The federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act has been a pitfall for unwary law firms sued on a variety of theories. But Wolpoff & Abramson may have been particularly unlucky…
President Obama has ordered federal agencies and departments to strike pre-emption language from regulations unless it can be legally justified, a move that has won applause from trial lawyers.
Advocates for the legalization of marijuana apparently may be gaining traction with a perhaps-unlikely ally to their cause—the Republican governor of California.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by convicted media baron Conrad Black that challenges the reach of the law barring honest services fraud.
Citing pending litigation under the Freedom of Information Act, the CIA has declined a request by Richard Cheney to declassify two documents that the former vice president contends would show…
A special prosecutor who is investigating accusations related to the claimed political firings of at least nine U.S. Attorneys during the Bush administration is scheduled to question former senior White…
The University Club’s discounted club memberships for federal judges—offered, apparently as a way around a federal ban on honorary club memberships worth more than $50—are also likely verboten.
Sentenced yesterday to 33 months in federal prison for obstruction of justice in a case related to alleged sexual abuse of courthouse employees, a federal judge was in new trouble…
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