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In yet another legal defeat of a Trump executive order in federal court, the District Court for the District of Columbia found likely that the administration’s attempted “exclusion of transgender individuals from the military is unconstitutional.” “There is absolutely no support for the claim that the ongoing service of transgender people would have any negative effective on the military at all,” Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly wrote, granting an injunction against President Trump’s order....

The court accepted James Holmes’ plea of not guilty by reason of insanity on Tuesday, which will initiate the mental evaluation process and may rule out the death penalty for Holmes. Holmes is charged with the murder of 12 theater patrons when he allegedly stormed into an Aurora, Colorado theater in July, 2012 and proceeded to slay the moviegoers with assault weapons, USA Today reports. What does pleading insanity mean for Holmes’ case?...

Identity theft and online fraud are two of the fastest-growing crimes in the nation. These crimes can rob you of your money, time, and peace of mind. Typically, these crimes happen on the Internet where a criminal steals an individual’s personal information like his Social Security Number or password, and uses these to commit fraud and other crimes. These crimes are particularly harmful as the crime can be ongoing and happen over a long period of time before you actually become aware....

People who complain that kids these days are troublemakers obviously aren’t looking at the juvenile incarceration numbers. If they were, they’d see that in fact, today’s kids are staying out of trouble for the most part. Or at least, out of legal trouble. How do we know that? The number of juveniles who are in long-term incarceration has dropped significantly in the last few years. In 2010, the number was the lowest it’s been since 1975, according to a new report....

Are you a fan of Lean Cuisine? The brand of frozen entreés and dinners is sold in the United States, Canada, and Australia by Nestle. The brand was created in 1981 as a low fat, low calorie spinoff of Stouffers. Low calorie options are nice to have, but not if the food has plastic in it. According to a Nestle recall over 10,000 pounds of Lean Cuisine frozen spaghetti and meatball dinners were recalled due to the possible presence of foreign materials, the Department of Agriculture said....

David Copperfield, the world famous magician, illusionist, and performer, is being sued, along with the Las Vegas venue where he performed his act, after one his popular tricks didn’t go exactly as planned. While the illusion was successful, one of the audience participants tripped, fell, and hit his head, while the behind the scenes “magic” was happening. The injury causing illusion took place back in 2013, and the case was originally set for trial this past January, but it has since been pushed back to October of this year....

It’s clear that good laws don’t make good citizens. As of late, First Lady of California Maria Shriver has been caught several times in violation of traffic and parking rules. She’s been caught on video parking in the redzone, in addition to being caught three times driving while talking on a handset. Days after her Governator hubby found the red zone perfectly suitable to the interior of his Porsche, California’s first lady (or at least her Highway Patrol bodyguard) decided parking meters don’t really apply to her or her Escalade....

Can a tattoo artist stop the release of a Hollywood film? S. Victor Whitmill is trying to find out. Creator of the Mike Tyson tattoo (you know, the Maori print on his face), Whitmill is asking a court to prevent Warner Bros. from releasing The Hangover: Part II because he believes that a tattoo in the movie infringes upon his copyright. According to the lawsuit, when Tyson got the original face tattoo, he and Whitmill agreed that the tattoo artist would retain all rights to the artwork, reports The Hollywood Reporter....

The Minnesota Supreme Court has upheld the state’s implied consent law, which means it’s still against the law for suspected drunken drivers to refuse to take a breath, blood or urine test. A Minnesota driver, Wesley Brooks, had argued that he was effectively “coerced” into providing blood and urine samples, because refusing to do so is a crime under Minnesota’s implied consent law. But the state’s highest court rejected the argument, ruling the consent was valid....

The stereotypical sexual abuse suspect is male. But as a recent Arizona case may demonstrate, women of all ages can commit sexual assault as well. Arizona mother Susan Brock, 48 and her daughter, Rachel Brock, 21, are facing serious and strange sexual abuse charges. According to police, the two women separately sexually abused a young boy over a period of years from the time he was 13 to 16 year old....

The NFL’s concussion settlement agreement with former players was released in detail on Monday. The 356-page agreement was filed in federal court, but the details of the payout have some critics wondering if the settlement will be the final word on this issue, reports ESPN.com. Ex-players who aren’t satisfied with the settlement can choose to opt-out and pursue their own trials against the NFL. What does the concussion settlement promise players and their families?...

Two New Jersey teens from Somerset County who engaged in horseplay are sex offenders for life, unless their convictions are overturned on appeal. Megan’s Law in New Jersey requires lifelong registration of sex offenders, which the boys unfortunately fall under, according to a three-judge panel at the appellate court. The two boys were 14-years-old at the time of the incident. Both had sat on the faces of two schoolmates, both 12 at the time, with bare buttocks, reports The Star-Ledger....

Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer has prevailed in the wrongful termination lawsuit she filed against a company that ended her endorsement deal over a disputed Twitter hashtag. Spencer was granted a default judgment against Sensa Products in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The judge ordered Sensa, a now-defunct maker of weight loss products, to pay $940,000 in damages to Spencer, who won an Oscar in 2012 for her role as Minny in the film “The Help....

Unfortunately, when faced with the real life question of what you’re going to do when they come for you, you could end up facing additional charges for resisting arrest if you aren’t as cooperative and docile as a baby calf on tranquilizers. When being arrested, individuals need to be cautious about what they do, as even minor aggressions and accidents can result in resisting arrest charges. Running from the police can be seen as resisting arrest as well as fleeing....

Congress and the states have placed a renewed emphasis on illegal immigration as of late. However, the drug trade, and its impact on the strength of our southern border, have taken a back seat in the national conversation. The fact is that the U.S. is not faring much better than its southern neighbors in keeping drugs out of the country. Evidence shows that border corruption is a widespread problem as more and more patrol agents succumb to the monetary bribes of Mexican cartels....

For the fifth year in a row, the number of violent crimes reported to police agencies fell nationwide. According to an FBI survey, reported violent crimes fell by 3.8 percent last year to 1.2 million reports. The total number of property crimes reported to law enforcement agencies also fell, by 0.5 percent, the ninth consecutive year that figure has fallen, reports the New York Daily News. These declines in reported crime follow a near 20-year trend of drop in criminal activity, according to the FBI....

State lawmakers are heading back to work this month, and many of them are considering ways to prevent another Penn State. Mandatory reporting laws are the issue du jour this session, and at least 12 states have already drafted legislation. If passed, those bills would extend coverage to athletic coaches, licensing boards, camp counselors and employers. In some jurisdictions, everyone will become a mandatory reporter. The proposed bills reflect public outrage at Penn State’s failure to report Jerry Sandusky to police....

Here is one more effect of a struggling economy: big results in the courtroom against corporate defendants. Whether it is the general mistrust of corporate greed, personified for the public by Madoff and Wall Street banks in general, or resentment against corporations of all types for layoffs and losses in stock value, jurors are were more open to the idea of handing down the big verdicts against corporate defendants, according to a report in BusinessWeek....

As discussed previously on FindLaw’s Law and Daily Life blog, several cities in southern California have passed laws limiting the abilities of day laborers to solicit work. Opponents of these laws have said they are unconstitutional because they limit rights to free speech. The cities claim the laws were enacted solely to protect businesses and individual citizens from problems with noise and loitering. The appeals court ruled that the city law prohibiting the solicitation of work or money by approaching motorists in the street is constitutional....

Chris Cornell, former frontman for the famous grunge band, Soundgarden, died in 2017 by hanging himself. Though the cause of death is not in dispute, the singer’s wife and his family have filed a suit in Los Angeles Superior Court against the doctor that allegedly over-prescribed him lorazepam for medical malpractice and willful misconduct. Cornell’s autopsy toxicology report showed the presence of lorazepam, along with barbiturates, caffeine, the anti-opioid drug naloxone, and a decongestant....