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In your young and crazy days, did you ever do something you regretted? Have you ever been thankful that the watchful eyes of social media and smartphones with cameras weren’t lurking behind every corner? We know we have. With young adults facing more and more scrutiny in job searches, their Internet history may come back to haunt them (and in very rare cases help them). On Monday, Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 568 into law, making California the first state to require website operators to allow a minor “to remove, or to request and obtain removal of, content or information posted on the operator’s Internet Web site....

Jerry Sandusky will probably continue to be paid more than most people in rural Pennsylvania despite the fact that he’s been convicted of 45 counts of child molestation and is currently sitting in prison, thanks to Sandusky’s Penn State pension plan. When Sandusky retired from Penn State in 1999, he received a $148,271 lump sum payment, plus the right to receive a $4,900 payment every month for the rest of his life under Pennsylvania’s State Employees’ Retirement System (SERS), reports Fox News....

Despite conflicting reports of what went on at the LSU football bar fight, Baton Rouge police have acquired arrest warrants for LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson and linebacker Joshua Johns. Suspended from play until further notice, both are now facing felony second degree battery charges and are accused of beating a man with the help of fellow LSU football players Chris Davenport and Jarvis Landry. One witness also claims that Jefferson kicked the victim in the head....

With the inauguration of Donald Trump upon us, a Florida man who posted a video making a clear threat to kill Trump on inauguration day was arrested yesterday outside a Subway submarine sandwich store. While the individual is currently being evaluated by the court in regards to his mental health, from the basis of one report, it looks he has been suffering from known mental health issues. Surprisingly, the man apparently has ties to the Clintons....

More woman partners are being promoted to equity partners at the Big Law firms, says a 2011 study. This result is a bit surprising as there have been conflicting data that fewer women are entering Big Law practice and the ones who enter firms tend to leave as they advance in seniority, reports The Wall Street Journal. Overall, the data is still bleak for woman. Women make up only 15% of equity partners nationwide, about the same number as in 2006....

A man (or woman) is king of his castle. This usually means a person has the right to defend himself in his own home, but in this case, it means a North Carolina man has the right to be naked on his doorstep. Disproving moms and dads in a Charlotte, North Carolina, neighborhood have been trying to stop their neighbor from standing naked in his doorway for the last 10 years....

Craigslist: it’s no longer just for exploitative employers offering barista wages to barristers, it’s also for pampering parents who would like to pay someone to hire their offspring. Yes, you read that right. If you are a firm in the Orange County, California area (and presumably anywhere in the Los Angeles metropolitan area), this parent will subsidize his or her son’s salary for any firm that will provide at least half-time work....

Rambus, a global technology licensing corporation, appeared before the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals this week in a patent infringement case involving graphics chip maker Nvidia. The two companies were in the court for oral arguments on Thursday in a dispute about whether Nvidia “infringed Rambus patents for controlling and managing the flow of computer data to and from a chip’s memory,” reports Reuters. The International Trade Commission (ITC) previously found that Nvidia infringed Rambus chip patents, and issued an order barring the importation of any chip made with the infringing technology....

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was arrested on assault charges during an altercation with his fiancee at an Atlantic City casino early Saturday. Both Rice and his fiancee Janay Palmer, who was also arrested for assault, declined medical attention, and they were released on a summons, The Associated Press reports. The Baltimore Ravens and New Jersey prosecutors are continuing to examine Rice’s case, especially in light of surveillance video obtained from the casino....

Cleveland rocks. And young lawyers who want their work-life balance to rock should seriously consider moving there, Justice Antonin Scalia recently advised. Justice Scalia made that comment about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame city in a speech at the University of Chicago Law School, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Scalia was a UC law professor before being assigned to the federal bench. The associate justice, of course, is known for his strident conservative views....

Does your current city have you feeling down? Looking to make a move to someplace a little more happening? As part of our affiliate partnership with Indeed, we’re bringing you the three coolest legal jobs we can find, in some of the coolest cities in the country. So, pack up that U-Haul. A move could be in your future. Forget, Brooklyn. The borough of beardos and preciously artisanal coffee shops is no longer the cutting edge of New York cool....

Ever sense the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944, Western governments have been moving toward free trade and open markets. For generations, reducing barriers to trade has been almost universally approved by the dominant political class, leading to institutions like the IMF, GATT, NAFTA, and the WTO – an entire alphabet of neoliberalism. But the same day that the global elites were leaving Davos, having spent nearly a week singing the praises of open markets, Donald Trump was inaugurated as President of the United States, his victory fueled in part by skepticism towards international trade....

Following Alice v. CLS Bank last term, all those “on a computer” business method patents were seriously called into question. We’ve seen new lawsuits spring up over invalidating old patents, and Alice get invoked in current litigation over “on a computer” patents. One of the highest-profile cases was Ultramercial v. Hulu, also known as the WildTangent case for one of its other defendants. The short, short version is that Ultramercial owns a patent that purports to cover viewing free streaming videos online in exchange for watching a little advertising throughout – basically, exactly what Hulu and YouTube do....

Urologist Adam Levinson is so into his job that he was caught by police ’examining’ a woman who was not his patient using an upskirt camera. But enthusiasm or no, putting a secret camera under a woman’s skirt and pressing record is a no-no. Levinson’s alleged actions have earned him a felony charge for second-degree unlawful surveillance. He might have thought he was being smooth but Levinson was caught because someone saw what he was doing....

A Florida woman who showed up drunk at an elementary school to pick up a child picked up several criminal charges instead. Sheriff’s deputies say that Renata Congleton was “extremely drunk” when she arrived at a local elementary school to pick up an unidentified child last week, reports WFLA-TV. School staff refused to let her take the child with her and instead called law enforcement. Just how drunk is “extremely drunk,” and what kinds of criminal charges is Congleton now facing?...

Studying takes on a whole new meaning in law school. And no matter how ideal a single study spot can be, sooner or later you may feel a little stir crazy hunkering down in the same place day after day. So, where are the study hotspots for law students? Here are a few conventional picks, a few more creative ones, and some that were just out of left field. Studying can be tedious and time-consuming but by finding some new places to get your reading on, you may find the study process not only tolerable, but maybe even mildly enjoyable....

We love judges, but sometimes, they rub us the wrong way with some bad habits they have in their opinions. Judicial decisions, especially from appellate courts, are working documents for trial and appellate lawyers, who have to cite them for precedent. Unfortunately, judges can do things that make life tough for the lawyer on the street. We respectfully request that judges think twice before engaging in these practices. The U.S. Supreme Court doesn’t use substantive headings, likely because they want the text of the opinion to speak for itself without any editorializing in what amounts to an organizational tool....

In a habeas petition by a Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee, denial of the petition is affirmed where: 1) because petitioner was part of and supported a group, prior to and after September 11, 2001, that was affiliated with Al Qaeda and Taliban forces and engaged in hostilities against a U.S. Coalition partner, petitioner fell squarely within the scope of the President’s statutory detention powers; 2) the Geneva Conventions required release and repatriation only at the “cessation of active hostilities,” not when a war has officially ended; and 3) Hamdi’s plurality opinion indirectly endorsed a preponderance standard such as that applied to petitioner’s detention proceeding when it suggested due process requirements may have been satisfied by a military tribunal, the regulations of which adopt a preponderance standard....

The two UC Berkeley law students accused of beheading an exotic bird at a Las Vegas casino have been formally charged, prosecutors said Thursday. Justin Teixeira, 24, faces felony charges of killing and torturing an animal. His alleged cohort Eric Cuellar, 24, faces a misdemeanor charge of instigating, engaging in, or furthering an act of animal cruelty, reports the Associated Press. In October, the two were allegedly caught on surveillance camera chasing a rare helmeted guinea fowl at the Flamingo casino....

The Brett Favre sexting scandal has not ended with a simple click of the delete button. Just as Favre won’t stay retired, his sexting scandal lives on. Jenn Sterger, the former New York Jets gameday host and recipient of Favre’s “affections” seems to have picked up some football moves of her own. Sterger is essentially strong arming the NFL in demanding Favre’s suspension from the Minnesota Vikings. And here is her ultimatum: “If the commissioner suspends Favre and puts a program in place to prevent it from happening again … 100% Jenn would not pursue any litigation against Favre, against the Jets, against the NFL....