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After a six-hour closed door meeting the legal battle remains heated between Hip-hop mogul Marion “Suge” Knight and Grammy Award-winning rapper Kanye West. The two hip hop heavy weights faced off over an incident at a Miami Beach party hosted by Kanye West in 2005 where an unknown gunman shot Suge Knight in the leg, the Associated Press reports. But the closed meeting didn’t live up to expectations and now Knight’s lawsuit is being handled in Miami federal court....

Hands off. Michael Jackson’s father will not inherit any of his son’s assets. Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff said Joe Jackson was not named in the Michael Jackson will and cannot challenge the hand picked executors. “Joe Jackson takes none of this estate. This is a decision his son made,” the judge said. The Michael Jackson will left his assets to his mother, his children and children’s charities. But the judge told Joe Jackson that he could pursue a motion to receive a family allowance from the estate because he claimed his son had been supporting him, the AP reports....

Opening a box of candy only to find it half full feels like a cruel joke. It’s akin to unwrapping a giant present on Christmas morning, but discovering a lone pair of fuzzy socks enclosed within. It’s nice and all, but not what you expected. A similarly unhappy customer is taking her partially-filled box of Jr. Mints to court and suing Tootsie Roll for consumer fraud. As the lawsuit explains, Paige Stemm went to her local Walmart and purchased a box of Junior Mints for about a dollar....

Everybody’s got that story, overheard at a party or from a friend of a friend, of getting out of a ticket or beating a charge on some technicality. Or, you watched undercover cops on TV dance around the inevitable question. We may want to think there might be some kind of “Get Out of Jail Free” card that can be used against the system, but most of them are myths. Here are five of the most persistent myths about criminal law....

If you’re pulled over for a DUI and you’re under 21, you may not be thinking about the potential legal consequences. You might be thinking about how much your parents will ream you, how much your friends will ridicule you, and how your social life may never be the same. Well as Cher memorably said in “Moonstruck,” snap out of it! (Too young for that reference? Don’t worry about it.)...

Two consecutive DUI arrests landed Lindsay Lohan into a slew of legal and financial trouble. A trip to the Betty Ford clinic was ordered to help end the starlet’s addiction issues. Apparently she is also a fighter. The Lindsay Lohan attack that has now placed Lohan at the center of a misdemeanor battery investigation is said to have occurred as a result of a broken curfew. After returning to the clinic ten minutes after curfew, Lohan and friends were greeted by a female staffer that Lohan claims wanted to drug test the actress and ultimately placed her hands on her, The Los Angeles Times reports....

A DUI trial may not be something you’d want to drag out, but there are many ways a drunken driving case can stall in court. Don’t be surprised to wait months before your trial date – and then wait even longer when that date is pushed back. Check out these five common reasons why a DUI trial may be delayed: FIND LOCAL LAWS& LEGAL RESOURCES Learn about DUI / DWI Cases, Free Legal Aid, and more in:...

Hollister stores are not ADA-friendly, according to a recent federal ruling in Colorado. Hollister store “porches” are used as decorative entryways into many of the national clothing chain’s stores. District Court Judge Wiley Daniel says that Abercrombie & Fitch’s Hollister stores were in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The porch entryways are aesthetically designed. And, they have several above-ground steps that make it difficult for customers in wheelchairs to access this entryway, according to the Denver Post....

What happens when an insurance company allegedly persuades hospitals to charge competing insurance companies higher rates? A class action lawsuit, of course. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is facing its second lawsuit over illegal contracts in the past month. The insurer is accused of using its market share for anti-competitive practices. Blue Cross allegedly used its dominant market share to get “most favored nation” status from hospitals. Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox and the U....

The FBI has linked all four of the recent Washington D.C. shootings to one shooter. Reuters reports that a FBI weapons match points to one shooter likely being responsible for repeatedly firing gunshots at military buildings all around the nations’ capital. The D.C. shootings sites have occurred at a Coast Guard recruiting site, a Marine Corps recruiting site, the Pentagon, and the Marine Corps museum. Woodbridge, Virginia was the site of the most recent shooting this week....

Food manufacturer Lansal, Inc is voluntarily recalling almost 15,000 pounds of hummus and dips on fears the products could be contaminated with the potentially fatal foodborne bacteria listeria. Lansal, which sells products under the name Hot Mama’s Foods to retailers including Trader Joe’s and Target, initiated the recall after testing by the Texas Department of Health found potential listeria contamination in a container of Target Archer Farms hummus. No Illness Yet Reported From Affected Products According to the FDA press release, no illness has yet been reported in connection with the recall....

Although rape can certainly be committed by the use or threat of violent force, the crime of rape encompasses other forms of non-consensual sexual intercourse in which the perpetrator lacks the consent of the victim. California legislators recently passed a law making the standard of consent for sexual activity on that state’s college campuses “affirmative consent,” meaning both partners must both say “yes” to sex, as opposed to just not saying “no....

Those nice kids from New Jersey are in trouble again. This time, it’s Jersey Shore’s Angelina Pivarnick, who is being sued over an alleged assault on a woman before a celebrity boxing match in New Jersey at the Trump Taj Mahal Hotel and Casino. According to the alleged victim, Melissa Mayne, she was leaving the Trump Taj Mahal when she encountered Angelina Pivarnick who was on her way to box in the celebrity match....

Before states passed laws decriminalizing the possession of marijuana, thousands of people were arrested, convicted, and sentenced to jail for possession. For many who were convicted for marijuana possessions, their crime is no longer a crime under new state laws, which allow adults to possess a small amount of marijuana. However, those already convicted are still in prison serving sentences for outdated law. Is there any legal recourse for those who were convicted before marijuana possession became legal?...

Who says life in Hollywood is always fabulous? For notorious bad girl Lindsay Lohan, home detention for her recent misdemeanor theft charge would keep her partying ways locked down - and would keep her alleged sticky fingers in check. Lohan is accused of stealing a “one of a kind” diamond and gold necklace from a Venice, Calif. retailer valued at more than $2,500, reports CBS News. Lohan walked right out of the store with the necklace around her neck - without paying for it, authorities say....

A North Carolina K-9 officer took a bite out of crime, but the alleged criminal bit back. Now the man who bit Maxx the police dog is being held on $1.25 million bail. The dueling attacks took place in Wilmington, N.C., where Travis Glaspie, 22, was wanted on outstanding warrants for illegal firearms possession and firing into an occupied vehicle. When police spotted Glaspie, he allegedly took off running, Wilmington’s WWAY-TV reports....

An 11-year-old girl wears her heart not on her sleeve, but on her right shoulder, thanks to her tattoo-artist mom. But now the mom is facing criminal charges. Odessa Clay, 30, of Pamlico County, N.C., admits she tattooed her daughter last year with the outline of a tiny heart, Yahoo! Shine reports. But Clay wasn’t arrested until this past September. Why the delay? Clay suspects one of her ex in-laws called the cops in an act of retaliation, she told eastern North Carolina’s WCTI-TV....

Most of us know about Botox, the cosmetic drug used to freeze muscles, thus eliminating lines and furrows on the face. But if you can’t show emotion, can you still feel it? A new study says limiting your facial expression of emotion may also effect your ability to feel that emotion. According to WebMD.com, research by Joshua Ian Davis, PhD, a term assistant professor in the department of psychology at Barnard College in New York City, shows at least some correlation between making an expression and feeling emotion....

For almost 20 years, one Long Island City was ’the world’s largest open-air aerosol museum,’ a mural space where graffiti artists could work free from the worry of prosecution. And then, overnight, it was gone. Well, not the building itself or course, but two decades worth of art (some 350 works) that adorned its walls. At the behest of the building’s owner, workers had whitewashed the graffiti from its exterior in the run-up to its demolition....

Finally, bad dog owners are getting what they deserve for abandoning their dogs in hot cars. Oklahoma police arrested two women after their dog was rescued from a hot car for more than two hours! Last week, Faith and Kandice Williams brought their dog, a Daschund-mix puppy, with them to the Hard Rock Casino. Since pets aren’t allowed inside the casino, the two women decided to gamble with the puppy’s life, leaving it in the car on a hot day....