An appeals court decided this week that Dutee Chand—an Indian female sprinter whose testosterone levels qualify her as male under Olympics guidelines—cannot be banned from competing against other women because of her hormones.
Last week, we brought you a letter from Ohio Death Row inmate Abdul Awkal. He was scheduled to die earlier this month for the 1992 murders of his wife and brother-in-law. That execution date was postponed two weeks in order to mentally evaluate Awkal. Today, a judge ruled that he is not mentally competent to be…
A judge today ended Lindsay Lohan's seemingly interminable probation period, stemming from a 2007 drunk driving case.
Good news for All The Single [Homeless] Ladies: the Manhattan state Supreme Court ruled today that, for the time being, unmarried homeless people do not have to prove they have no other housing options before entering a shelter.
Seven years (almost eight, at this point) after Janet Jackson's intentional "wardrobe malfunction" at the Super Bowl and the $550,000 fine leveled against CBS is still being argued in court. Just today an appeals court in Philly threw out the case. Now it might be headed back to the Supreme Court.
The Pentagon says it will "immediately" comply with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling that the military must lift its ban on openly gay service members. President Obama repealed the policy last year, though the repeal wasn't immediate. [NJ]
Go figure, Google might have face some consequences for hoovering up emails, passwords and other personal information from people's unsecured wi-fi networks with its Street View cars for years. A judge just ruled the company can be held liable for the so-called Wi-Spy fiasco. It's good to see that Google, which so far…
The Supreme Court has just struck down a California law that would have outlawed the sale of violent video games to minors. Yee haw: Free speech covers busting open aliens' heads with a chainsaw!
Dane County Judge Maryann Sumi has just blocked — again — Gov. Scott Walker's (R-WI) new law curtailing public employee unions, after the state Republican leadership moved last Friday to circumvent her previous order that blocked the law on procedural grounds. But that's not the end of the discussion, as it appears…
A judge ruled yesterday that the NYPD has to hand over incident reports every time a cop shoots at someone to the New York Civil Liberties Union. The NYPD calls it an "invasion of privacy"of the people they shoot at.
A California judge has overturned the conspiracy conviction in connection with Anna Nicole Smith's death. Howard K. Stern is free again.
Just nine short years after Washington intern Chandra Levy's highly-publicized murder, Ingmar Guandique has been convicted for the crime. That means it's officially time to stop thinking her old boss and lover Gary Condit actually did it. [AP]
A federal judge ordered that Wesley Snipes surrender himself and serve his three-year prison sentence. He was convicted in 2008 for not filing taxes. Hopefully he'll go willingly. The star of U.S. Marshals must know all the escape tricks!
A judge in Tennessee yesterday ruled that the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro can be built, despite objections from xenophobes who fear a jihadi incubator is being built in their backyard. The plaintiffs said they may appeal to the Supreme Court.
A New York judge dismissed Diandra Douglas' lawsuit for half of her ex-husband Michael's salary from Wall Street 2. She can still sue in California, where they divorced. There was no ruling on if greed is good or not.
The Feds are championing an employee who cussed out her supervisor on Facebook and called him crazy, saying such trash talking is protected speech. It's a big win for the internet's oversharing class.
A Philadelphia man was convicted of stalking Law & Order: Criminal Intent actress Kathryn Erbe via email, but acquitted of traveling to New York to stalk her. How long before the show rips their own headlines for a future episode?
An appeals court upheld the dismissal of a $3 million lawsuit an elderly Upper East Side woman filed against Starbucks after spilling hot tea on herself and suffering serious burns. But can we sue people for ridiculous ornate coffee orders?
A federal appeals court will allow the military to continue expelling gay and lesbian soldiers under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," siding with the government over the judge who ruled against the policy. So, for now, don't ask, or tell.
