A 64-year-old criminal defense attorney in Washington, D.C., has been accused, along with two private investigators, of fabricating evidence in an effort to help a client win an acquittal in…
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., is going to do an in camera review of DLA Piper materials sought by the defense team representing renowned former major-league pitcher Roger Clemens…
Saying that a claim of tortious interference with client relations was too speculative and that it would be inappropriate for one federal district court to tell other federal district courts…
A Harvard Law School graduate was chided by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., last week for making a “garbled” filing in a personal lawsuit concerning a mortgage foreclosure dispute.
In a ruling last week that could point the way toward the final chapters of a seven-year litigation saga, the chief U.S. District Court judge in Washington, D.C., granted a…
A former adjunct law professor at George Washington University is facing six felony charges in Florida based on allegations he attempted to seduce two “girls” online.
Adding nearly two years to the sentence recommended by prosecutors, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., today sentenced a former Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Algeria to 5 and…
Updated: Multiple Howrey lawyers were in the news today after announcements that six partners and an of counsel are leaving the firm’s offices in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Brussels and London…
For a second time, a Superior Court jury in Washington, D.C., has ruled that a former partner of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal was undercompensated for his origination work concerning a…
Asked to comment today at a meeting of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a number of speakers said some employers’ practice of barring the unemployed from consideration for…
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