The average major league baseball salary in 2019 is $4.36 million.  Mike Trout of the California Angels recently signed a 12-year contract worth $426,500,000.  On the other side of the spectrum are minor league baseball players.  While they are doing

They definitely did not teach sword fighting in law school.  Despite this, a lawyer in Iowa, Matthew Hudson, is up against a litigant in a family dispute who has asked his judge to let the parties “resolve our disputes on

The Ohio State University and sports website, Overtime Sports, are involved in a heated federal court litigation over Overtime Sports’ logo.  Overtime Sports uses a black and white rounded “O” as its logo, which Ohio State claims is too similar

Twin Peaks Sports Bar & Restaurants is a restaurant chain similar to Hooters in that it embraces a “breastaurant” concept, where women servers wear revealing uniforms.    It describes itself as “the perfect man cave.”   Servers are “Twin Peaks Girls” and

McDonald’s slogan Lovin’ Beats Hatin‘ was not exactly the case when Morteza Javadi arrived for his in-person interview for a maintenance worker position. According to a recent lawsuit filed by the EEOC, Javadi, a Hasidic Jew, was told he would

This lawsuit is one of the cheesiest cases that I have ever seen.  A French court recently adjudicated a lawsuit about souffle.  French chef Marc Vayrat sued the Michelin Guide, which is a series of books published by a French

Patrick Reed is the 11th ranked golfer in the world and won the 2018 Masters Tournament.  Reed was recently in the news for breaking the rules of golf during Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.  During the third round of

Madonna, the queen of pop, has upset some of her Miami concert fans.  In fact, multiple class action lawsuits have been filed against her related to her December 2019 Miami residency. The concerts were initially scheduled to begin at 8:30

When you check into a hotel, you expect to be treated with the same respect as any customer.  According to Felicia Gonzales, who stayed at a Portland, Oregon Marriott, she was treated different because she was black.  She has filed

I have handled a wide array of probate cases over the years. I have also seen unique family squabbles, especially with the in-laws. This, however, is an unfortunate situation that I have not seen.  Dr. Alexander Sinclair, a Beverly Hills

A California woman actually sued the makers of Diet Dr Pepper for fraud because she didn’t lose weight drinking a diet drink.  Shana Becerra argued that she had been drinking Diet Dr Pepper for 13 years and “did not receive

Alex Jones is a right-wing conspiracy theorist.  His parent company, Free Speech Systems, owns his website, Infowars.com.  Jones made allegedly defamatory statements about victims and their families from the December 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. 

A United States District Judge taught a stern lesson in open court to a California lawyer who used extremely explicit language in an email to his opposing counsel during his settlement negotiations.  Attorney Christopher Hook was ordered to show cause

It’s a new year, and depending who you talk to, a new decade! However, when drafting or signing legal documents, be careful not abbreviate the year “2020.” Here’s why: Today, January 2, 2020, could be abbreviated as 1/2/20. Unfortunately, as

Fair or Foul? Tarwinder Shokar recognizes that he is an addicted gambler. He alleges in a new lawsuit that he went to Caesars Windsor in Ontario two times in 2013. During those two visits, he lost a total of $260,000.

The Olympia Theater in Downtown Miami is a cultural institution. It opened in 1926 as a silent movie palace and has hosted cultural icons like Elvis Presley, B.B. King, Billy Joel, Luciano Pavarotti, Milton Berle, Carly Simon, and Etta James. 

Tom Petty was one of the most successful rock stars of the last forty years.   The Gainesville, Florida icon and lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers passed away in October 2017.  Unfortunately, his death caused a disagreement among

Homeowners can be subject to foreclosure for a number of reasons.  The most common types of foreclosure are based upon non-payment of amounts due under a promissory note and mortgage or non-payment of fees due to an association.  There are,

The adult entertainment industry is a big business in Nevada, likely netting hundreds of millions of dollars annually.  But what constitutes an “adult?”  The issue in a new lawsuit pending in Reno, Nevada is what age can a woman work

In March 2019, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook engaged in a verbal altercation with a fan. Westbrook claims the fan shouted racial insults to him. The fan, Shane Keisel, says that he only mocked Westbrook’s bad knees. The altercation,

Are attorneys bound by confidentiality provisions within settlement agreements that they sign “approving as to form and content?”  That is the issue in a California case filed by Monster Energy against attorneys who divulged the existence of a settlement in

I have been a huge Philadelphia Phillies fan for as long as I can remember.  I remember watching them win the 1980 World Series when I was only 7 years old and have great memories rooting for the Phillies with

Britt McHenry was a commentator for Fox News and has sued her former employer and her co-host, former wrestler George Murdoch, alleging that Murdoch sexually harassed her by making sexually inappropriate comments to her, in person and via text-message.  She

Aretha Franklin may not have needed much help in singing some of the most memorable songs of the 20th Century, but she could have used a lot of help in drafting her testamentary documents. As a result, there is sure to

Matt Kuchar is one of the best golfers in the world.  He recently played in a PGA event in Mexico without his regular caddie.  He hired a temporary caddie at the last minute, a gentleman who is a caddie at

My son has been conducting extensive research into our family history and has spent a lot of time creating a family tree.  He has asked many in our family to take genetic/DNA tests as part of that research to learn

As an attorney and a fan of classic rock and Fleetwood Mac specifically, I find this lawsuit very interesting.  Fleetwood Mac was formed in 1967 and is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and one of the world’s