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Former hockey enforcer Derek Boogaard participated in 174 career fights during his time in professional hockey, according to Boston University researchers. That’s more than many professional boxers. According to the suit, the NHL drafted Boogaard because of his massive size and penchant for fighting. Since the brawls helped boost ratings, the league did little to prevent them, Boogaard’s family alleges. The frequent fighting left Boogaard with a host of physical ailments, the suit claims....

How far can an employer go in limiting what its employees post on Facebook? Employer-mandated Facebook policies are a hot topic lately. Now, a New York grocery chain is facing heat over its Facebook posting policies. Under the policy, employees can’t disclose confidential information about the company on social networking sites. This includes information such as salaries. Employees are also forbidden from discrediting store practices or products. Based on the NLRB’s report on social media policies, the NLRB has consistently held the position that employer policies should not be so broad as to prohibit activity protected by federal labor law....

In an appeal from the grant of defendant’s motion to compel arbitration in a class action against Sprint Nextel Corp. for allegedly charging improper roaming fees for calls placed within Sprint’s coverage areas, the court of appeals certifies the following questions to the Florida Supreme Court: 1) must Florida courts evaluate both procedural and substantive unconscionability simultaneously in a balancing or sliding scale approach, or may courts consider either procedural or substantive unconscionability independently and conclude their analysis if either one is lacking?...

In case you didn’t already know this from watching “Breaking Bad,” pharmacies track your pseudoephedrine purchases because the drug is commonly used to make meth. That’s why you get carded when you buy cold meds. It isn’t enough for pharmacies to limit customers’ pseudoephedrine purchases at a single store because meth-producers could just hop from store to store to buy the amounts they need. The driver’s license tracking system arguably makes it harder for producers to get their hands on the drug....

As the Los Angeles Dodgers move to finalize the team’s record-setting $2 billion sale, a BigLaw firm seems to be preparing for a potential malpractice lawsuit by Dodgers owner Frank McCourt. A partner at Bingham McCutchen drafted Frank and Jamie McCourt’s post-nuptial agreement in 2004, when the couple sought a divorce, Reuters reports. The post-nup should have said the Dodgers were “inclusive” of Frank McCourt’s separate property, but some documents used the word “exclusive” instead, according to Reuters....

In a securities fraud action, district court’s order of disgorgement of appellants’ profits from the sales of a stock tip, imposition of civil penalties, and injunction against future violations of section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 is affirmed where: 1) the district court correctly found that appellants’ conduct constituted a violation of Section 10(b) and thus, appellants cannot avoid application of the statute by invoking constitutional concerns because the text and purpose of the section admit of no exception for disinterested publishers; 2) appellants’ First Amendment claim fails as punishing fraud, whether it be common law fraud or securities fraud, simply does not violate the First Amendment; and 3) the injunction does not constitute an unlawful prior restraint because it only enjoins appellants from engaging in securities fraud which is unprotected speech....

If you take a look at your competitors’ websites, you may notice that about half your competitors post their legal rates online, while the other half request that you call back to learn their rates. There are obvious advantages and disadvantages of posting your rates online. Depending on the type of firm you have, how long you’ve been practicing, and what your competitive advantage is, it may make sense to keep your rates off your law firm website....

Y Combinator, one of the most popular funding entities in Silicon Valley, has decided to send its money into the coffers of a company that’s trying to become the ‘Turbotax for immigration.’ The company in question is SimpleCitizen. And if the Y Combinator is correct, this could be big news for the future of immigration law. Let the Supply Meet the Demand Silicon Valley is certainly the right place to start a legal-tech company with a focus on immigration....

Drone law has the potential to be a real thing, but it wasn’t supposed to happen like this. According to reports, one attorney said an opposing counsel said he was following her by remote drones. Triple hearsay, we know. In the court of public opinion that might fly. But, when she sued him for stalking in a court of law, her case didn’t really get off the ground. Stalking by Drone Brandy Raulerson, a Miami attorney, sued Jose Font for harassment and “crude sexual advances....

The White House has “authorized offensive cyber operations” against U.S. enemies in a new policy that sounds like a declaration of war in a virtual world. National security adviser John Bolton made the statement in a news briefing to unveil a cyber strategy ahead of the November elections. The United States knows what happened in the presidential race two years ago. As with so many military operations, the U.S. announced its plan in advance – as if the cyberwar had just begun....

It’s not just lawyers at the largest firms who work through the night and it’s not just BigLaw partners who deserve a few workplace perks. Thankfully, many of those perks are now available through the click of an app. Use them as recruitment tools, or for a bit of personal indulgence. Here’s how you can live the high life, from your phone. What, you were expecting a post on Uber? Please, that’s small potatoes....

Creativity. Innovation. These aren’t adjectives that are typically applied to lawyers, and for good reason: we’re not Picassos, Hemmingways, or even code wizards like ten-years-ago Zuckerberg. But in-house lawyers are involved in innovation: you can invent the next big thing, but if the IP isn’t protected, it’ll only be valuable until a bigger, stronger company steals the idea. You can build the next great product, until your team flees for a different company....

Not all law firms are created equal. Nowhere is this more evident than in the area of technology. However, if you’re stuck using a slow computer, don’t fret, there are tips that can help speed things up. The following tidbits of advice are also easy on the wallet. So you’ll be able to secure a faster workstation without having to put in an upgrade request. And with the legal market full of eager unemployed lawyers, shaking down partners for computer money probably isn’t such a good idea right now....

One challenge of hanging out your shingle is figuring out how to differentiate your practice area from other similar attorneys. The problem is finding a hot practice area that fits into your area of expertise. An unusual specialty can easily grow into a full-time business with the right marketing. So we’ve put together some specialties that can fit into an existing practice but have lots of growth potential. This list may contain your ideal new practice but it’s also a good jumping off point to inspire your own niche market....

We’re a week into 2017 and you’re already regretting that new gym membership. Your plans for a “Drynuary” (that’s a booze-free January) probably won’t survive the weekend. And those thoughts about making your life more hygge-full? Forget them. (Please, let’s all forget hygge.) Stop wasting your time on silly resolutions and unattainable life changes. Instead, let’s use this time to focus on things that really matter: making your practice better. Here are seven resolutions we think solo practitioners should adopt for 2017....

The future is now! Wait. Scratch that. When it comes to digital advertising, the future was yesterday. Legal marketing embraced the power of the World Wide Web years ago and digital legal advertising has been growing ever since. But not all digital attorney advertising is made equal. Here are FindLaw’s nine best tips for lawyers marketing themselves online. As the nation’s demographics change, so do its media habits. Today, television plays a less central role in advertising, especially among Millennials, while mobile content is becoming ever more important....

Colleton Preparatory Acad. Inc. v. Hoover Universal. Inc., 09-1480, concerned a challenge to the district court’s entry of default judgment against defendant, in plaintiff’s suit for negligence and for violation of the South Carolina Unfair Trade Practices Act, arising from alleged damages to the roof on several of plaintiff’s buildings allegedly caused by fire-retardant substances produced and sold by the defendants or their predecessors in interest. Related Resource: Full text of Colleton Preparatory Acad....

Remember that email from the wealthy Ethiopian offering to send you $1 million to do a legal transaction? Hopefully, you didn’t respond or open an attachment from some similarly scary source. Not that we lawyers would ever fall for this type of scam, but I am here to tell you there are attorneys out there who send equally pernicious email. And they don’t even offer to pay you money! “Web bugs” are electronic tracking programs that can be sent with email to gather information from the recipient....

We all have our breaking points. Apparently former Los Angeles deputy city attorney Angela West reached hers during a violent rampage at San Francisco International Airport. She found herself thrown into a psyche ward after going on a tirade that included the use of a dust pan and a 3-foot-long metal pole. (As this was on Christmas Eve, perhaps it was a Festivus pole?) The Harvard Law School graduate allegedly used the metal pole to smash merchandise, milk and containers and other items, at a Peet’s Coffee, said San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe, the San Francisco Chronicle reports....

Recent news about a settlement between Ford Motor Co. and Mecum auto auctions finally brings an end to the second high-profile Ford GT500 case. Although the full terms of the settlement are confidential, the automaker and auction house were able to reach an amicable resolution that involves a sizable donation to Ford’s charitable arm, as well as an agreement to consult Ford before commencing another GT500 auction. In case you hadn’t heard about the Ford GT500 case, it involves the resale of one of the highly-coveted, high-priced supercars that Ford produced to commemorate the 50 year anniversary of Ford beating Ferrari in the 1967 Le Mans race with the iconic Ford GT40....