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Can a YouTube video send you to jail? The answer, potentially, is yes, but perhaps not for the reasons you might think. The question typically gets asked with regards to posting copyrighted material on YouTube. That can indeed lead to potential fines or lawsuits, YouTube advises, but it generally won’t result in an arrest or incarceration. (However, a pending Senate bill could change that, as discussed below.) There are other ways that a YouTube video could send you to jail, as some unlucky YouTube users have discovered....

A father accused of murdering the drunken driver who killed his two sons was acquitted by a Texas jury. In 2012, David Barajas and his two sons – David Jr. 12 and Caleb 11 – were pushing Barajas’ truck on a road near their home in Alvin, Texas after the truck ran out of gas. A drunk driver, 20-year-old Jose Banda, plowed into the two boys, killing them. Prosecutors accused Barajas of running home, grabbing a pistol, and fatally shooting Banda in revenge, reports the Houston Chronicle....

This is the case that just wouldn’t die. After Dell thought it was out, with the dismissal of its 2006 shareholder suit, arguments before the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals pulled them back in. That is correct, the Dell lawsuit settled after it was dismissed. Some commentators feel that the impetus for settlement of the Dell lawsuit occurred after arguments before the 5th Circuit hearing the appeal of the dismissal went seriously awry for Dell....

Consumers in six states are being advised about a possible link between diced yellow onions and a harmful bacteria called Listeria monocytogenes. According to CBS News, “no illnesses have been reported so far, but Gills Onions [of Oxnard, CA] is voluntarily recalling more than 45,000 pounds of onions that were sold to restaurants and Trader Joe’s stores in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.” According to Gills Onions, the recall comes after the Washington State Department of Agriculture, during routine testing, detected Listeria monocytogenes in one retail bag of diced yellow onions....

Our legal system is predicated on the rule of law – that our laws apply to everyone, equally, and that everyone is entitled to equal protection under the law. Nowhere is this principle more important and necessary than our criminal justice system. We expect prosecutors to treat every defendant equally, but new research suggests this might not be the case. Instead, prosecutors often treat minority criminals far more harshly – especially in terms of crimes carrying mandatory minimum sentences....

He did say “I’ll be back,” didn’t he? Now that California’s most famous governor has handed the baton over to Jerry Brown, the star of the Terminator movies has some free time on his hands. Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced that he will be making a return to the silver screen soon, the Toronto Sun reports. The famous actor took a break from making movies back in 2003 in order to serve as California governor until the beginning of January 2011....

Encouraging news for those among the 2.5 million people suffering from relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS): The Food and Drug Administration just approved an oral drug designed to treat the disease. The new drug is called Gildnya (fingolimod), and differs from other MS drugs, which come in the form of injections or infusion. Gilenya will allow MS sufferers to take a pill once a day, making medication management far easier than it has been in the past....

There’s good news for past and present homeowners, as a group of 10 banks have reached a settlement over claims of foreclosure abuse. The deal makes changes to an enforcement action by the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of Currency. The original action required banks to hire independent consultants to investigate foreclosure abuse and make victims whole. But that process proved both inefficient and ineffective. Now the parties have reached a separate agreement that will hopefully benefit foreclosure victims....

On November 1st and 2nd, the Federal Trade Commission will hold a Town Hall meeting to examine consumer protection issues raised by the tracking of internet users’ activities online, and online behavioral advertising. The Town Hall is available as a Webcast from the FTC. The New York Times reports that “in advance of the F.T.C. meetings, a coalition of consumer groups called [Wednesday] for a do-not-track list that would permit people to opt out of so-called behavioral tracking programs, which use data about a consumer’s Web travels to deliver relevant ads....

Job discrimination claims filed against private employers in the U.S. in 2007 rose 9 percent over filings in 2006, the largest year-to-year increase since 1993, according to a Press Release from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC states that the jump in filings – which show double digit percentage increases in most types of discrimination, including race, sex, age, and disability – may be due to greater employee awareness of the law, shifting economic conditions, and increased work force diversity....

What happens if you leave the scene of an accident? Unfortunately, car accidents happen every day and can happen to any of us. It’s only natural to instinctively want to flee whenever you’re in a daunting, chaotic situation. But after a car crash, following that instinct can lead to some potentially dire consequences. If you do leave the scene of an accident, here are a few things that may happen to you:...

The New Hampshire State Senate voted 17-6 to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana yesterday, following a 318-36 vote from the House in March. But the Senate version differed slightly from the House version, so there are a few more legal hoops to jump through before New Hampshire residents can safely carry weed with them. So what regulations did the Senate sign off on, and what might a finalized decriminalization bill look like?...

Recreational marijuana use is now legal in Washington state. Ironically, this may be bad news for the state’s medical pot users, as they may be more susceptible to marijuana-related DUIs. The ballot initiative that made it legal to smoke marijuana recreationally in the state also contained a new DUI standard for drugged driving, reports NPR. So while the new law makes it legal for adults to possess up to 1 ounce of marijuana, these same adults can now be busted for driving under the influence if they have a certain blood level of THC – the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana....

Military sexual assault reform took a major blow Thursday, as the U.S. Senate voted down a bill designed to overhaul the way the military handles sexual assault cases. The bill sought to give power to prosecute military sex assault cases to an independent military prosecutor rather than high ranking officers, but it failed to get the 60 votes necessary to avoid being thrown out, reports Reuters. What else might this bill have changed in military sexual assault cases?...

Police officers may stop a vehicle based on a misunderstanding of traffic laws without violating the civil rights, the Supreme Court has ruled. In its 8-1 ruling on Monday, the High Court found that even though a North Carolina police officer misunderstood a state traffic law regarding brake lights, the mistake was reasonable, and thus the search that followed was not illegal. The driver, Nicholas B. Heien, consented to the search of his car following the stop, which yielded a baggie of cocaine....

Oscar Sanchez was arrested last week for a money laundering scheme that sent millions of Medicare dollars to Cuba. Prosecutors claim that Sanchez helped launder $31 million in fraudulent Medicare payments. His check-cashing business made it possible for Sanchez to launder Medicare checks and wire payments between 2005 and 2009, according to The Miami Herald. This is the first money laundering scheme out of Miami that directly links Medicare fraud dollars to Cuba....

Nebraska’s indoor smoking ban remains intact, but the exemptions for smokers to puff inside cigar bars and tobacco stores has been ruled unconstitutional. In its decision, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that there was no substantial difference between a cigar bar and other publicly accessible workplaces, and that special exemptions for these businesses are “directly contrary” to the state’s indoor smoking ban. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the state’s attorney general asked the high court on Monday to rehear the case, which may have dire effect on all future legislation....

If you could be arrested with any famous person, alive or dead, who would it be? And what would it be for? Most people have been asked about which famous person they would most want to meet, or have lunch with, or maybe be stranded on a dessert island with. These hypotheticals are usually just fun games played among friends. But for the 22 year old Erick Harris, he didn’t have a choice when the Arizona police stopped him and his two friends, Tupac and Robin Williams....

Reality TV’s Kim Kardashian, who shrugged off a “flour bomb” assault last week, now says it was no laughing matter. Headlines today suggest Kardashian “may press charges.” That’s what news outlets including MSNBC, The Washington Post, and E! Online are reporting after Kardashian’s latest comments about her flour bombing Thursday night. But technically, those headlines are incorrect – even though Kim Kardashian is a flour-bombing victim, she has no power to press charges against anyone....

Prostitution is a felony in Texas if you’re caught more than three times but that law may change in an effort to save money. The Texas law is an example of a three-strikes statute where multiple offenders are given a more severe punishment. It was originally adopted in 2001 as a way to clear up Dallas’s problem with prostitutes at street corners and truck stops. Felony charges didn’t solve the problem....