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Nashville Occupy protestors’ arrests will stop, at least for now. A federal judge recently issued a temporary restraining order, forbidding new rules that imposed curfews and permits on Tennessee’s Occupy protestors. Dozens of protestors were arrested outside the state’s Capitol last week. Protestors had gathered on Legislative Plaza. The curfew requirements went into effect last Thursday, though many refused to leave the premises. Police arrested 55 protestors in two days last week....

An Indiana law requiring voters to present government-issued photo identification has been upheld as constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Indiana “Voter ID Law” requires citizens voting in person on election day – or casting a ballot in person at the office of the circuit court clerk prior to election day – to present photo identification issued by the government. A challenge to the law was brought by several groups, including nonprofit organizations representing elderly, disabled, poor, and minority voters....

Popular chain Build-A-Bear is voluntarily recalling around 300,000 of its teddy bears. The teddy bear recall comes after fears that the stuffed toys’ eyes may pop out. Younger children could choke on the small piece. The recalled bears are the “Colorful Hearts” teddy bear. The bear is white with multi-colored hearts. Its ears and bottom paws are pink. The bear was sold in the U.S. and in Canada. The company hasn’t received word of any injuries or deaths due to the defect....

Toyota is recalling 110,000 Sienna minivans out of concern over potential brake issues. The Toyota recall of the new model is preventative in nature and there have not been any reported accidents or injuries stemming from the brake issue. Toyota plans to notify Sienna owners in January. The Toyota recall relates to concerns that use of the Sienna parking brake could cause damage to the overall break system. In certain scenarios use of the parking brake could cause damage to the overall break system causing either: a) the break light to stay on at all times; or b) keep the break partially engaged at all times, causing noise and vibration....

Well, you knew it was only a matter of time. Anyone who saw or read about the CPSC report regarding the many problems in new houses constructed with imported Chinese drywall could see the federal lawsuit coming. And here it is, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in New Orleans against Knauf Plasterboard Tainjin Co. Ltd. The class of plaintiffs in this suit is comprised of over 2,100 people seeking relief from KPT’s (allegedly) defective drywall....

Videotaping police during encounters with law enforcement is not just a trend; it’s also your First Amendment right. At least, that’s what courts are saying. The Department of Justice also recently sent a letter to Baltimore’s police force reminding them that the First Amendment allows people to videotape police in public places, reports Time Magazine. But for all you aspiring Spielbergs out there, don’t hit record just yet. Courts have recognized a right to record the police, but like all legal rights there are limits to what is allowed....

Erin Brown wasn’t driving her car when it struck and killed two people and injured a third. Her drunk boyfriend, Trevor Bradshaw, was behind the wheel. Nonetheless, she’s been charged with vehicular homicide and now faces 30 years in jail. These charges are the result of a little-known Tennessee law that prohibits a vehicle owner from knowingly allowing her car to be operated in an illegal manner. Violators can be charged with the same crime as the individual driving the vehicle....

This week’s episode of “The Good Wife” opened with drinking and closed with some drama, but there was a tiny bit of law in between. Let’s try to make a meal out of the side dish of legal information served up in “A Material World”: Will is still dead, and everyone is dealing with his death in different ways. Diane is worried that she’s becoming increasingly irrelevant at the firm. Kalinda is almost manic in her investigation-fueled one-night stands....

An accident on the set of Transformers 3 has led to a major lawsuit against Paramount Pictures and Ryerson Inc., a metal distributor from Chicago. Cabriela Cedillo was thrilled when she landed a role as an extra on the Transformers film. She was making minimum wage but was excited about the opportunity as she wanted to become a feature actress. However, on September 1, things took an irreversible turn for the worse....

It appears that podcaster Adam Carolla has seized victory from the jaws of the patent troll… or at least a favorable settlement. As part of the settlement, both the patent troll and Carolla (along with his business partners) agreed to drop claims against each other over use of U.S. Patent No. 8,112,504, describing a “system for disseminating media content representing episodes in a serialized sequence.” According to Courthouse News Service, Carolla had raised more than $475,000 for the Save Our Podcasts Legal Defense Fund, which funded Carolla and his podcast entities’ legal defense from a patent infringement claim....

A man on South Dakota’s death row seems to be following in his big brother’s infamous footsteps: Both were sentenced to death, albeit 25 years apart for different crimes in different states, the Associated Press reports. Rodney Berget is set to be executed in September for beating a South Dakota prison guard to death with a pipe in a foiled escape attempt in 2011. Rodney Berget’s scheduled execution comes 12 years after his older brother, death-row inmate Roger Berget, was executed in Oklahoma for a separate kidnapping gone bad....

A mother of two was sentenced to 180 days in jail because her kids missed more than ten percent of school under California truancy laws. As if the California penal system was not overtaxed enough, now bad parenting can land you in jail just the same as murdering someone or robbing a bank. Thirty-four-year-old Lorraine Cuevas is one of the first parents in the state to be convicted under the relatively new law....

Ronald Page’s Golden Ticket was his ATM card. Every time he went to an ATM, the Bank of America ATM allowed him to withdraw hundreds of thousands of dollars. The retired Detroit man maintained about $100 in his account, but took out $1.5 million thanks to the ATM mistake. So what do you do when you have access to unlimited funds and all the time in the world? You gamble....

As the April 15th income tax filing deadline approaches, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is providing taxpayers with advice on identifying and avoiding some of the most common tax return preparation mistakes – the kind of errors that can delay the processing of your tax return and any refund check. Check out these highlights from the IRS Tax Tip: Nine Common Errors Made on Tax Returns: Recovery Rebate Confusion - According to the IRS: “Many returns filed in 2009 have errors involving the Recovery Rebate Credit, a credit for people who did not receive a stimulus payment in 2008 or who did not receive the maximum amount....

Stop and frisk sounds more like a trendy dance move or a board game than a form of racial profiling. But that is exactly what some critics are claiming the real purpose behind Philly’s stop and frisk approach to law enforcement is. The Philadelphia stop and frisk policy has now become the center of a civil rights lawsuit, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. The suit claims that in 2009, 72% of pedestrians that were stopped under the policy were African American....

Last week pop music fans around the country got passionate about contract law. It’s an unusual occurrence prompted by the case of Kesha Rose Sebert against her producer Lukasz Gottwald. Kesha is seeking an injunction, or a court order, relieving her of her contractual obligations on the basis of sexual and psychological abuse by Gottwald, known as Dr. Luke. On Friday afternoon, a judge in New York denied the request for an injunction and #FreeKesha was trending nationally as fans demanded that she be released from the prison of her deal....

Gun control advocates celebrated a victory as the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (the state’s highest court) upheld a law requiring gun locks. As reported by the Associated Press, the court ruled in the case of Richard Runyan, charged with improperly storing a hunting rifle under his bed. Apparently, his mentally disabled 18-year-old son shot at a neighbor with a BB gun and then showed police where his father kept the gun....

Real Housewives of Atlanta star NeNe Leakes’ son was arrested for shoplifting in Georgia. Leakes’ son, Bryson Bryant, allegedly tried to pilfer two razors from Walmart on Thursday, reports The Daily Mail. His haul? Around $14 for each razor, The Daily Mail reports. Bryant, 21, was also in violation of his probation when he arrested from a prior marijuana possession charge. Bryant was allegedly caught red-handed at the Walmart store with a friend, Damien Harris, who was also trying to shoplift two razors....

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to change the state’s marijuana possession law because of a “blatant inconsistency” in the way the law is enforced, New York’s WNYC radio reports. New York decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana in 1977, making it only punishable by up to a $100 fine. But possessing marijuana “in public view” remains a misdemeanor that can lead to arrest. That’s what’s been happening in New York City, where police routinely ask people they detain to empty their pockets in a procedure known as “stop and frisk....

The pharmaceutical industry was given a nasty shock Monday when a federal court ruled that their practices violated antitrust law. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a settlement between Schering-Plough and a competing firm that would delay the sale of a generic drug. These pay-for-delay deals have been standard practice in the industry for many years and this decision may spell their end. The Federal Trade Commission has opposed the deals for years, reports The Washington Post, but this is the first time a court has struck down the deals as anticompetitive....