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Conviction of defendant-chiropractor of sexual battery by fraud for touching the intimate body parts of his patients while purporting to examine them is affirmed as there is substantial evidence to support the jury’s finding that defendant committed sexual battery by fraud because there is sufficient evidence from which the jury could find that the patients were unconscious of defendant’s sexual intentions at the time of their treatment, and because the evidence also shows the victims’ unconsciousness was attributable to defendant’s fraudulent representations - both implied and actual....

The world’s No. 1-ranked golfer Rory McIlroy is being sued by Oakley after the 23-year-old signed an endorsement deal with Nike. Oakley claims that McIlroy breached his contract with the company by agreeing to come to terms with Nike and dropping Oakley, reports ESPN. The sunglass and apparel company said that it tried to use a “right of first refusal” clause in its existing contract to retain the young golfer, but McIlroy ignored the counteroffer, thereby breaching his contract....

The California Courts of Appeals decided a criminal case where a key witness was made unavailable, a claimed violation of CEQA by a city for assessing a fee for an appeal, a challenge to the Medical Board of California’s noncompliance with a statute, and whether an amendment has a retroactive effect in sentencing criminal defendants. Lastly, the Supreme Court of California dealt with a death-row inmate’s array of arguments challenging his conviction....

Odds are, when you see a mounted animal, the first thing you think of isn’t, “Do you have a permit for that?” But perhaps it should be. Taxidermy requires both a federal and state license, and sometimes even special permits, such as the case with migratory birds. Who knew?! So before you decide to stuff your recently deceased pet so that your toddler child doesn’t have an emotional breakdown, think twice and consider these laws....

People of North Carolina: Did you ever worry that your local police and prosecutors weren’t working hard enough to stop teenage flirting? Do you ever wish cops were aggressively patrolling for consensual acts of communication? Or maybe you’re concerned that law enforcement wasn’t swooping in fast enough to protect young people from no harm whatsoever. Well, if that’s the case, you can rest easy tonight. Because the hammer of justice is coming down hard on two North Carolina teenagers who consensually texted sexually explicit photographs of themselves to each other....

We have all been there. Searching for the perfect job. Or sometimes, searching for any job at all. It’s a tough station in life…getting hopes high with a promising job post and then then working furiously to tailor your resume and cover letter, only to hear that they will keep you ‘in mind for the future’, or never hear back at all. If you are in the doldrums of job searching, don’t let up....

An Ontario, Canada, man is being charged with two counts of mischief by Canadian authorities for bringing a Carrie Underwood song, ‘Before he cheats,’ to life. Allegedly, the 43-year-old Canadian from St. Mary’s not only punctured the windshield and slashed the tires of a Dodge truck, he may have left an oversized note on the windshield saying: “I might’ve saved a little trouble for the next girl.” While the Carrie Underwood song is about a woman vandalizing the car of her man/lover/boyfriend (or former man/lover/boyfriend) who has cheated on her, it’s unclear if there is any motive for the vandalism in this case....

Trial court’s denial of the United Teachers Los Angeles’ (union) petition to compel arbitration of a dispute with Los Angeles Unified School District (district) over alleged collective bargaining agreement violations is reversed where as the charter school provision of the collective bargaining agreement is not preempted by section 47611.5(e) of the Education Code. Read United Teachers Los Angeles v. Los Angeles Unified Sch. Dist., No. B214119 Filed September 17, 2009...

President Trump, who opposed the merger of AT&T and Time Warner when he was a presidential candidate, has not tweeted a thing about it since then. And despite opposition from key Democrats in Washington, the proposed merger looks as likely to occur as it did when the companies announced their plan last October. That’s not a prediction, just a statement of the moment. A lot has happened on the track to the powerhouse merger since last year, but no one has stopped the train....

In plaintiffs’ suit against the defendant-Newman Trust for breach of fiduciary duty based on fraud, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed as the Code of Civ. Proc. section 366.2 period of limitations is applicable to fraud claims based on statements of the decedent on behalf of a trust of which he was trustor and trustee, even though the action is against the successor trustee. Read 1680 Prop. Trust v. Newman Trust, No....

Nerds around the world rejoiced at the news that Natalie Portman would play Justice Ginsburg in a biopic about Ginsburg’s extraordinary life. That got us to wondering about judges in movies. They’re fairly common – every dramatic courtroom scene needs a judge, after all – so who are some of the great judges in movies? Judge Dredd – “Judge Dredd Of course he is. And we’re not talking about the 2012 Karl Urban reboot; we’re talking about the original 1995 action extravaganza starring Sylvester Stallone as law enforcement in a dystopian future....

Work-life balance. It’s something that many lawyers struggle with and if you’re unsatisfied with your professional life, it’s easy to subsume yourself into your work, thinking that the more hours you put in, the more it’ll pay off. Diminishing returns is what we’d say to that. And if you don’t want to die of a heart attack after 15 years of working 200-hour weeks, you might want to try a little bit of balance....

It gives new meaning to corporate branding. (Rim shot.) They aren’t the first to think of the idea (though voluntarily getting “Oracle” tattooed on your chest might be the weirdest example). Last month, long-time Louisville Cardinals Coach Rick Pitino fulfilled a promise to his team to get a tattoo commemorating the national championship. Other members of his staff got similar tattoos, which will only be awkward if they are later hired by, say, the Kentucky Wildcats....

Adjunct: a thing added to something else as a supplementary rather than an essential part. It doesn’t sound so glamorous when you say it like that, but if you are still interested, the American Bar Association wants to open the doors for more adjunct faculty in law schools. The ABA is considering whether to eliminate a rule that has required full-time faculty to teach at least half of a law school’s upper-level courses....

The Court of Federal Claims’ dismissal of plaintiff’s takings claim pursuant to RCFC 12(b)(6) is affirmed as the court did not err in holding that the plaintiff failed to allege a legally cognizable property interest for Fifth Amendment purposes in the ability to freely transfer a portfolio of insurance policies, and thus, there was no cognizable property interest that could be taken when the Risk Management Agency rejected the proposed sale to another company in the crop insurance business....

After Dish Network’s Charles Ergen announced his resignation, his personal stock dropped almost $1 billion by the end of the week. He had started the business almost 40 years earlier, selling satellite dishes out of the back of a truck in rural Colorado. His resignation pushed down the company’s value, but he still owns 48 percent of it and has a net worth of almost $15 billion. Good for him, but no so much for investors....

A state appeals court said American Apparel’s founder cannot sue for defamation based on a press release that announced his termination. The California Second District Court of Appeal said Dov Charney’s case, Charney v. Standard General, was barred as a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation and affirmed a trial court’s order dismissing the case. Judge Terry Green had thrown out the case because Charney could not show a likelihood of prevailing....

Lobbying on health issues does not belong in the court system. That’s the message the Federal Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit sent in CoMed Inc v. Sebelius. The Coalition for Mercury-Free Drugs filed a lawsuit against the Federal government to suspend the Food and Drug Administration approval of thimerosal-preserved vaccines, claiming that the vaccines pose numerous threats, including autism in children. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D....

In the fallout of the cyberwar on politics and business, few are working on achieving cyber peace. Scott Shackleford, a law professor and researcher, is one of those few. He says peace will come from proactive policies, not after-thoughts in the aftermath of major cybersecurity breaches. “Achieving some measure of cyber peace requires the active involvement of public and private stakeholders,” he says. For in house counsel, that means applying due diligence standards to cybersecurity....

An elderly Florida woman has moved on from feeding bears to feeding birds, in violation of probation. 81-year-old Mary Musselman was on probation for feeding bears. Now she’s being held without bail for violating her probation by feeding crows, Tampa’s WTVT-TV reports. If you’re an animal lover, you might think this is mean. But when you learn why she was arrested, you might feel otherwise. In Florida, like in many other states, feeding bears and other wild animals is illegal....