Saudi Arabia confirmed Monday it would shortly pass a new law that permits only females to work in women's lingerie stores.
The law forbidding men to work in female apparel and cosmetic stores was first proposed in 2006, ...
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Common sense to be something in real short supply these days as one new study out shows that more people are texting while they are driving despite concerted efforts from law enforcement and other organizations to show ...
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As Etta James might say herself: at last. The husband and sons of the terminally ill blues singer Etta James have struck a deal in court over the performer's $1 million estate.
The sons of James, Donto and ...
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Federal and state laws on the medical use of marijuana vary greatly in California. While federal law states the possession and sale of marijuana is a serious crime, Californian voters approved medical use of the drug in ...
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28-year-old Joshua Monson has found out the hard way that stabbing lawyers is frowned upon in a courtroom. Who knew?
Monson is currently appearing in court on charges of methamphetamine possession, and has just lost his right to ...
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I've read about a lot of really stupid ideas in my time but this one from the halls of the Louisiana state government has to rank up there as one of the most ridiculous idea yet.
Proclaiming the ...
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It is being billed as one of the biggest fraud and identity theft rings ever busted in New York, with over 100 people arrested, 85 currently in custody, and with others still being sought.
In total five separate criminal enterprises ...
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Domestic violence is a blight on our society and it took years for dealing with it beyond the old "it's a family matter" mindset and bring it out into the open where finally abusers can be held ...
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I can totally understand the need for things like laws against cyber-bulling or stalking but as one 15-year-old-boy in Rhode Island is finding out the simple act of sending a message over the web to a 16-year-old ...
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Spreading margarine on a piece of bread in Wisconsin can cost a restaurant owner up to $500 and three months in jail. The very old old law requires that margarine only be substituted for butter at a ...
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One of the benefits of our rapidly improving technology is that it puts ways to easily record events and the people involved in them in the hands of the average citizen. While some see this as a ...
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Back in January and April of this year my colleague Kim LaCapria and I wrote here about a growing trend of state courts what amounts to carte blanche in accessing your mobile phone location data from your ...
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Outrage, anger, confusion, while Casey Anthony's not guilty verdict has left many people feeling slated, some good may come from the verdict as thousands of people have signed a petition for "Caylee's Law" which would require parents ...
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For some time there has been an effort by politicians looking for easy votes to ban or rent games that are deemed to be violent to anyone under the age of 18, with the most recent effort ...
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Officials in the city of San Francisco are considering a ban on the sale of goldfish. City officials worry that animal welfare is put in jeopardy since most goldfish are mass bred or "taken from the wild."
A ...
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We've all heard the stories of people convicted on crimes where the evidence included things like their Google searches or their Facebook posting but in order to get that Facebook information the police first need to subpoena ...
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South Tyneside Council in the UK has subpoenaed Twitter to hand over the two accounts, one public and one private, for fellow councillor Ahmed Khan. The council claims that Khan is the anonymous blogger known as Mr. ...
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Picking juries is tough and there are companies out there making lots of money as jury consultants to lawyers. Then there is the increasing number of problems being faced by the courts over jury members disobeying judges ...
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There has never been any doubt that when you walk into a store and plonk down your money, then walk out with your purchase you can do anything you want with it. You don't have to ask ...
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This is an interesting move and guidance by the Lord Chief Justice of England when it comes to the use of Twitter during active court proceedings. Media organizations and journalists will first have to apply for permission to ...
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Jon Stewart took a break from ragging on Goldman Sachs and Sarah Palin last night and did a lengthy bit on the recent iPhone hullabaloo that ended up with police breaking down Gizmodo editor Jason Chen's door ...
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Okay it's not like we didn't really expect this to happen but Gizmodo has just posted the news that one of their bloggers, Jason Chen, involved with the recent posting of Apple's next generation iPhone has had ...
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