Christian Boone reports A McDonough woman has sued television personality Tyra Banks, claiming the former supermodel featured her then-15-year-old daughter — without parental consent — on a 2009 show about sex addiction. Beverly McClendon, a licensed social worker, according to public records, said her daughter answered an open call placed on Banks’ website last October….
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Is the Family Education Rights Privacy Act a protective shield or an excuse?
The Freedom of Information Committee of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) recently urged Congress to revise the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Their proposal, if adopted, would likely water down privacy protections for both students and parents. The resolution states: Whereas, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, called “FERPA,” was…
TSA agent pulls a woman’s blouse down, exposing breasts – lawsuit
An Amarillo woman is suing the federal government for intentional infliction of emotional distress after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents allegedly humiliated the woman when her breasts were publicly exposed during an “extended search” two years ago at a Corpus Christi airport. The suit, filed earlier this year in Amarillo’s U.S. District Court, alleges the…
Pirates’ lawyers end trial with ‘Facebook defense’
Defence lawyers for the three founders and a financier of Swedish file sharing site The Pirate Bay warned on Friday of the consequences for popular websites like Facebook and Twitter if their clients’ guilty verdict isn’t overturned. […] Neij’s lawyer Jonas Nilsson insisted Friday that if the appeals court confirmed the guilty verdict for his…