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David Morgan is the sole owner of UTA Management, an S Corporation. In 1999, Morgan caused UTA Management’s assets to be contributed to UTAM, a newly formed limited partnership. UTA Management owned a 99 percent partnership interest in UTAM. Morgan later agreed to sell the partnership interests of UTA Management and DDM Management, a separate S corporation that Morgan and his family members owned, to an unrelated insurance company. More than six years after the filing of UTAM’s 1999 partnership return, but less than six years from the filing of Morgan’s 1999 individual return, the IRS mailed a notice of final partnership administrative adjustment to DDM Management (UTAM’s “tax matters” partner) pertaining to UTAM’s 1999 tax year....

There’s no doubt the children are our future. But with the drastic effects of climate change looming, their future is looking bleak, environmentally speaking. So what can be done? Sue the adults! At least, those adults in charge of the government. Back in 2015, 21 children sued the U.S. government (from then-President Barack Obama to 11 federal agencies and their secretaries), claiming federal fossil fuel policy violates the Ninth Amendment rights of future generations....

Being busted for marijuana possession isn’t much more than a low-level misdemeanor in most of the country. But don’t tell that to Tennessee Titans WR Kenny Britt–he’s now being charged with three crimes–including a felony–after evading police to protect his marijuana-toting passenger. One would imagine it would make him feel stupid. According to police, Bayonne, New Jersey officers attempted to pull over Britt for going over 70 mph in a 50 mph zone, reports USA Today....

Remember Anna Alaburda, the litigious law graduate who started the Thomas Jefferson Law class action lawsuit? Alaburda graduated from Thomas Jefferson Law in 2008 with honors. Despite the prestige associated with Thomas Jefferson Law (they’re ranked “unranked”!), she was unable to find a legal job. Disgruntled and probably a little miffed that her attorney dreams went unfulfilled, she decided to file a class action lawsuit against Thomas Jefferson Law, according to The Wall Street Journal....

Gone are the days when marriages could only be performed by a priest in a church or an official in city hall. Now just about any Joe Schmo can perform a marriage ceremony, if they click a few buttons online. And while the new Wild West of wedding officiants can leave brides and grooms wonder whether their union is actually legal, it can also open the doors for some fun marriages and ministers....

Anyone who has rented out their house or apartment through online home-sharing service Airbnb has probably asked themselves, at least rhetorically, what’s the worst that could happen? Well, a San Francisco woman’s experience with an unruly Airbnb tenant in her Palm Springs condo is illustrating the dark side of the burgeoning sharing economy. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the Airbnb tenant stopped paying rent 30 days into his stay, but now refuses to leave and is using California’s tenant’s rights rules to remain in the woman’s condo rent-free....

Law firm leaders expect more rain in the making for the rest of the year, according to a new survey. Citi Private Bank announced the results from a poll of 157 law firms, largely from the top 200 law firms in the nation. They forecast more opportunities for new associates, also. But optimism was statistically guarded, as only 51 percent of the respondents expressed confidence that the rest of the year will be considerably better....

Law has certainly become a more welcoming field for women in recent years, but when looking at your options, do you know the best law firms for women? We didn’t either until we saw the 2012 Best Law Firms for Women survey by Working Mother magazine and a company called Flex-Time Lawyers LLC. The unranked list of 50 firms offers some valuable insight into what makes a firm friendlier to women, and working mothers in particular....

Perhaps you’re in law school now and you can feel the inevitable slide of your enthusiasm and progress in class. If you’re in your first year, this can be especially troubling. Should you stick it out? Or maybe you’ve considered quitting law school? Maybe you should consider another option: getting a tutor for law school. And although a lot of your law school contemporaries might be unwilling to reveal whether or not they’ve considered this line of action, don’t be too quick to disregard it for fear of bruising your ego....

One appellate court said President Trump’s latest travel ban “drips with religious intolerance, animus and discrimination.” It’s one thing for a court to say that, but should corporations ever speak up against policies they find destructive? Major corporations, like Ford, Google, and Facebook, have spoken out loudly against the president’s policies. They have become part of a diverse choir for corporate speech, causing companies to consider the difficult question about when to exercise their First Amendment rights....

When it comes to the so-called patent dance, state law cannot be invoked to force a party to be a dance partner. At least, that’s how the recent Circuit Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision in Amgen v. Sandoz is being interpreted. If that case name sounds familiar, that’s because these two have been battling it out for some time and have been making headlines in pharma and patent circles....

In an action for breach of contract and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, trial court judgment for defendant is reversed where the court erred in finding that the general specifications document was not part of the written license agreement between the parties, as the undisputed extrinsic evidence shows that the document was one set of specifications that plaintiff provided to defendant pursuant to their arrangement, and thus defendant was bound by the terms in the document....

Some people just can’t keep their hands to themselves. Others have the exact opposite problem. Nowhere is this point better illustrated than ex-Santa Fe police sergeant Mike Eiskant, 41. He was caught allegedly masturbating in his squad car after having a sexual conversation. But who was the lucky recipient on the other end of Eiskant’s allegedly steamy chat? A girlfriend, a stripper, another officer? Nope, try again. The other party was none other than Eiskant himself....

Welcome to “First Week at the Firm,” a new FindLaw feature for beginning associates, focused on helping you navigate the transition into firm life. We hope you’ll enjoy this new series and come back regularly for more insider tips. Remember the kid in grade school who cheated off your test, then complained when his score wasn’t high enough? Or the girl you politely made conversation with at the law school mixer, only to have her latch on to you like a blood starved tick for the rest of the night?...

In a class action suit brought by landowners against the Bureau of Reclamation involving contracts authorizing landowners to use stored groundwater, dismissal on the merits is affirmed where: 1) the word “term” in the plaintiffs’ contract refers to the designated 10-year term set forth in the contracts and does not include any periods of renewal following that initial 10-year term; 2) plaintiffs’ contracts are not long-term contracts within the meaning of the 1939 Act, 43 U....

Former police officer’s FEHA suit Grobeson v. City of Los Angeles, B207551, concerned a challenge to the trial court’s grant of plaintiff’s motion for a new trial on the ground of juror misconduct as to the discrimination, retaliation and constructive discharge claims, in a former police officer’s suit against the City of Los Angeles and a commanding officer, for unlawful retaliation and discrimination in violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), and constructive discharge....

George Washington University is already very LGBT friendly. According to the GW Hatchet, the school already receives perfect marks on the Law School Admissions Council’s LGBT survey due to its nondiscrimination policy and LGBT-focused student organizations, classes, and faculty. To those who are concerned with such things, we’d think that the perfect score on the LSAC LGBT survey would suffice, but it’s not like the question can hurt, can it?...

Erica Kinsman, a former Florida State University student who accused former Seminole quarterback Jameis Winston of sexual assault in 2013, has filed a civil lawsuit over the matter. The lawsuit is the latest in a series of legal battles over the alleged incident, after law enforcement and university investigations and failed to produce probable cause for criminal charges or proof that Winston violated school conduct rules. So what does this lawsuit allege and how might it be different than the criminal and university cases that preceded it?...

In an appeal from a paternity judgment finding that Plaintiff was the father of Defendant’s son, the judgment is reversed, because the child’s biological father signed a voluntary declaration of paternity, which functioned as a judgment of paternity under Family Code section 7573. Read Kevin Q. v. Lauren W., No. G040343 in HTML. Read Kevin Q. v. Lauren W., No. G040343 in PDF. Appellate Information Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, Robert D....

Gregory Langadinos has been a law student for many years but he’s become more famous as a law school litigant than as an attorney. Which makes sense since he never graduated and isn’t admitted to practice. Langadinos first enrolled at Southern New England School of Law (now the University of Massachusetts School of Law). He promptly flunked out and then enrolled at Touro Law School in New York. When he flunked out there, he applied for readmission to his original school....