An en banc ruling by a federal appeals court in a case involving a car crash is likely to put a crimp in the intellectual property “rocket docket” in the…
Faulty eyewitness identifications, often encouraged by flawed police procedures, were the reason why 18 of 19 men cleared by DNA evidence since 2001 were initially convicted in Dallas County, Texas,…
The U.S. Supreme Court is likely to decide this week whether the Constitution required the recusal of a West Virginia Supreme Court justice who received more than $3 million in…
A New York appeals court has overturned the conviction of a personal injury law firm and one of its name partners for conspiring to defraud insurance companies.
An Indiana judge is facing potential discipline after court commissioner under his supervision delayed the release of a convicted rapist apparently cleared by DNA evidence.
In a rare rebuke to the chief judge in Baltimore, a Maryland appellate court has found that he asked too many questions during a jury trial of an armed robbery…
As budget cuts resulted in layoffs this week for four lawyers who have each worked at the Georgia Court of Appeals for well over a decade, at least one member…
If you think the hottest ticket for lawyers inside the Beltway is the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner or the latest opening at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, think again.
A second Supreme Court justice is opting out of the cert pool, made up of law clerks who review cert petitions and recommend whether they should be granted.
The U.S. Supreme Court returns to the bench this month facing an eclectic mix of cases, including whether television viewers must tolerate the F-word on live broadcasts, whether whales can…
At 10 a.m., on an Indian summer Monday in some future October, a switch will activate two cameras focused on the U.S. Supreme Court. C-SPAN will pick up the feed…
A Michigan State Police audit released Thursday reportedly exposed extensive problems with the Detroit Police firearms lab and prompted officials there to shutter the entire crime lab.
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