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The Controversy of Gay Conversion Therapy: The Ninth Circuit Will Be The First to Weigh In

By September 4, 2013

By: Jorge R. Delgado The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal soon will address the constitutionality of California’s first-of-its-kind ban on gay conversion therapy for minors.  The controversial therapies stem from the now widely discredited belief that homosexuality is a curable disease.  Pickup v. Brown, No. 2:12-CV-02497-KJM-EF, 2012 WL 6021465, at …

Todd A. Levine

Recent ABA Opinion Cautions Judges Regarding Use of Social Media, But Does it Go Far Enough?

By March 6, 2013

By Todd A. Levine Last week, the ABA issued an opinion judges’ use of social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.  While the opinion acknowledges judges can and should use social networking sites, the opinion cautions judges to be sure that their online actions do not suggest they are …