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YouTube personality Brandon “Golden Modz” Lucas, and his sometimes side-kick, Colton “Excentric” Conter, are being sued in a North Carolina Federal Court by Epic Games over the Fortnite aimbot cheats they’ve created and sold on their various YouTube channels. Cheat codes have been around for decades, usually though in the form of game developers giving them to publications in exchange for money or free advertisement. But when the financial gains are made by someone else, apparently there’s an issue....

It’s not a secret that this nation, and this state, has an access to justice problem. For many Americans, legal help is simply too expensive to afford. The problem is even worse in rural areas, where even if you could afford a lawyer, there might not be one within a hundred miles. How bad is the problem here in California? California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu summed up the crisis in a speech last month:...

Two former Playboy Playmate triplets were arrested following a brawl at a strip club in Ohio. Sisters Vicki and Sarah Satterfield were charged with assault for the fight at the Brass Pole strip club in Lorain County, Ohio, where they worked, reports The Morning Journal. They were taken to a county jail and released on bond. The incident raises an important question: Where was the third Playboy Playmate triplet at the time of the fight?...

Being in house often means feeling disconnected from the rest of the legal world. When in-house attorneys show up to networking or social events with practicing lawyers, it can often feel like inside counsel are from Earth, while litigators are from Dante’s fourth circle. However, it doesn’t have to be that way for in-house counsel. With a little bit of extra reading in their free time (which notably in-house counsel actually have, as opposed to litigators who gave up free time along with family and any sense of ever being able to relax), an in-house attorney can remain relevant, keep up to date, and even find some enjoyment....

With law school fully underway across the country, law students might find themselves wondering if there’s any tech out there, new or old, to make their lives easier. Fortunately, there are quite a few different gadgets and devices to make life as a law student much better. Below are some of the best and most essential tech for law students. Law books are heavy, and while modern medicine has come a long way, you only get one spine, so treat it good....

Countrywide Fin. Corp. v. Bundy, B215912, concerned a challenge to the trial court’s order vacating the partial arbitration awards against Countrywide Financial Corporation on the ground that the arbitrator committed a number of legal errors, in defendants’ arbitration demands on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated against Countrywide and its wholly owned subsidiary, seeking classwide arbitration claims for unpaid wages and other related claims. In reversing, the court held that, because the parties unambiguously agreed that any award would be reviewed as it would be by a federal district judge applying the Federal Arbitration Act, the partial awards in this case are reviewed utilizing the vacatur provisions of Federal Arbitration Act which would be applied by a United States District Court judge....

If you thought you saw this movie before, it was actually in a different universe. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Aetna announced that it bought Humana for about $37 billion. That was before a black-robed judge shot the deal down. Now CVS is buying Aetna in a $69 billion merger. That’s what’s playing now, and it’s probably not a sequel. It’s Really Happening? If you have skin in the game, don’t worry about your stock portfolio being affected by fake news....

City of San Jose v. Union Pac. R.R. Co., No. H033503, concerned a city’s suit against a railroad company to condemn roadway easements over railroad tracks to widen an already existing road. In affirming the trial court’s judgment, the court held that, under the controlling authority of Oakland v. Schenck, 197 Cal. 456 (1925), the city was free to argue that, despite the parceling, the entire taking amounted to no more than a nominal diminishment of the railroad company’s right to use the land for railroad tracks....

Voters in Ireland go to the polls today to vote on whether the Emerald Isle will legalize gay marriage. If the vote is successful, Ireland will be the first country to adopt marriage equality by popular referendum. Meanwhile, gay marriage fans and foes alike in the United States are left waiting for the Supreme Court to decide whether the Constitution protects an individual’s right to marry a same-sex partner. According to some, they might have a hint of how the Court will eventually rule, based on a figurative wink and nod Justice Ginsburg gave as she officiated a same-sex marriage last weekend....

Here’s a stupid question: does it matter anymore how much you borrow for school? Think about it for a second: what are your possible outcomes? You could end up in BigLaw, which means you’ll have enough money to pay off your debt. Or, you could end up in public interest law, which means the government will have enough to pay off your debt after ten years. The only scenario in which you even need to worry about that student loan balance is if you graduate and work in the small law private sector or hang a shingle....

How long would you wait for a job interview? If you would give up on a potential gig after only 15 months, you don’t have the patience to wait for a seat on the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. President Barack Obama nominated Edward DuMont for the bench on April 14, 2010. DuMont has been waiting in judicial limbo ever since, while three other judges who were nominated after DuMont - Fifth Circuit Judge James Graves, Second Circuit Judge Susan Carney, and Federal Circuit Judge Jimmie Reyna - have already been confirmed....

ESPN writer Howard Bryant was arrested was arrested for assaulting his estranged wife and striking a police officer, the Huffington Post reports. “If Howard Bryant was Caucasian and was on the streets having exactly the same conversation with his wife – nobody would have even noticed,” Buzz Eisenberg, Howard Bryant’s lawyer told the Boston Herald. “Race still plays a part in our society and we intend to contest these allegations completely,” Eisenberg said....

Stealing babies is the worst, especially if you steal them from a turtle as she is laying the eggs. Not only is it rude and probably bad karma, but it’s a felony in Florida and police do arrest poachers. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), a man was arrested over the Independence Day weekend for stealing 107 baby eggs from a female loggerhead turtle. The crime was spotted because police received earlier complaints of poaching on a beach behind a residence and set up surveillance....

Do you need something to be thankful for this week? How about new clients? Thanksgiving is a lawyer’s dream holiday, but you can only get the clients if you stay connected. While we would never condone sitting at the dinner table with a turkey leg in one hand, and your iPhone in the other, you should make a plan to check your phone and email messages periodically throughout the weekend....

Dismissal of plaintiff’s suit against her homeowners association and property management company for being a vexatious litigant Kovacevic v. Avalon at Eagles’ Crossing Homeowners Ass’n, D055852, concerned a challenge to the trial court’s judgment dismissing an action without prejudice, in plaintiff’s suit against a homeowners association, various directors of the association, and the property management company that manages the condominium complex in which plaintiff lives. Related Link: Read the California Court of Appeals for the Fourth District’s Full Decision in Kovacevic v....

Petitioner’s request for an extraordinary writ review of a juvenile court’s order for a Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26 hearing to consider modifying the permanent plan for two of his three children from long-term foster care to adoption is denied as petitioner did not have a right to a contested hearing. Read M.T. v. Sup. Ct. A125704 [PDF] Read M.T. v. Sup. Ct. A125704 [HTML] Filed October 30, 2009...

A Georgia man was so upset about how little meat was stuffed into his XXL Chalupas that he tried to set the Taco Bell on fire. Right now, you might be wondering what an “XXL Chalupa” is. And perhaps how a little fast food item can drive a man to try to set a store ablaze. A description of the Chalupa on the Taco Bell website is sure to make any beef taco lover’s mouth start to water....

A Minnesota cheerleader is accused of being more than a mean girl. The high school senior allegedly pimped out a fellow teammate online, investigators say. Montia Marie Parker, 18, of Maple Grove, Minnesota, was booked into Hennepin County jail last month on charges of sex trafficking and promoting prostitution. She allegedly coerced a 16-year-old fellow cheerleader to engage in oral sex for money, reports the Star Tribune. Parker faces serious criminal penalties under Minnesota law for essentially tricking out her classmate, who was receiving special-education services....

Brandon Marshall and Denver Broncos fans have reason to celebrate, and they just might have Marshall’s fiance, Michi Leshase Nogami-Campbell, to thank for it. According to the AP, the NFL has indicated that no discipline will be laid down on Marshall despite his March disorderly conduct arrest for a fight he had with Nogami-Campbell. The case didn’t get very far after Marshall and Nogami-Campbell “refused to testify against each other” and police quickly dropped the charges....

Trial court’s conviction of defendant for inflicting corporal injury on the mother of his child in violation of Penal Code section 273.5(a) is affirmed where, although the prosecution’s use of Power Point presentation in its closing argument to illustrate the “beyond the reasonable doubt” standard was improper, such misconduct did not prejudice the defendant. Read People v. Katzenberger, No. C058883 [PDF] Read People v. Katzenberger, No. C058883 [HTML] Filed November 2, 2009...