Read more courts stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2854/courts.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:41:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74357/your-boss-cant-read-your-email-courts-say.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNo matter what your employers tell you, they probably can’t spy on your emails without telling you, recent court rulings suggest. While in the past courts have often sided with corporations on issues of email privacy, lately they’ve been more sympathetic to employees, the Wall Street Journal reports. Earlier this...http://www.newser.com/story/74357/your-boss-cant-read-your-email-courts-say.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 11:42:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65540/dutch-abortion-ship-hits-rough-waters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA change in the law is threatening to scuttle a Dutch ship's mission to provide abortions to women throughout the world, reports the Independent . Dr. Rebecca Gomperts has delivered "abortion pills" that cause miscarriages to women in nations where abortion is illegal. She has skirted local laws by docking outside...http://www.newser.com/story/65540/dutch-abortion-ship-hits-rough-waters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 4:55:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65092/150-maldive-women-to-be-flogged-for-affairs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA criminal court in the Maldives has ruled that 150 women will be flogged for having affairs in the Muslim country, reports the Independent . Some 50 men face the same punishment. Earlier this month an 18-year-old woman fainted after being flogged 100 times for having sex with two men, who...http://www.newser.com/story/65092/150-maldive-women-to-be-flogged-for-affairs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 3:27:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58579/pakistanis-decry-taliban-sharia-law.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPublic opinion is swinging against Sharia law in Pakistan's Swat Valley as tens of thousands flee fighting between Pakistani forces and the Taliban, the Washington Post reports. A public fed up with inefficient and corrupt secular courts once welcomed the Taliban's version of religious law, but lawmakers and pundits now...http://www.newser.com/story/58579/pakistanis-decry-taliban-sharia-law.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 10 May 2009 18:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54024/oconnor-im-not-a-feminist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSandra Day O’Connor says the reason she hoped a woman would be named to replace her on the Supreme Court is that it's easier not to be the only woman on the nation's highest bench. As the first female justice, she tells Deborah Solomon in the New York Times that...http://www.newser.com/story/54024/oconnor-im-not-a-feminist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 22 Mar 2009 13:31:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/42128/burnt-out-defenders-refuse-new-cases.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPublic defenders are as overworked as hell, and they’re not going to take it anymore, the New York Times reports. Arguing that their hectic schedules result in scant attention for clients, government-appointed lawyers around the country are refusing new cases and suing to limit their workload. “The quality of public...http://www.newser.com/story/42128/burnt-out-defenders-refuse-new-cases.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 08 Nov 2008 14:56:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/39661/drunk-driver-opts-for-im-stupid-sign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Wisconsin drunk driver who crashed into a water treatment plant has chosen humiliation over jail time, WEAU reports. Instead of serving a sentence for property damage, Shane McQuillan, 22, who admitted he was “just being stupid,” was sentenced to wear a sign reading “I was stupid.” The judge often...http://www.newser.com/story/39661/drunk-driver-opts-for-im-stupid-sign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Oct 2008 20:31:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36453/great-white-to-pay-1m-over-deadly-ri-stage-fire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 1980s rock band whose pyrotechnics sparked a nightclub fire that killed 100 people in Rhode Island has agreed to pay $1 million to survivors and victims' relatives. The settlement offer from Great White was revealed in court papers today. Roughly $175 million has now been offered by dozens of...http://www.newser.com/story/36453/great-white-to-pay-1m-over-deadly-ri-stage-fire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Sep 2008 17:18:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36304/fla-law-changes-terms-to-make-divorce-less-toxic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDivorcing parents won't be making deals on "custody" and "visitation" in Florida in the future; a new law scrubs the terms from its legal code in a bid to reduce acrimony and give kids a better shot at continuing relationships with both parents. Starting next month, custody will be renamed...http://www.newser.com/story/36304/fla-law-changes-terms-to-make-divorce-less-toxic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Sep 2008 7:18:27 CDT