A federal judge in New York said yesterday that he is inclined against holding the CIA in contempt for failing to produce information about destroyed interrogation videotapes in a freedom…
In a tradition-breaking move that could soon be copied by other renowned “magic circle” law firms in London, Linklaters is helping a longtime client file suit against another financial institution.
A federal judge in New York has agreed to privately review secret documents about the CIA’s interrogation program in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union.
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld New York’s party-controlled system for choosing trial judges, saying there is no constitutional right to a fair shot at winning a nomination.
A federal judge has ruled against Jesse Friedman, the subject of the documentary Capturing the Friedmans, who was seeking to reverse his guilty plea to child molestation on the basis…
Former Olympic champion Marion Jones was sentenced today in federal court in New York to six months in jail for lying in two separate grand jury investigations about her use…
Companies accused of aiding South African apartheid have filed a U.S. Supreme Court cert petition seeking to overturn a ruling by a federal appeals court allowing lawsuits against them.
The New York City-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a new trial order for a radical activist convicted of murder in the notorious 1981 Brinks robbery case.
Using a test that protects journalists from disclosing sources, a New York federal judge has ruled that Amnesty International does not have to reveal the names of lawyers who complained…
Updated:: The SEC filed civil and criminal cases today against a partner at Mayer Brown, accusing him of helping one of the world’s biggest commodities brokerages hide from investors information…
A “famously plodding judge” has spent a decade pondering his options after a magistrate recommended a $5.4 million judgment against a New York town for civil rights violations, the Dec 11, 2007 4:58 PM CST
A judge has refused to give the defense lawyer for former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik access to evidence that prosecutors are using to try to toss him…
A federal judge has approved fees of $3.1 million for a lawyer who represented Holocaust victims who received a $1.25 billion settlement with Swiss banks.
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