A judge in Michigan has dismissed a lawsuit brought by paralegal Cheryl Gray, who claimed she was dumped and defamed by a Seattle man she met on Facebook.
A California lawyer known for failed “birther” litigation against President Barack Obama that resulted in a $20,000 sanction from a U.S. District Court judge in Georgia has now irritated another…
Tennessee lawyer Herb Moncier doesn’t think he should have to pay Baker & Donelson to monitor his court appearances during a 10-month probationary period imposed by lawyer ethics regulators.
Although district judges should disqualify themselves in proceedings in which they are a party, according to the Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board’s rules, one judge took it upon herself to dismiss…
One branch of New York City government—the parks department—is wooing gourmet food trucks to set up shop in the city’s parks in an effort to provide the working masses an…
A lawyer for long sought-after fugitive James “Whitey” Bulger is complaining that the FBI is leaking non-public information to the media and has filed a request seeking to rein in…
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in two separate cases that foreign manufacturers and subsidiaries are protected from liability suits in state courts because they had insufficient connections to justify…
Lawyers for Wal-Mart employees say they will press on despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Monday making it more difficult to bring bias class actions against huge companies that delegate…
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