Legislators in Pennsylvania are scurrying to close a loophole in state law that recently allowed a cell phone provider to give prosecutors’ personal records to a defense lawyer in a…
Critics have sued the director of Georgia’s public defender system for closing an office that handles conflicts cases in the Atlanta area and hiring contract lawyers to do the work.
Visa applications are now being processed under an expanded program to help Iraqis who are in danger because they were employed by the U.S. government.
In a House Judiciary Committee hearing today, former Attorney General John Ashcroft disavowed the reasoning behind controversial legal memos created by Department of Justice attorneys that critics say justified torture…
The chairman of an ABA task force says legislation is still needed to protect the attorney-client privilege, despite a pledge by the Justice Department…
In a major political corruption case that is still being investigated, the Pennsylvania attorney general has announced charges against 12 Democratic insiders in the state’s capital of Harrisburg, including a…
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