tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2009-03-23:/courtside/15 2013-05-15T19:50:45Z The FindLaw Breaking Legal News Blog. Movable Type Enterprise 4.38 http://images.findlaw.com/logo/logo_news3.gif tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/courtside//15.39878 2013-05-15T19:23:53Z 2013-05-15T19:50:45Z Adam Ramirez The adoptive parents of a child born with male and female organs say South Carolina mutilated their son by choosing a gender and having his male genitalia surgically removed. The surgery took place when the child was 16 months old...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more breaking legal news, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FLCourtSide/~4/t6k_OdN2I9s" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/courtside/2013/05/parents-sue-state-for-removing-toddlers-penis-during-gender-assignment-surgery.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/courtside//15.39842 2013-05-14T00:34:48Z 2013-05-14T15:21:58Z Adam Ramirez The U.S. government secretly seized telephone records of The Associated Press for a two-month period in 2012 in a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into news-gathering operations, the AP says. AP Chief Executive Gary Pruitt, in a letter addressed to U.S....<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more breaking legal news, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FLCourtSide/~4/bvIOsNt2IYE" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/courtside/2013/05/doj-seized-ap-journalists-work-home-cell-phone-records.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/courtside//15.39757 2013-05-07T18:16:31Z 2013-05-07T18:49:54Z Adam Ramirez Dr. Phil’s production company has filed suit against Gawker Media for posting footage of the TV therapist’s interview with Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, the man behind the Manti Te’o girlfriend hoax, on Deadspin.com. The suit was filed Monday in a Texas federal...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more breaking legal news, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FLCourtSide/~4/y1OErKhjCQY" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/courtside/2013/05/dr-phil-sues-gawker-for-posting-manti-teo-video-on-deadspincom.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/courtside//15.39745 2013-05-06T23:17:46Z 2013-05-06T23:27:24Z Adam Ramirez California cities and counties are free to ban the sale and distribution of medical marijuana. Pot dispensaries can be banned via zoning laws, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday. The unanimous ruling, which approved a ban by the city of...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more breaking legal news, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FLCourtSide/~4/RFSt0CfBWEo" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/courtside/2013/05/medical-marijuana-shops-can-be-banned-by-cities-counties-ca-supreme-court.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/courtside//15.39682 2013-05-01T19:02:16Z 2013-05-01T19:32:03Z Adam Ramirez Three college friends of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect removed a backpack with fireworks emptied of gunpowder from his dorm room three days after the attack, according to the attached FBI affidavit. Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev are charged with...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more breaking legal news, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FLCourtSide/~4/nZUoRSRn7SQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/courtside/2013/05/after-boston-bombings-3-friends-removed-backpack-from-tsarnaevs-dorm-fbi-affidavit.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/courtside//15.39601 2013-04-25T23:37:48Z 2013-04-26T17:37:16Z Adam Ramirez People who test positive for smoking pot can legally be fired from their job, the Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled. So while recreational and medical marijuana is legal in Colorado, there is no employment protection for marijuana users. A...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more breaking legal news, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FLCourtSide/~4/-gqDnDPAVug" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/courtside/2013/04/pot-users-have-no-job-protection-colorado-court-rules.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/courtside//15.39527 2013-04-22T18:40:16Z 2013-04-22T19:25:25Z Adam Ramirez A criminal complaint against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, has been filed in federal court. In charging Tsarnaev with using a "weapon of mass destruction," he would not be tried before a military tribunal...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more breaking legal news, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FLCourtSide/~4/qVkeNHt22tc" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/courtside/2013/04/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-criminal-complaint-filed-in-federal-not-military-court.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/courtside//15.39502 2013-04-18T22:13:06Z 2013-04-18T23:02:49Z Adam Ramirez The FBI has released images of two men who are suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. For the first time, the agency made public a video (attached below) and 8 photographs of the men who were seen in the vicinity...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more breaking legal news, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FLCourtSide/~4/tdOrd_uxF4I" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/courtside/2013/04/boston-bombing-suspects-fbi-needs-publics-help-finding-these-2-men.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/courtside//15.39495 2013-04-18T19:05:19Z 2013-04-18T19:17:58Z Adam Ramirez Calling it a "close call," a federal judge on Wednesday allowed victims to pursue wrongful death and liability claims against Cinemark, which owns the Colorado movie theater where 12 people were shot to death last summer. U.S. District Judge R....<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more breaking legal news, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FLCourtSide/~4/-BNIjCfu38o" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/courtside/2013/04/aurora-theater-lawsuits-wrongful-death-claims-can-move-forward.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/courtside//15.39482 2013-04-17T22:47:07Z 2013-04-17T22:57:50Z Adam Ramirez Police usually must try to obtain a search warrant before ordering blood tests for drunken-driving suspects, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The justices sided with a Missouri man who was subjected to a blood test without a warrant and found...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more breaking legal news, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FLCourtSide/~4/DRXFpInpIAI" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/courtside/2013/04/warrantless-dui-blood-tests-rejected-by-supreme-court.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/courtside//15.39309 2013-04-05T17:37:51Z 2013-04-05T18:22:57Z Adam Ramirez The morning-after pill for emergency contraception, popularly known as “Plan B,” must be made available over the counter to girls 16 and under, a New York federal judge has ruled. The ruling could end a long battle over how easy...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more breaking legal news, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FLCourtSide/~4/jqwpMm4q5UM" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/courtside/2013/04/morning-after-pill-ordered-available-to-girls-of-all-ages-by-fed-judge.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/courtside//15.39276 2013-04-03T23:10:24Z 2013-04-04T16:48:20Z Adam Ramirez A Jesus portrait in a small Ohio town has come down over concerns over the cost of defending a federal lawsuit against its display. The religious painting thrust rural Jackson, Ohio into a national debate over religion in public schools....<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more breaking legal news, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FLCourtSide/~4/OA6d56Vbb0M" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/courtside/2013/04/ohio-school-removes-jesus-painting-after-aclu-lawsuit.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/courtside//15.39238 2013-04-02T00:11:18Z 2013-04-02T15:08:44Z Adam Ramirez Thinking about making some cash selling your massive iTunes library? Think again. A federal judge has declared a unique website enabling the online sale of pre-owned digital music files unlawful. "The first sale defense is limited to material items, like...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more breaking legal news, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FLCourtSide/~4/o1n96UO0gug" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/courtside/2013/04/you-cant-resell-music-bought-on-itunes-federal-judge-rules.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/courtside//15.39150 2013-03-26T18:17:48Z 2013-03-26T18:55:52Z Adam Ramirez Did the Supreme Court move too quickly to address whether gay and lesbian couples have a constitutional right to marry? Should the states instead be left to continue the gay marriage experiment for a while? Those were some of the...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more breaking legal news, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FLCourtSide/~4/QClhTQOm9ns" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/courtside/2013/03/gay-marriage-transcript-oral-arguments-of-prop-8-at-us-supreme-court.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/courtside//15.39142 2013-03-26T16:18:58Z 2013-03-26T16:29:50Z Adam Ramirez An affidavit has surfaced in which lawyers at the world's largest law firm trade casual e-mails about running up legal bills for a client. One attorney jokes "that bill shall know no limits." Another described a colleague's approach to the...<br/> <br/> Continue reading this article, and get more breaking legal news, at FindLaw.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FLCourtSide/~4/mYOZvZI2Gso" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/courtside/2013/03/churn-that-bill-baby-rare-dla-piper-emails-reveal-culture-of-overbilling-at-law-firms.html