Facebook and Lifeline, a national suicide prevention organization, are about to enter into a new partnership that may save lives. Facebook’s new suicide chat feature allows someone feeling suicidal to directly interface with counselors over the web.
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Teens Can Report Suicidal Behavior via Facebook Chat
Anyone can be a blogger these days, but only some understand the extent of their rights. Whether a blogger writes about food, local politics, or her business, she is subject to a set of legal rules that both limit and protect her blog and its content.
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Top 10 Legal Facts Every Blogger Should Know
A Virginia man is suing Starbucks over a hidden toilet camera found by his 5-year-old daughter.
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VA Man Sues Starbucks Over Hidden Toilet Camera
Alaska’s same-sex couples will now be enjoying some additional tax privileges. An Anchorage judge ruled last Friday that same-sex couples will now qualify for tax exemptions traditionally reserved for married spouses. At issue is a property tax exemption that requires local governments to give seniors and disabled veterans a $150,000…..
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Same-Sex Couples Get Tax Exemption, AK Judge Rules
A challenge to Redondo Beach, Calif.’s day laborer law has left the validity of more than 50 local anti-solicitation ordinances in question. Day laborer laws banning the solicitation of employment on roadways and sidewalks may violate the First Amendment, according to a new ruling from the 9th Circuit. Even if…..
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Day Laborers Have First Amendment Right to Solicit Work: 9th Cir.
Oprah’s best pal Gayle King has been sued by “Orly the Matchmaker,” whose real name is Orly Hadida. Hadida claims she set King up with a number of “attractive, fit and wealthy men” two years ago. Her fee for her professional matchmaking services normally runs for a hefty $500,000
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Oprah Pal Gayle King Sued by Orly the Matchmaker Over Free Dates
Rapper 50 Cent has been sued over an alleged assault at his Connecticut mansion in 2009. No, the rapper isn’t being sued because he assaulted anybody.
When Tiawanda Moore secretly taped a conversation with two Chicago police officers, she had no idea that she would soon be indicted on criminal charges under an obscure Illinois eavesdropping law. Prohibiting the recording of public conversations without permission, the…
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IL Jury Acquits Woman Facing 15 Years for Recording Talk with Cops
Jimmie Lee Scott is supposed to be buried at Oakwood Cemetery Annex in Montgomery, Alabama, but according to a lawsuit filed by her three daughters, their mother’s body is currently missing. The women have now sued Ross-Clayton Funeral Home, which…
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AL Funeral Home Lost Woman’s Body, Daughters Sue
Can you base your decision to fire an employee on his beard? American Patriot Security, a California-based security company, did just that. Now, they are being sued
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Can I Fire Employee for Not Shaving?
