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4 Aug 2014, 9:01 pm
One might watch the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black and think that the rampant sexual encounters in the prison—involving the warden, correctional officers, and inmates in various pairings—are trumped up to appeal to the prurient interests of viewers. [read post]
1 Aug 2016, 9:01 pm
Although the Supreme Court’s endorsement in 2015 of the right of same-sex couples to marry clarified the status of same-sex couples—or at least their options vis-à-vis formal status—it left open a variety of questions about the formal parent-child relationships in same-sex-couple families. [read post]
18 Jan 2016, 9:01 pm
Media reports abound about a lawsuit filed by a woman in California against a man in Georgia who hired her to carry children for him as a surrogate. [read post]
14 Nov 2016, 9:01 pm
Pennsylvania may have gone mysteriously red in the dark of election night, but a federal judge in that state has just ruled that Title VII prohibits sexual orientation discrimination. [read post]
12 Apr 2016, 9:01 pm
For better or worse, the modern face of polygamy in the United States is Kody Brown, a floppy-haired man with one legal wife, three “spiritual” wives, and more than a dozen kids. [read post]
29 Feb 2016, 9:01 pm
In Smith v. [read post]
5 Aug 2013, 9:01 pm
Surrogacy, an arrangement in which a woman carries a child for others who intend to raise it, is no longer novel. [read post]
10 Nov 2014, 9:01 pm
Joanna L. [read post]
13 Oct 2014, 9:01 pm
According to a recent article in the New York Times by Tamar Lewin, the United States has become – or is in the process of becoming – a mecca for foreign couples seeking the services of a surrogate to gestate a child for them. [read post]
27 Jan 2015, 9:01 pm
The day that proponents and opponents of same-sex marriage have variously feared and desired has come: The Supreme Court has agreed to decide once and for all whether it is unconstitutional for states to ban the celebration of marriages by same-sex couples and/or to refuse recognition to such marriages validly celebrated out of state. [read post]
7 Jun 2015, 9:01 pm
Amid discussions of whether the FDA should approve a so-called Viagra for women, which creates a desire for sex (rather than simply facilitating it), it is hard to imagine a world in which it was a crime for a married couple to use birth control. [read post]
2 Mar 2015, 9:01 pm
Parentage law—called upon to answer the often-complicated questions about the identity of a child’s legal parents—boasts several flashpoints. [read post]
30 May 2008, 7:07 am
Law professors Joanna Grossman and Mitchell Gans, both of Hofstra University, published an interesting two-part article dissecting the outcome of Heath Ledger's untimely death from a probate point of view. [read post]
20 Jul 2015, 9:01 pm
In a recent ruling, the EEOC concluded that alleged discrimination against a gay man—because he was gay—constitutes a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a federal law banning employment discrimination on the basis of certain protected characteristics. [read post]
11 May 2015, 9:01 pm
An ordinary paternity case became more interesting when DNA testing revealed that the alleged father was genetically related to only one of a set of twins. [read post]
8 Apr 2019, 9:01 pm
The Texas legislature meets for 140 days every two years, during which time it may well tackle some real issues. [read post]
17 Apr 2017, 9:01 pm
For the first time, a federal appeals court held squarely that Title VII prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. [read post]
20 May 2019, 9:01 pm
The legislative activity around abortion in the past few weeks has been dizzying and disturbing, as some states compete to pass the most unconstitutional and most draconian abortion laws in the hopes of spurring the newly composed U.S. [read post]
12 Feb 2018, 9:01 pm
While same-sex couples have been able to legally marry across the nation for almost three years—and in some states, as many as 14 years, significant questions still arise about the treatment of children born into such marriages. [read post]
31 Mar 2014, 9:01 pm
It was a case of bad timing. [read post]
