Religion & Law

Federal Court Enjoins Pennsylvania Prosecutor From Charging Teens in Sexting Case
There is a very interesting case out of Pennsylvania where U.S. District Judge James M. Munley granted a temporary injunction to prevent Wyoming County District Attorney George Skumanick Jr...

3rd Circuit Bars Prosecution Threat for Teen 'Sexting'
3-18-2010 Pennsylvania:Panel also found former DA had violated parents' rights by usurping their rolesIn the first case ever to challenge the constitutionality of prosecuting teens for "sexting," a federal appeals court has upheld an injunction that barred a Pennsylvania prosecutor from bringing child pornography charges against girls who refused to attend a class he had designed to educate

Textual Misconduct
A recent article in Slate discusses the legal implications of sexting. Sexting is the name for sending nude photos via a cell phone. In a recent case in Greensburg, Pa. three teenage girls were arrested for sexting their boyfriends...

VA- 'Sexting' should make us rethink law and kids
3-17-2009 Virginia:This is in reference to the March 11 article about the recent "sexting" arrests in Spotsylvania County ["'Sexting' charges faced by 2 teens," March 11].As a father of two boys and two girls, I can only imagine the anguish that the parents of both the boys and the girls involved in this must be going through...

MD- 'Sexting' Challenges Prosecutors To Walk Fine Line
4-7-2009 Maryland:Prosecutors in Maryland are working with schools to deal with the growing number of teenagers sending nude pictures of themselves over the phone to friends and others...

Sexting, Prosecutors, and § 1983
Last month, Dahlia Lithwick wrote about teen sexting--teen girls taking nude or otherwise sexy photographs on their cell phones and sending them to friends or boyfriends. Such pictures often get sent all over the school...

Clearwire Service
alleging poor quality and unfairly charging early termination fees.

Sprint Nextel Corp.
allegedly defrauded wireless customers by charging unspecified roaming fees.

Bell Canada
alleging wrongful charging for long distance phone calls

Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, Verizon and Alltel
allegedly charging customers for unauthorized mobile content

Cell Phone Services
AT&T Mobility may have to pay $10 million to Florida customers after charging for third-party services.

Personal Property Taxes
Village of Romeo pays Ford Motor Company a $1.2 million settlement for double charging.