The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking sanctions of up to $20,000 a day against three Akerman Senterfitt lawyers, a Miami solo practitioner and the company they represent.
Five lawyers who helped craft a controversial $8.4 million settlement by the city of Detroit that papered over then-mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s perjury in police whistle-blower litigation are now facing ethics…
A defendant in a high-profile Massachusetts parental kidnapping case who prefers to be known by his adopted name of “Clark Rockefeller” gave jailhouse interviews to print and television reporters last…
Woody Allen may take the stand in a suit against American Apparel for using his image without permission, but his wife and ex-girlfriend won’t be called to testifiy.
An angry Miami judge has declared a mistrial in a dispute over the sale of a condo tower because a witness sent text messages about his testimony to a colleague…
President Obama is expected to announce today that he will retain military commissions to try some Guantanamo detainees while providing additional due process rights for the accused.
A polygamist sect in Texas won the return of most of the 400 children removed from its ranch last year. But the group’s legal troubles are far from over.
A voice mail message by lawyers on a speakerphone that didn’t get disconnected before some embarrassing discussions took place is being challenged by a company that wants to keep the…
A Los Angeles judge has blasted an asbestos litigation firm for refiling a Texas case in California where the standards for a defendant to obtain summary judgment are more exacting.
A lawyer who wants to see what a potential witness says to personal contacts on his or her Facebook or MySpace page has one good option, a recent ethics opinion…
When a 43-year-old legal secretary was raped in her home in Los Angeles a decade ago, a Los Angeles police detective had a gut feeling that a repeat offender was…
A federal judge who blasted federal prosecutors for failing to turn over evidence about a star witness in a Montana asbestos case is allowing the trial to continue.
The FBI raided a Pennsylvania lawyer’s office today, reportedly looking for records related to allegations that John Karoly defrauded an Allentown charity of $500,000.
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