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Drunken driving can be expensive, in more ways than one. There’s a huge price tag associated with getting arrested and having to deal with the legal consequences, even if it’s your first time. According to a study conducted by the Automobile Club of Southern California, a first-time DUI can cost up to $15,649 in California, reports the Los Angeles Times. The figure is even higher for underage DUIs, which average out to about $22,492 for a first-time offense....

Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be tried before a military commission at Guantanamo Bay. The move, which is in direct contradiction to the Obama Administration’s long-held position on Guantanamo Bay, comes after almost two years of preparation to try him in a civilian court. It appears as though the administration has decided that a trial must happen regardless of where it occurs....

Some online pharmacies are selling fake Adderall, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The federal agency has learned of at least two instances involving the counterfeit pills, which purport to treat those diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The extent of the con is unknown, as the FDA was only alerted once customers called the manufacturer to report misspellings on the packaging, according to Reuters. The websites involved are also unknown....

Technically, if you film police while they are performing their duties out in public, an officer could potentially be justified in taking your cell phone. However, that would be limited to situations where either you were personally being arrested for a crime, or where your video captured another person’s crime. Fortunately, courts have consistently ruled that recording police performing their duties in public is completely legal, so long as you don’t get in their way....

It seems like just yesterday we were writing about how CBS would never do anything to Charlie Sheen because he makes them too much money. Despite his notorious bad behavior, we noted that the Two and a Half Men star showed up for work on time and delivered his lines, making CBS millions of dollars. However, now that Sheen is in rehab, putting the whole show on hiatus, the equation quickly changes....

It’s official: Englewood, New Jersey sued the Libyan government and its contractor, Quattro Construction, for a temporary injunction to enforce stop work orders issued against the current work on the Libya-owned property. You can read the complete lawsuit and stop work orders here: Englewood’s City Engineer Peter Abballe issued a ‘stop work order’ on August 24, 2009 and subsequently ordered that $1,000-per-day penalties would be imposed if the owner and construction company refused to comply with the original stop work order on the Libyan government’s New Jersey property...

Students in a Colorado high school possibly face felony charges for texting lewd photos. Hundreds of images have been exchanged and stored on phones using an app that is masked as a calculator, CNN reports. Officials have not yet disclosed how many students are involved in the sexting scandal at Cañon City High School, but it appears to be big trouble for many. Convictions could lead to sex offender status for the kids....

This year, daydreaming about time on a Florida beach will just not be what it used to. Not only are we haunted by the specter of the spill, but now the Supreme Court has kicked sand in the face of Florida beachfront property owners. Six homeowners petitioned the Court in a challenge to the Florida Supreme Court’s decision that the government did not illegally take the property of homeowners when its beach fill-in project denied them rights to private water access....

Radio and Internet host Glenn Beck is being sued by a Boston Marathon bombing victim for alleged defamation. Abdulrahman Alharbi, 20, a student from Saudi Arabia, filed a lawsuit against Beck, who on his radio show called Alharbi the “money man” behind the attacks. Alharbi was injured in the bombings, but was quickly cleared of wrongdoing and was never named as a suspect, according to The Washington Post. What will Alharbi have to prove in order to make Glenn Beck pay for his words?...

As discussed in a prior post, a December 2009 ruling by a Federal District Court sharply raised the amount of money that could be awarded to those filing suits against companies for “false marking.” False marking is the practice of marking consumer products with patent numbers that are expired, or simply false. In the aftermath of the ruling raising the potential amount of damages, the number of qui tam suits (those brought in a whistleblower situation by an individual) had risen by April to 175 suits filed....

Everyone wants a piece of Paul Walker, or rather his cars. Last week, lawyers representing the Paul Walker’s family and estate filed a lawsuit against Richard Taylor, who formerly worked for Walker, for theft by conversion of Walker’s many cars. The Theft When he was alive, Paul Walker was a car enthusiast (thus explaining all the Fast and Furious movies). Walker had a collection of over 30 cars, including several 1993 BMW M3s, one 2008 BMW M3, one 2006 Crown Victoria, one 2004 GMC Truck, one 2011 Porsche GTSR3, and many more....

Always good to start the New Year off right. And by right, I mean have an affair with a 17-year-old high school student. At least that’s what Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez must have been thinking on December 31st when he reportedly traded numbers with Eliza Kruger at a Manhattan club. Deadspin has been taunting readers for days, revealing that they had asked the Jets for comment on an impending story about Mark Sanchez....

Hackers are rampant in the video game world, and have been since the days of Atari. Recently, Nintendo has been embroiled in a lawsuit with two ROM sites owned by Jacob and Christen Mathias, LoveROMs.com, and LoveRETRO.co. The suits have recently settled, with the ROM sites agreeing to pay a combined $12.2 million in damages and abiding by a permanent injunction barring the Mathiases from ROM sharing Nintendo games. They must also relinquish to the company all of their Nintendo video games, files and emulators, as well as ownership of the two URLs, LoveROMs....

For those who do not know, Phil Spector is a songwriter and music producer credited with great artistry, who created a thing in pop called the “Wall of Sound.” The Spector story got less glorious in 2003 when he was arrested for murder. But that is also when he met his current wife, Rachelle Short Spector, who he is now divorcing from prison. Spector, 75, is serving a 19-year prison sentence in Stockton, California for murder....

The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that an airline customer cannot sue after being thrown out of a frequent flyer program. The court ruled 9-0 that Rabbi Binyomin Ginsberg cannot pursue his claims against Northwest Airlines, which merged in 2010 with Delta. He sued after he was ousted from Northwest’s WorldPerks loyalty program for complaining too often about getting bumped from flights and repeatedly seeking compensation. The decision (attached below) means airlines have sole discretion to drop frequent flyers....

There’s little doubt that police will use the latest and greatest technology to track down suspected criminals. One such technology is a cell-site simulator – often referred to as a Stingray, based on a leading brand. There’s also little doubt that law enforcement tends to use these technologies first, and then worry about whether it was legal later. And Stingray use has become quite controversial, due to its widespread use and later questions regarding its legality....

Back in 2012, the Supreme Court held that mandatory life sentences for juveniles without the possibility for parole are unconstitutional. The question at the time, and one that has been posed to state courts ever since, was whether that ruling applied to inmates already serving life sentences for juvenile convictions. And now we know the answer. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court decided that its ruling in Miller v. Alabama is retroactive, and those that were previously sentenced to mandatory life terms as juveniles must be eligible for parole....

After a scary incident at the Venice Beach boardwalk involving a hit-and-run, the driver has now been charged with murder. Nathan Louis Campbell, 38, turned himself in to the Los Angeles Police Department hours after the incident. Campbell allegedly sped onto the pedestrian boardwalk Saturday night, killing one woman and injuring nearly a dozen other people. Alice Gruppioni of Italy, who was killed, was 32 and on her honeymoon, CNN reports....

In an unusual unanimous opinion written for the Court by Justice Scalia with Justices Thomas and Stevens concurring, the Supreme Court handed down its second case this term revolving around the Miranda warnings. The warnings, given when a suspect enters police custody are the most familiar part of the justice system to many. Stemming from the 1966 Miranda v. Arizona case, the police must remind a suspect in custody that he or she has a right to remain silent, to an attorney and to have an attorney provided if they cannot afford one....

Leaving kids in hot cars is dangerous and unfortunately nothing illustrates that better than the tragedy it causes. In just the first week of August, eight children died from being left in hot cars. Since the beginning of the year 23 children have died, reports ABC. Most parents leave their children by accident, not realizing how hot the car can get in a short period of time. The results are no less deadly when it’s a mistake....