A federal court has revived a class action lawsuit over a unique Wisconsin attorney admission rule that admits newly minted graduates of state law schools to practice without requiring them…
Yesterday’s arrest of a so-called hate blogger for allegedly posting material on the Internet that threatened the lives of three federal judges in Chicago is sparking debate about permissible political…
Blogger and occasional Internet talk show host Harold Charles “Hal” Turner was arrested by federal agents today at his New Jersey home on charges that he threatened on his website…
Already facing federal charges in a sweeping corruption case, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is now being probed as well concerning admissions to three state universities.
A well-known Indiana-based law firm has agreed to pay part of a litigation opponent’s estimated seven-figure legal tab after a June 5 order by a federal judge sanctioning Bose McKinney…
Critics have called Judge Sonia Sotomayor an “anti-gun radical” for joining in a federal appeals court decision holding that U.S. Supreme Court precedent does…
In a rare public speech today, a high-profile Illinois prosecutor didn’t address a number of hot topics, such as the ongoing prosecution of impeached former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Ali al-Marri, an accused al-Qaida sleeper agent and legal United States resident who was held more than five years in an American military brig without charges as an alleged “enemy…
A presenter at a 2007 continuing legal education course on sentencing issues in Milwaukee did indeed have a certain amount of criminal experience. But it wasn’t the criminal experience claimed…
President Obama quietly announced his first choice for a federal appeals seat in a press release, a stark contrast to President Bush’s 2001 Rose Garden ceremony where he announced 11…
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