Lawyers say that partners in breakups sometimes install spyware on computers or phones.
These are apps that are available for a subscription fee, say $16.99 a month. Once installed, people can see every incoming and outgoing message from the target's phone, Web searches, even keystrokes — the letters someone is typing, say, when they log into...
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Sperm Donor Denied Parental Rights
A married same-sex Chemung County (Binghampton, New York) couple can rebuff an effort by a sperm donor to exert parental rights on the daughter born as a result of the arrangement.
A midlevel New York appeals court ruled in favor of the couple, suspending a decision by the Chemung County Family Court that originally ordered a...
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Mississippi Pushes Abortion Ban to 15 Weeks
From NBC News, JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi lawmakers pushed ahead Friday with a bill to ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which would be the earliest ban nationwide and create a possible court challenge.
Mississippi already bans most abortions after 20 weeks. It's tied with North Carolina for the nation's earliest ban.
Members of the...
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Cake Bakers & Same-Sex Marriage
The Oregon Court of Appeals decided unanimously [recently] to uphold a $135,000 fine against the owners of a local cake shop whose owners declined to use their artistic skills and talents to create a custom cake for a same-sex wedding.
Sound familiar? This is a similar case to Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission that...
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