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Brenda Quijada, on behalf of hapless parents and guardians, sued Brinker Restaurant Corp. and Ziosk last week. She claims that Chili’s is bilking customers by charging an undisclosed entertainment fee for kid’s games played on pay-at-the-table tablets. The Lawsuit Brinker Restaurant Corp. is the parent company of Chili’s. Ziosk is the company that created the first pay-at-the-table tablets. Chili’s has 7-inch Android tablets at tables to let diners view the menu, order food and drinks, and play games....

While Dennis Hopper’s battle with prostate cancer rages on, he seems to have added another battle to his plate. He wants to get a divorce from his wife of nearly 14 years, Ms. Victoria Duffy-Hopper. ABC News reports that Dennis Hopper filed divorce papers in Los Angeles Superior Court on January 14, 2010. The papers filed claimed that the reason for divorce was “irreconciliable differences”. Dennis Hopper requested joint legal and physical custody of their daughter Galen, who is six years old....

The Federal Aviation Administration is now offering to refund all drone and model aircraft hobbyists that had to register their flying machines and pay the FAA’s $5 fee. Over 800,000 people have registered drones since 2015, however, not all drone owners will qualify for a refund. A recent decision for the Court of Appeals for the Federal District invalidated the drone-hobbyist registration requirement.The decision explained that under a prior law, the FAA was prohibited from making new rules covering model aircrafts, and the registration requirement qualified as a new rule....

Maryland woman Karen Young was kicked off of Facebook after friending people she did not know that she believed would be interested in cancer awareness. She was not kicked off for inspiring interest in her unquestionably noble cause, but because her actions were characterized as a type of cyber harassment to her new “friends.” Young tried to sue the social media juggernaut, and lost the case and her 4,000 friends. However, she did pose some very interesting legal arguments....

When Jay Rosoff alerted sheriff’s deputies that his 85-year-old father Moe was not moving around in his West Boynton, Florida home following Hurricane Irma, he was expecting help from officers and hoping for the best. And while three officers did help Moe get to the hospital after finding him collapsed on the floor in his bathroom, another did something far worse. The same surveillance cameras installed in Moe’s house that told Jay his father might be in trouble also showed Palm Beach County sheriff’s Deputy Jason Cooke entering the home after it was empty, rummaging through cabinets and drawers, and allegedly stealing medication, cash, and jewelry....

An alleged hack of Apple’s iCloud storage service has led to the leak of nude and sexually explicit images of some of the entertainment world’s biggest names. The images, posted by an anonymous user on forum website 4chan, feature Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence and model Kate Upton, among dozens of others, reports Newsweek. What are some of the possible legal ramifications of these leaked photos? If the hacker or hackers behind the leaked photos are identified, they could be facing serious criminal charges....

James Brown died on Christmas in 2006. Since then, his survivors have been fighting over his estate. There may finally be an agreement in place, even if it isn’t what the Hardest Working Man in Show Business would have wanted. According to the AP, an agreement has been reached between many of the parties who have been fighting over the late legend’s estate. The agreement now awaits approval court approval....

Jimmy Flynt, Larry Flynt’s brother, has sued the Hustler magazine publisher. Jimmy is accusing Larry of wrongfully terminating him from his $250,000 position at Flynt Management Group LLC. Jimmy is now seeking more than $20 million in damages. Just goes to show there is big bucks to be made in porn. Jimmy says that he was behind the Hustler retail operations. He owns a Hustler-branded retail store in downtown Cincinnati. In Jimmy’s complaint, he alleges that the retail operations resulted in newfound growth for the company....

Lil’ Wayne’s dental work is done. The courthouse fire has been put out. And his goodbye video to his fans is a wrap. The only thing left to do is for the multiplatinum-selling rapper to turn himself in. He finally entered the big house today to begin his one-year prison sentence in New York. His sentencing also was delayed a second time due to a basement courthouse fire in Lower Manhattan....

Rapper Juvenile, best known for his hit song, “Back That Thang Up,” may have backed his own thang right into jail. Rapper Juvenile was arrested in Louisiana for possession of marijuana and released after posting $750 cash bond according to Associated Press. The rapper, whose real name is Terius Gray, was charged with possession of marijuana and driving on a suspended license after being clocked doing 75 mph in a 65 mph zone and passing in the right lane, which is illegal in New Orleans....

Charges against the main suspect in the ricin-poisoned letters case were dropped on Tuesday, with authorities stating that the investigation has revealed new information. The previously accused Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, of Corinth, Mississippi, was freed from custody hours before the charges were officially dropped, the Associated Press reports. Investigators are continuing to search for the real culprit. When someone like Curtis is accused and then cleared by law enforcement in such a high-profile case, there are often legal options to pursue....

When it comes to celebrities seeking special treatment for criminal acts, Roman Polanski should win an award of some kind, preferably along with a lengthy prison sentence. The fugitive director was alleged to have drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl, and he pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a minor, back in 1977. However, Polanski became one of the most famous fugitives in the world when he fled the country before he completed his slap on the wrist of a sentence....

Does a style choice deserve constitutional protection? Or can a city legislatively ban certain kinds of clothing the same way they could regulate the height of a hedge in front of a house? That’s the question that a county court in Florida must decide in a suit challenging a Florida city’s ban on trousers worn so low that skin or underwear is exposed, the New York Times reports. The mayor of the town says that he’s just trying to class-up the place a bit, but the plaintiffs have countered that saggy pants are a constitutionally-protected form of expression of identity....

A California teenager who pleaded guilty to killing a gay classmate is headed to prison. Brandon McInerney was sentenced to 21 years for the crime that drew national attention to bullying and the plight of gay students. McInerney, 17, was sentenced according to a plea agreement after a hung jury failed to reach a verdict in September, the Associated Press reports. McInerney agreed to plead guilty, and prosecutors promised not to pursue a retrial that could have led to a life sentence....

Is transgender discrimination sex discrimination? And if so, is it prohibited by the Constitution? The 11th Circuit answered both of these questions in the affirmative on Tuesday, ruling for Vandy Beth Glenn, a transgender woman fired from her job with Georgia’s General Assembly. Glenn had sued the state, arguing that her termination violated the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause. The court unanimously agreed, pointing to a cache of prior case law....

A video that’s gone viral shows the reactions of two women being probed in their vaginas and rectums based on an officer’s suspicion that they were smuggling marijuana. The women were pulled over on Texas Highway 288 in 2012. After allowing a state trooper to search their vehicle for narcotics, which allegedly revealed a small amount of marijuana, a female officer proceeded to slap on gloves and perform a cavity search on both women, reports Houston’s KHOU-TV....

Prescription drugs are not legal for everyone, just the people to whom they are prescribed and only in the amounts allowed by the prescription. In other words, you can go to jail, pay fines, and be convicted for crimes (some of which are ultimately subject to a prison sentence) for abuse, distribution, or otherwise unauthorized use of prescription drugs. Not every state has a separate statute to address prescription drug use in the criminal context....

Every time you turn around, some company or the government is getting hacked. Or someone you know is having their credit card information or entire identity stolen. From accessing a computer without permission to stealing personal information and online bullying, there are a range of computer crimes that are often collectively referred to as “hacking.” So what are the possible penalties if hackers get caught? Because most hacks takes place via the Internet, the federal government can prosecute hackers and the Department of Justice has a wide range of federal statutes by which to prosecute computer crimes....

With the national economy hopefully on the road to recovery – but still on shaky legs – it’s not just newly-pennywise U.S. consumers who are taking a closer look at their credit card situations and trying to set a course out of mountains of credit card debt. The Federal Reserve has issued new federal regulations on enhanced safeguards against the deceptive practices of credit card companies, which must be in effect by July 2010....

Finding out that there is an active warrant out for your arrest can be an alarming experience. What you do after learning about a warrant depends largely on what you know about the reason behind the warrant. Before you go fleeing to a warm weather country with no extradition agreement, or just turning yourself in, you may want to consider seeking legal advice from an experienced criminal attorney. After all, it will definitely be cheaper than attempting to live the rest of your life on the run....