In a discovery that has fanned fears that British inmates’ phone calls to their attorneys are routinely bugged, a lawyer in the U.K. reportedly has received transcripts of secretly recorded…
A former partner at New York City’s Kaye Scholer who argued a tax case before the U.S. Supreme Court has been fined $10,000 for failing to file a state tax…
A German anatomist whose partially dissected, sliced collection of preserved human corpses has been seen by millions throughout Europe and the United States in controversial “Body Worlds” museum exhibits now…
The North Carolina State Bar has dismissed an ethics complaint against the appellate defender who revealed statements his client made long before he committed suicide in prison that could help…
A $5,000 award has been established in memory of a Chicago intellectual property lawyer who was murdered in a shooting rampage at his law firm in late 2006.
A federal judge in Houston is one step closer to approving a criminal plea deal by petroleum giant BP concerning a 2005 explosion at a Texas refinery that killed 15…
A 15-year-old Maryland teen allegedly shot his father, mother and two younger brothers to death as they slept, then spent more than 12 hours with his friends before calling 911.
Overturning an October ruling by a special master, a federal judge ruled today that fallen football superstar Michael Vick can keep a $20 million bonus that the Atlanta Falcons had…
Jerome Kerviel’s career in the securities industry appears to be at an end after the stunning news late last month that the junior trader allegedly cost one of France’s biggest…
District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal of Harris County, Texas, acknowledged in a Friday hearing that he deleted more than 2,500 e-mails he had been ordered to produce…
A “jailhouse lawyer” who helped a defendant challenge his cocaine sentence has seen a rare achievement: The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case.
What role should brain scans play in court cases? Should psychopaths have a biomedical argument for special sentencing considerations? Are new developments in the study of the human brain helpful…
The MIT student charged with walking into an airport wearing a device feared to be a bomb is seeking dismissal of the charges on First Amendment grounds.
A Seattle prosecutor is taking action to curtail the public records requests of an imprisoned arsonist who’s been busy compiling information on the judges and lawyers who helped put him…
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