Published articles, messages, chats about current legal newshttp://www.lawyers.comhttp://editorial.lawyers.com/common/image/favicon.icohttp://www.lawyers.com1616http://research.lawyers.com/news-headline/The-Nation--The-next-same-sex-challenge-divorce-l:827301736.html?method=rss On the morning of May 26, 2004, Cassandra Ormiston and her long-time partner Margaret Chambers arose early, hopped in the car and raced across the border into Massachusetts. Then-Gov. Mitt Romney, a staunch opponent of same-sex marriage, had already ordered some Massachusetts cities to stop issuing marriage licenses to gay couples who lived outside the state, and Ormiston and Chambers hoped to get to nearby Fall River before the ban took effect there. By afternoon, they were married. "I was so elated," Ormiston said. "When I was in college, I was Chapter 9 in abnormal psych. To be able to marry the woman I loved at the age of 58 -- my feet didn't touch the ground for days." Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:00:00 -0400 http://research.lawyers.com/news-headline/New-floor-set-for-wages--6.55-an-hour-Latest-increase...-l:827301729.html?method=rss Seven decades after Franklin Roosevelt signed the law creating a minimum wage, each increase still sparks a version of the original debate. This week is no different. The minimum wage rises today from $5.85 to $6.55 an hour --- part of a boost that will lift it to $7.25 an hour next summer --- with many business representatives decrying the change while low-wage workers and advocates say it's about time. And not enough. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:00:00 -0400 http://research.lawyers.com/news-headline/Reporter-Invokes-Fifth-Amendment,-Then-Is-Celebrated-by-the-Judge-l:827166552.html?method=rss A reporter for the Washington Times, facing questioning about his confidential sources by a federal judge, refused to cooperate, invoking his Fifth Amendment rights - and even won a public commendation for his reporting from the same judge at a remarkable hearing here yesterday. However, the turnabout was something of a Pyrrhic victory for the journalist, William Gertz, as he learned moments before the court session that the Justice Department plans to subpoena him before a grand jury investigating leaks of classified information. That development means Mr. Gertz faces a potentially broader inquiry into his reporting and his sources than was mulled by Judge Cormac Carney, who had ordered Mr. Gertz to testify about a single article he wrote in 2006 predicting new charges in a Chinese espionage case the judge was overseeing. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:00:00 -0400