A prostitution scandal that eventually led to former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s resignation from office in 2008 was reportedly sparked by the former state attorney…
In 1996, a Delaware hospital conducted an internal investigation of a pediatrician accused of inappropriate conduct with young patients and concluded he had done nothing wrong. Hence, administrators reportedly never…
A California judge called during a court hearing yesterday for the San Francisco district attorney to dismiss hundreds of drug cases, unless and until doubts about the evidence created by…
A Florida paralegal who said he acted in self defense when he killed a man who had threatened his wife, who is an attorney, near her law office, was sentenced…
Jailhouse monitoring of prisoners’ phone conversations has previously ignited controversy from opponents of the practice over claimed violations of attorney-client privilege and inmates’ constitutional rights.
A deposition that has made headlines in Connecticut–especially after counsel for the deponent, secretary of state and would-be Democratic attorney general candidate Susan Bysiewicz, briefly sought a protective order to…
Late last year, a judge convicted Erick Williamson of misdemeanor indecent exposure after two women complained that they had seen him standing naked in a window or doorway of his…
Anticipating a fee dispute after his law partners terminated his secretary last August, Garland Clifton “Gary” Hall III began withdrawing funds from a Chenault Hammond & Hall account to cover…
A record fine of $16.4 million that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is seeking to impose on Toyota Motor Corp. will probably help the plaintiffs…
Gibson Dunn lawyers who noted that an expert witness had apparently misspelled his own name in letters to an Ecuadorean court believe the finding may have helped uncover evidence of…
A federal judge has ordered artist Shepard Fairey and his new lawyers in a copyright suit to disclose records that were destroyed, when it happened, and the persons responsible.
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