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R&B singer Angie Stone has been arrested and charged with aggravated domestic assault after an altercation with her daughter. Stone, whose real name is Angela Brown, was arrested Monday after a fight with her daughter Diamond Stone. The two women were allegedly arguing over Diamond’s kids running around the house when the fight broke out. Diamond claimed Angie hit her in the face with a metal stand, knocking out some teeth; both women were taken to the police station....

Hip-hop mogul Suge Knight and comedian Katt Williams were arrested this week in connection with an alleged theft of a photographer’s camera in Beverly Hills earlier this year. Knight was arrested in Las Vegas and Williams was arrested while appearing in a California court for a prior assault charge, reports the Los Angeles Times. Both were charged with a single count of second degree robbery, a felony. What are the pair accused of doing, and why could Knight be facing substantially harsher penalties than Williams if the pair are convicted?...

Today the Supreme Court of the United States announced an opinion that may effect not only the petitioner in the case before it, Jeffery Skilling, but moguls under indictment everywhere. On June 24, the Court’s opinion in Skilling v. United States severely narrows the reach of one of the government’s favorite tools for prosecuting white collar fraud and crime, the honest services statute. The majority of the Court found that the honest services statue applies only in cases where bribery and kickbacks can be shown....

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reviewed the Toyota fix on its sudden acceleration problem and has decided to raise no objections to the plan. Reuters reports that the Toyota fix includes installation of new parts in existing accelerator systems or an entire overhaul via replacement. According to a press release by the NHTSA, the Toyota fix will include: an accelerator pedal that will be reconfigured by dealers, replacement pedals in the spring for certain models, new all-weather floor mats and installation of a brake override system on certain models....

A new confidential policy of the U.S. armed forces permits consumer and commercially operated drones to be shot down if they enter or approach a no-fly zone. This policy appears to have been recently rolled out, but it does correspond to the warning the FAA issued to consumers earlier this year about flying near military bases. While the details of the policy remain confidential, releasing some info about it will go a long way to help educate the public as well as provide an easy to find answer through Google when a drone operator searches: “My drone got shot down above X military base....

You’ve seen it on CSI, Law & Order, and… well, basically all the crime-based procedurals that have aired or are airing on television today. Many viewers might wonder, what is first degree murder? Is it simply a killing that is morally wrong? Is it a murder that prosecutors find extra morally repulsive? Well, not quite. To be more precise, first-degree murder statutes generally vary from state to state. Most criminal statutes, like murder, are state law and are not federal law, meaning that there is some diversity in first degree murder statutes depending on where you live....

The FDA announced Friday that sent a letter to about 30 companies regarding their production of energy drinks with alcohol. Why would the FDA target manufacturers of legal products with an additive that is as seemingly safe as caffeine? Don’t we all take in more caffeine with a morning latte? Attorneys General from 18 different states and one City Attorney sent a letter to the FDA expressing concerns about the health risks of alcoholic energy drinks....

“The Good Wife” has returned – for summer reruns, anyway. And last night’s rerun, which originally aired in January, gives us a chance perform a legal reality check. For the episode entitled “The Seven-Day Rule,” here are seven points we picked up on: As the show’s writers spend summer holed up in the writers’ room plotting out the next season, fans get to catch-up on reruns. Check back in next week, as we revisit other “Good Wife” oldies-but-goodies....

It isn’t nice to trick people. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced that Affinion Group, Inc. and its subsidiary Trilegiant have agreed to an $8 million settlement over allegedly deceiving consumers into signing up for discount clubs that had hidden fees. Five companies included in the settlement allowed Affinion or other marketing companies to use such techniques on their websites. The companies are GameStop, Avon, Classmates.com, FTD Inc., and Budget....

It can sometimes seem like everyone loves the Kardashian-Jenners but it isn’t so. The super sisters are being sued by their former agents who complain that the ladies have deprived them of their cut of profits from product endorsement deals – in other words, that they’ve been stealing. An attorney for the sisters fervently denied the claim, saying that the agency’s failures will be revealed in the litigation. Agency for the Performing Arts, TMZ reports, sued the five famous sisters – Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney Kardashian; and Kylie and Kendall Jenner – leaving only Rob, the brother, out....

More than two years after former playmate Anna Nicole Smith’s death on February 8, 2007, CNN reports that her “longtime partner” and attorney Howard K. Stern and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor were arrested on Thursday on charges “of conspiring to furnish drugs before her death in 2007.” According to CNN, Smith’s psychiatrist, Dr. Khristine Eroshevich, is also going to face charges and authorities said they expected her to turn herself in on Monday....

When stopped by the police, you can expect to be asked the usual identification questions. Beyond that, the police may begin to ask additional questions to determine if any criminal activity has been taking place In a recent case, the Supreme Court of Oregon ruled that officers must have a specific fear of danger to ask a detainee about weapons. In State of Oregon v. Joseph Lucio Jimenez, an Oregon State Police trooper stopped Joseph Lucio Jimenez for suspicion of jaywalking....

Whether through new DNA testing, faulty forensic science, or procedural error, many criminal convictions eventually get overturned or vacated. Often, these exonerations don’t occur until years or even decades after the fact and in that span a defendant may have already paid thousands of dollars in court costs, fines, fees, and restitution. So when a conviction is tossed out, what happens to all that money? Until last week, Colorado had a statute on the books that allowed the state to keep fees and restitution paid by criminal defendants, even after their convictions were overturned....

There seems to be some good news for those who fear Florida red light tickets. A judge in Broward County has ruled that red light tickets written by police officers, as opposed to those issued by red light cameras, are unconstitutional under both the Florida and U.S. Constitutions. The reason? The disparate punishment between police-written and red light camera tickets runs afoul of both documents’ equal protection clauses. Under state law, Florida red light tickets have two punishments....

AT&T is once again in hot water because of its data throttling practices. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced today that it will fine AT&T $100 million for misleading customers with its unlimited wireless data plan. This is the second time that the company’s data throttling has gotten it into legal trouble. ‘Unlimited means Unlimited’ According to the FCC, AT&T’s advertising promised unlimited data plans. However, the company capped data speeds after customers used a certain amount of gigabytes of data within each billing period....

President Donald Trump’s antipathy to immigration is matched only by his disdain for his predecessor’s executive orders. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, was established under former President Barack Obama, allowing some individuals brought into the United States as children to be eligible for work programs and shielded from deportation, and has long been targeted by Trump. But those efforts suffered another setback today, as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Trump administration must continue the program, calling its attempts to rescind DACA “arbitrary and capricious under settled law....

Welcome to FindLaw’s DUI Law series. If you have been charged with a DUI, know someone who has, or just want to know about the law and how to protect your rights during a DUI stop, please come back each week for more information. Every DUI is unique, which means not all DUIs cost the same. State DUI laws and the particular circumstances of your case will determine your exact cost, but recent studies have shown that a first time DUI in California can cost almost $16,000....

This week New Jersey resident Ryan Ward pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct related to impersonating New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain. Also this week, a Florida woman’s Corvette was stolen and crashed by a man she believed to be a former Foreigner drummer. When does playing on your natural likeness to a celebrity, or on people’s dreams of meeting the members of Foreigner, go too far? As he told the AP, Ward’s spiral began innocently enough–a simple failure to disabuse the mistaken impression by some who encountered him that he was the Yankee pitcher Joba Chamberlain (dubbed “Joba-the-Hot” by the New York Post)....

Imagine if county officials took your kids from your home, took them to a temporary shelter, and subjected them to invasive medical examinations under a suspicion of child abuse, including a gynecological and rectal exam, all without your knowledge or consent and without even a court order authorizing the examinations. That’s what two San Diego parents – Mark and Melissa Mann – were confronted with in 2010, and a federal appeals court just ruled that the county acted unconstitutionally in subjecting the children to the unwarranted and invasive exams....

President Barack Obama isn’t the first chief executive to make recess appointments to government agencies like the National Labor Relations Board. But if last week’s federal appeals court ruling stands, he may be the last. In general, when the president wants to appoint people to vacant executive posts, he must present his nominees to the Senate for approval. But many presidents have bypassed that process, especially when a nominee faces stiff opposition, by appointing people while the Senate is in recess....