2012 – Page 24 – Lawyer.com | Legal Blog

Melissa Etheridge Gives Up Half Her Royalties in Divorce Settlement

Turns out gay divorce is pretty much just as acrimonious as straight divorce. In 2010, Melissa Etheridge, a singer/songwriter, split from her longtime actress wife Tammy Lynn Michaels. The two...

June 6, 2012

2 minutes

Settlements

NYC Transit Workers Allowed to Wear Religious Head Coverings

Fear is a powerful motivator, and as such the government sometimes responds poorly to the irrational fear of its citizens. In 1942, due to a fear of all things Japanese...

May 31, 2012

3 minutes

Settlements

Snitches Get Riches

Remember the landmark $25 billion federal foreclosure settlement from February? The one which has provisions to help prevent foreclosure on homeowners, provisions most states are ignoring? Which doesn't yet seem to...

May 30, 2012

2 minutes

Settlements

Handcuffs No Longer an Acceptable Punishment for Misbehavior in Mississippi Schools

One day in fourth grade, a kid in my class was misbehaving so atrociously that the teacher, in an act of desperation, enclosed him in a cardboard box on the...

May 29, 20123

3 minutes

Settlements

“Transformers 3” Extra Awarded $18.5 Million for On-Set Accident

A young aspiring actress who was permanently disabled in an on-set accident for the movie "Transformers 3" has been awarded $18.5 million in tort.

May 25, 2012

2 minutes