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Dissenting opinions often claim that the sky is falling in; they like to list all the horrible consequences that will inevitably flow from the misguided views of the majority. [read post]
26 Jun 2015, 5:16 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
The first marriages by same-sex couples were celebrated in the United States in May 2004, as a result of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s ruling in Goodridge v. [read post]
22 Jun 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
As we await a ruling from the Supreme Court in Obergefell v. [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]
25 May 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
Parentage law—the rules that determine a child’s legal parents—has had to bend at many points in the past few decades to accommodate the so-called new family. [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]
19 Apr 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman and Deborah L. Brake
.As we wrote in Part One of this series, the Supreme Court just ruled, by a vote of 6-3, that Peggy Young, a pregnant UPS driver who was denied a light-duty accommodation that was routinely made available to other employees with similar lifting restrictions, should have the opportunity to prove on remand that this denial was discriminatory. [read post]
30 Mar 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman and Deborah L. Brake
By a vote of 6-3, the Supreme Court just ruled in favor of Peggy Young, a UPS driver who claimed she was illegally discriminated against when she was denied a workplace accommodation that was made available to other employees with similar physical restrictions. [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]
6 Feb 2015, 6:00 am by Bridget Crawford
Below the fold is Version 3.1 of the census of law prof Twitter users. [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]
30 Jan 2015, 9:30 pm by Karen Tani
(Hat tip: Torts Today)Joanna L. [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]
5 Jan 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
The federal Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which is charged with implementation of Title IX, has said very publicly that it is focused on the problem of sexual assault and violence in schools. [read post]
8 Dec 2014, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) just issued a much-needed clarification of its prior guidance on the legality of single-sex classes within public schools. [read post]