A former wife of Michael Douglas has lost a bid to split the money paid to the 65-year-old actor for reprising the role of greedy Gordon Gekko in the new…
Threatened with a six-month jail term after his wife for the third year running sought a contempt order, a New York lawyer has narrowly avoided the slammer and purged a…
On the cutting edge of constitutional law, a straight couple in the United Kingdom is suing for the right to tie the knot in a civil union rather than a…
A unidentified Washington state woman shot by her 4-year-old son at home last week says she and her live-in boyfriend, who fathered her children, “are not bad parents,” the Nov 2, 2010 7:15 PM CDT
By the time Arthur Packel’s wife realized he had Alzheimer’s disease, the now-retired lawyer had stopped paying their bills for some time. And she couldn’t figure out what he had…
Updated: Amid reports that evidence-gathering has never been easier than in the Internet age comes word of a new Android application, the Secret SMS Replicator.
An Ohio judge has allowed a pregnant 17-year-old girl to marry against the wishes of her parents because the youth said she feared they would force her to have an…
Mel Gibson’s ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva appeared in court Monday morning with a new lawyer, although it is unclear whether Mitchell Jacobs of Los Angeles—the 40th attorney retained by Grigorieva—will stay…
Noting that three high-profile female celebrities—pop singer Christina Aguilera and actresses Courteney Cox and Laura Dern—were announced in recent days to be heading toward divorce, the Daily…
A lawyer for the group that successfully challenged the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gay and lesbian troops tells the Associated Press that the…
For years, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act has helped protect those on active duty, allowing them to, among other things, terminate leases and capping the interest rate creditors can charge…
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