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Whitney Houston’s ex-husband Bobby Brown spent a few hours behind bars Monday after his arrest in connection with DUI, police said. Brown, 43, was pulled over in Los Angeles’ Reseda neighborhood about 12:20 p.m., when cops spotted him driving while talking on a cell phone without using a hands-free device, the Los Angeles Times reports. That’s been illegal in California since 2009, according to the California Department of Motor Vehicles....

After Bruce Jenner’s crash in Malibu over the weekend, what legal facts should the public keep in mind? Jenner, 65, was involved in a four-vehicle crash that killed the driver ahead of him on the Pacific Coast Highway, the Los Angeles Times reports. Jenner declined medical treatment, but five people in other cars had minor injuries. A sheriff’s sergeant told the Times the investigation could take months to complete. In the meantime, here are five things to keep in mind about Bruce Jenner’s crash:...

A Washington sheriff’s deputy’s Whopper of a spit-burger lawsuit is on hold, as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals seeks clarification about a Washington state law. Clark County Sheriff’s Deputy Edward Bylsma’s beef with Burger King began at a drive-thru window, Reuters reports. Bylsma’s spit-burger suit claims he ordered a Whopper – but he didn’t have it his way, as Burger King’s slogan promises. Instead, Bylsma pulled back the Whopper’s bun and found a “slimy, clear and white phlegm glob” – a topping he most certainly didn’t order....

It’s a question that only raises more questions: Can a person who locks himself in another person’s car without permission be convicted of vehicle theft? Who is this person? How’d they get into the car? Isn’t the whole point of stealing a car, you know, to drive it away? But the Minnesota Supreme Court has an answer: Yes. To Drive or to Take? According to prosecutors, the owner of the vehicle left it idling in his driveway one winter morning to warm up, when Somsalao Thonesavanh knocked on his front door....

A decision out of a federal court in Pennsylvania last week is being heralded as a landmark ruling for the transgender community. Traditionally, transgender individuals have been excluded from protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act because being transgender is not a disability. However, this meant that certain medical conditions that are prominent in the transgender community, such as gender dysphoria, were also being excluded from protection under the ADA....

The Florida Senate and state House of Representatives have passed a joint resolution expressing “profound regret” for the state’s history of slavery and denial of fair treatment to African-Americans. The Senate Concurrent Resolution declares that “even though the laws permitting such injustices have been repealed, it is important that the Legislature express profound regret for the shameful chapter in this state’s history and, in so doing, promote healing and reconciliation among all Floridians....

GlaxoSmithKline maker of the diabetes drug, Avandia, announced today that it has settled more of the suits over the drug which many sources say led to a much increased risk of heart attack. According to Reuters, the pharmaceutical company is keeping the terms of the settlement confidential and will also not confirm how many claims were settled. In May, Bloomberg reported that more than 700 Avandia suits were settled for about $86,000 each....

According to a new federal appeals court decision today, one Ft. Worth, Texas suburb has quite a recent history of racially charged student confrontations. So when two students at Burleson High School sued after being asked to leave their Confederate flag decorated purses in the school’s office, they did what many folks might: they sued. But in an 18-page decision, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals concluded that the school official’s decision to ban Confederate flagged purses to prevent yet another racial conflict at BHS (the school has quite an unsavory track record in this area), they were well within their rights....

As cable bills continue to rise, consumers are looking for better options. Some are looking to bundle services, while others just switch providers. Still, the price can be far from affordable. If this sounds like your situation, there are other ways to save money on cable. But the first thing you need to do is sit down and figure out which channels you watch on a regular basis, and which channels you’re actually paying for....

New crime data suggests that inclusion of a new “kill switch” feature in Apple iPhones has cut down on robberies and theft of the company’s devices. The data was taken from reports by state attorneys general, prosecutors, police, and other officials as part of an initiative called “Secure Our Smartphones,” reports The Associated Press. The initiative, led by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón, also announced in a press release that Microsoft and Google have committed to including a “kill switch” feature in the next versions of their own operating systems....

Upper East Side princess Blair Waldorf would never beat someone with a bottle! Would the actress who portrays her do something so uncouth? According to a new lawsuit, Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester beat her mom last December. This allegation comes after Leighton’s mom has countersued against her famous daughter, who recently filed a lawsuit against her mother. Leighton’s initial suit claimed that her mother, Constance Meester, was misusing $7,500 a month in funds she was sending to help her brother with his medical issues, reports The Daily Mail....

In what is being hailed as a historic settlement for workers at franchised McDonald’s restaurants, the fast food behemoth agreed to settle labor violation claims asserted by franchise employees. The settlement is being reported as a first of its kind against the burger maker, as it holds McDonald’s, as the franchisor, responsible for the acts of its franchisees. While McDonald’s corporate adamantly asserts that they are not the employers of the franchisee’s employees, there is a pending National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) action to decide this exact issue....

Raquel Nelson, a single mother from Marietta, Georgia, likely went through one of the toughest and most agonizing events a parent ever has to go through: her son was killed right in front of her. Nelson, however, went through another harrowing ordeal soon after her son’s death. Nelson was convicted of second-degree vehicular homicide, reckless conduct, and failure to use a crosswalk, MSNBC reports. Nelson jaywalked a four-lane freeway with her three children after they got off at the bus stop outside their apartment....

The NYPD shot two bystanders on Saturday night in an attempt to apprehend a man in Times Square. Many are now wondering why the officers chose to use deadly force in a situation with so much risk of injury to innocent civilians. The New York Times reported that police were investigating the circumstances of the shooting that injured the two bystanders – both women. But police declined to comment on whether the shooting “appeared justified....

The criminal charge of robbery is actually something different than what most people expect. In most states, in order to be charged with robbery, there must a victim present at the scene of the crime, as opposed to a burglary charge, which does not require that a victim be physically present at the scene of the crime. As you can see in the this news story about a gun story burglary, the crime is being called a robbery....

Remember when your parents told you that you couldn’t do something? You would ask “Why not?” and your parent answers, “Because I said so.” After the Supreme Court’s decisions in Din v. Kerry, the government can now essentially use such an answer in its immigrant visa denials. In a 5-4 decision, the divided Supreme Court ruled that due process does not entitle visa applicants to more detailed justifications for why their applications were denied....

Is it illegal to encourage someone to commit suicide? This question was raised by a tragic incident that recently occurred in Massachusetts. Teenagers Michelle Carter and Conrad Roy III had a complicated friendship. When Roy threatened to commit suicide, Carter encouraged him to complete the act. He did. Now Carter faces twenty years in prison, and her attorneys are arguing with prosecutors over whether her actions were illegal. Assisted Suicide – Illegal?...

The company that promised it could, but then couldn’t, Theranos has agreed to pay out over $4.5 million to settle the Arizona class action case against it. The settlement resolves the consumer protection and fraud claims against the blood testing company brought by Arizona. The settlement will provide each individual who used Theranos in Arizona between 2013-2016 with a full refund. With 175,000 class members, the average breaks down to around $25 per person....

Last November, Twitter updated its rules and policies, adding that users “may not affiliate with organization that – whether by their own statements or activity both on and off the platform – use or promote violence against civilians to further their causes.” Many legal experts were shocked at the lower court’s ruling that allowed Taylor’s suit against Twitter to continue. It flew in the face of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, specifically CDA Section 230, which states that no provider may be liable for “any action voluntarily taken in good faith to restrict access to or availability of material that the provider or user considers to be obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable, whether or not such material is constitutionally protected....

When you ask for a loan, a bank will run a credit report to see if you’re a good candidate. Data from other banks, lenders, and vendors will spit out a credit score and the bank will then make its decision accordingly. And when you commit a crime, local police now have the ability to run a threat report, gathering data from arrest reports and property records to social media postings in order to create a threat score, and tailor their response accordingly....