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9 Sep 2019, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
A small but interesting family law issue keeps popping up: Can ministers who are ordained online legally preside over marriages? [read post]
31 Jan 2021, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
The Trump administration was a four-year-long war on women’s health. [read post]
25 Feb 2019, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman and Grant Hayden
What happens when parties do not disagree about a legal issue, but a judge feels like addressing it anyway? [read post]
23 Oct 2017, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
Those geniuses at Hulu turned Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, into a harrowing and Emmy-award-winning television series. [read post]
27 Jan 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
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 by Joanna L. Grossman
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 by Joanna L. Grossman
Parentage law—called upon to answer the often-complicated questions about the identity of a child’s legal parents—boasts several flashpoints. [read post]
13 Oct 2014, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
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]
20 Jul 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
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 by Joanna L. Grossman
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]
In The Adventures of Charles Augustus Milverton (1904), a Sherlock Holmes story, Lady Eva Blackwell, engaged to be married to the Earl of Dovercourt, finds herself in a terrible situation. [read post]
1 Feb 2016, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
This is more or less the message of a recent case, Gottlieb v. [read post]
20 Jan 2014, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
Under a newly enacted law, adult adoptees in Ohio can now seek access to their original birth certificates. [read post]
17 Apr 2017, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
For the first time, a federal appeals court held squarely that Title VII prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. [read post]
26 Aug 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
A battle over whether topless women with body paint who call themselves “desnudas” can solicit tips in Times Square—and whether they might be soliciting them too aggressively—might raise real legal questions; it certainly raises political hackles. [read post]