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Full disclosure: I speak from a place of failure. I went into law school thinking I’d spend the rest of my life with the woman I was dating at the time. By the end of 1L year, we were teetering on the edge. Shortly after 2L year began, and long-distance entered the equation, we were finished. It was all for the best. After all, as busy as I was 1L year, my schedule is still pretty packed with full-time blogging, part-time lawyering, and nights and weekends spent crying into $1....

An Arizona vampire, er, bloodsucker, named Aaron Homer was sentenced to three years of probation for stabbing his roommate after he refused him his blood. Yeah, you can’t blame this one on Edward Cullen and crew. They’re vegetarians. And the only girl involved was 21–not 15. Aaron Homer and his girlfriend are so into “vampire stuff” that they often see fit to act out the more gruesome scenes from True Blood....

First Sesame Street, now food. In the wee hours of the night, four people – including two dressed as a banana and lobster – sauntered into the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Student Union building and allegedly ‘split’ after stealing a wooden critter sculpture worth $1,000, The Daily Tar Heel reports. The lobster and friends might soon find themselves in hot water for larceny, or possibly even burglary....

What can Dolly Parton teach you about making it as an attorney? More than you’d expect. There are even some legal life lessons to be learned from the likes of Lou Reed and Pharrell. When it comes to inspiration, we here at FindLaw aren’t afraid of looking beyond the law firm door. You shouldn’t be either. With that in mind, here’s the best of our celebrity-inspired lawyering lessons. In 2014, Pharrell was big, but his hat was bigger....

California is often seen as the renegade state – going left, when the other states go right. And so it seems, California is poised to do so again. While, according to the Guttmacher Institute, over 40 laws (in less than two dozen states) have been passed restricting a woman’s right to choose, California has passed a bill that would allow non-physicians to perform first-term abortions, reports the San Jose Mercury News....

Kim Jong Un has lobbed missiles and threats at places like Japan, Guam, and the United States. But Hun Sen, Cambodia’s prime minister, said he’ll attack his own people with rocket launchers. Sam Rainsy, a political rival in Cambodia, wants to remove the Facebook factor. He came to the United States to sue for it. Fake “Likes” It gets uglier, if that is possible. Rainsy says Sen is also creating fake Facebook accounts to make himself look good....

Trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant-insurance company is reversed and remanded where: 1) any claims presented by the plaintiff-corporation that employed the nurse were covered claims despite the fact that the corporation changed its name to a name not listed in the insurance policy; and 2) the phrase, “original claimant under the insurance policy in his or her name” includes the affiliated corporation into which the employer corporation was merged because the merger was an internal restructuring of a family of corporations, and did not expand or otherwise change the ownership or control of the operations, and because the surviving corporation continued the employer corporations’ corporate activities as well as its hospital operations....

Former “Baseball Wives” star Anna Benson found herself under arrest Monday after allegedly busting into her estranged husband’s home with a gun. Police say Anna Benson arrived at former Mets pitcher Kris Benson’s home on Sunday, threatened Kris with an “expandable metal baton,” held Kris up with a handgun, and demanded he pay her, all while wearing a bulletproof vest, reports TMZ. Kris Benson filed for divorce last year, but these new criminal charges might mean a bit more trouble for Anna than divorce court....

Life is less than golden for Benjamin Golden. The ex-executive for Taco Bell who was filmed drunkenly hitting an Uber driver issued a public apology after the driver sued him, Taco Bell fired him, and prosecutors charged him criminally for the attack, according to ABC7 in Los Angeles. The driver, Edward Caban, posted a video on YouTube of Golden falling over in his vehicle, being surly and uncooperative, and then finally hitting him in the head....

After their recent victory to have Harvard’s controversial seal removed, the group Reclaim Harvard has focused its attention on another controversial issue: ending tuition at Harvard Law. The push is the main thrust of the “Fees Must Fall” campaign which began several weeks ago during the law school’s Admitted Students weekend. But is tuition really a thing of the past for the nation’s top law school? Reclaim Harvard Sit In The group Reclaim Harvard has ensconced itself in Caspersen Center Student Lounge and has holed itself up there since February this year....

Are you in the business of Supreme Court predictions? Do you want to be? It could be a quick (albeit possibly illegal) way to make some cash. You see, it turns out that our almighty brethren are a predictable bunch. They may play nice when off the bench, but when it comes to voting, they often stick to party lines. But you see, even that may be irrelevant. There’s a spiffy new algorithm out, and it has an 83% overall accuracy rate....

If you’re struggling to spot issues in case briefs, and exam time is creeping up on you like a package filled with volatile fireworks being hurriedly carried across a train station platform, you might want to consider getting some help ASAP. If you haven’t figured it out yet, law exams don’t test your ability to lawyer as much as your ability to spot the issues. And if you struggled on the logic games section of the LSAT, it’ll probably take you a little longer to hone your issue spotting skills....

Who knew cat-sitting could be so dangerous? William Baxter of Homer Glen, Illinois, claims he was “viciously attacked, bit and clawed” by a cat he was watching for his neighbor, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Baxter has filed a lawsuit against the cat’s owner, Christine Bobak, claiming significant injuries to his ring finger and left arm. He’s seeking a whopping $100,000 in damages. But wait, it gets weirder: Baxter and Bobak may actually be married....

Suspended divorce attorney, Karen Andrade, probably would have been able to maintain her alleged secret identity had it not been for her neighbor’s busy-body ways. Perhaps it’s too soon to tell. Andrade, 51, was charged with prostitution and pleaded not guilty to sexual conduct for a fee in a Northampton District Court; and she was released on her own recognizance. Investigations into Andrade’s behavior first began when her next door neighbor alerted local police that she had seen numerous men coming and going to Andrade’s apartment and only staying a short while....

Never underestimate the stupidity of people on social media. Two adults, who were initially presumed to be teenagers, admitted to and were arrested for abusing a baby alligator by capturing it, blowing smoke into its face, feeding it beer, and using its tail to drink beers off. What’s more, these geniuses thought it would be a good idea to post their abuse of the baby animal that is protected by both state and federal law on Snapchat....

Priscilla O’Malley checked into a hotel room, but her husband started to worry when she didn’t answer her phone. After making many calls, he contacted the hotel clerk to find out if his wife was alright. A hospitality worker went to check, but he didn’t see her inside. Mrs. O’Malley, lying alone on the floor of the darkened room for the next 10 hours, had suffered a brain aneurysm. In O’Malley v....

A model who was arrested for taking part in a nude body-painting exhibition in New York City’s Time Square has filed a lawsuit against the city and the New York Police Department. 30-year-old Karla Storie’s lawsuit claims she dropped her underwear just seconds before the area was covered with paint by artist Andy Golub during the artist’s 2011 Time Square public exhibition, reports the New York Post. Nevertheless, she was arrested on charges of public lewdness and exposure....

Though the NTSB may be getting a bum rap for the way it handled the Asiana Flight 214 investigation, it still knows when to slap down a pilot who is misbehaving. In Taylor v. Huerta, the D.C. Circuit Court approved of the National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) doing just that, denying a petition to review a pilot’s case where he lied or, at best recklessly omitted, a prior DUI arrest when applying for a medical certification....

Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees are known for being top-notch competitors on the gridiron, but what about in the courtroom? The case was filed in the U.S. District Court in Minneapolis. Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and the rest of the plaintiffs are requesting an injunction to keep the NFL and team owners from locking out players. The NFL Players Association (NFLPA) and the NFL have been negotiating for months for a new collective bargaining agreement but negotiations have broken down....

The Summer Olympics start today, and with them come the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat, the desire to get out there and take up pole vaulting or competitive gymnastics. But hey, your days of being the next Michael Phelps or Mary Lou Retton are probably behind you. That doesn’t mean you have to give up on a career in sports, though. As part of our affiliate relationship with Indeed, we’re bringing you the three coolest, sports-related jobs this week....