers. Emergency line operators said these accidental calls were the biggest “pain point” in their day....

It’s election year, and with the election approaching, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is not swaying on the requirement that broadcast television stations post details of political advertising transactions online. The National Association of Broadcasters brought a petition to stop the requirement from kicking in. It filed an emergency motion to stay the rules. But the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denied that motion on July 27. The disclosure rules were adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in April....