Texas lawyer Jack Borden was so devoted to work that his law partner, a nephew, had to persuade him to leave the job last Monday to seek treatment for fluid…
A former California prosecutor has been arrested on charges of child pornography and secret filming based on accusations he secretly taped a 15-year-old girl and six other women at a…
A former Texas judge says his 2009 warnings about “Obamacare,” now circulating widely on the Internet and via e-mail, were based in part on provisions of the health care bill…
“[A]s unrepentant during his sentencing hearing as he was during his trial,” a former Chicago police commander notorious for his claimed role in widespread torture of minority suspects that led…
Contending that the purported “seasoned beef” or “seasoned ground beef” in a number of Taco Bell menu items isn’t as meaty as it sounds, consumer law firms have filed a…
A now-disbarred Louisiana lawyer earned case-of-the-week mention from the Legal Profession Blog for producing a jailhouse sex video with the help of a 16-year-old female assistant.
A “fatally flawed” buyout agreement drafted by King & Spalding for the majority owner of the Atlanta Thrashers hockey team cost $194 million in lost franchise value, operating costs and…
A California law firm found to be too quick on the draw in bringing a big-bucks trademark suit on behalf of the estate of Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales and…
Corrected: The story was bound to generate a lot of buzz: Boston’s jury commissioner had refused to release Sal the cat from jury duty after his owners sought to disqualify…
A new state lawmaker in Missouri has reportedly been trumpeted to the world as a friend of lobbyists who loves the “awesome” freebies her job provides.
A longtime psychologist at a government-run mental health facility in suburban Chicago has been criminally charged after allegedly persuading a 45-year-old female patient to have sex by telling her he…
Disciplined in 2007 for having sex with a client in 2005, a Montana lawyer has been accused of making the same mistake again, apparently with a different client, in 2008…
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