Religion & Law

"US judge in DUI rethinks quitting; Arrest, cross-dressing had caused an uproar"
"US judge in DUI rethinks quitting; Arrest, cross-dressing had caused an uproar": The Boston Globe today contains an article that begins, "A federal judge said yesterday that he is reconsidering his resignation, two months after he was charged by New Hampshire authorities with drunken driving...

Happy Anniversary at the Lighthouse
Today is the third anniversary of Stephen's Lighthouse. I've done 1,794 postings not including this one. I've had almost 1,400 comments. Thanks. I get between 500 and 1,000 blog spam (splog) per day...

Turkey at the Edge
The people of Turkey are facing a stark choice: will they continue to have a mostly free and open Internet, or will they join the two dozen states around the world that filter the content that their citizens see? Over the past two days, I’ve been here in Turkey to talk about our new book (written [...

Secularism and the Rule of Law in Turkey
Kathleen A. Bergin (South Texas College of Law) reflects on secularism and the rule of law in Turkey on First Amendment Law Prof Blog. While in Turkey, the Constitutional Court issued its ruling in the prosecution of Prime Minister Recep...

Poll Contrasts Views On Sharia In Iran, Egypt, Turkey
Today the Muslim-West Facts Initiative (a collaboration of the Gallup polling organization and the Coexist Foundation) published the first in a series of articles on views toward Islamic Sharia law in Iran, Egypt, and Turkey...

Legal Writing Conference in Turkey
If you're going to the Legal Writing Conference in Istanbul this coming August, you might like it there so much that you will want to stay in Turkey. Here's a job posting for a new law school in Turkey that...

Religious Discrimination
NMSU to pay $165,000 in Muslim discrimination settlement.

Anthem Blue Cross
Settles with California

Horizon Blue Cross
Settles Anorexia Class Action

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Settle with California

Unsuitable Blood
FDA fines Red Cross $4.6 million for distributing tainted blood products.

Blue Cross Blue Shield
alleging they have refused coverage for austic children