Eager to put what his lawyer calls a “tough situation” behind him, a federal judge accused of carrying loaded firearms in his car around the time he allegedly purchased drugs…
Two former longtime back office workers for Bernard Madoff have been arrested following federal indictments concerning their alleged roles in a record-breaking investment swindle of up to $65 billion.
At least one journalism student at Northwestern University wore a wire while talking to a potential witness during an Innocence Project investigation in the case of Anthony McKinney, casting doubt…
Originally charged in a two-count federal indictment with destruction of records and making a false statement, a former Texas municipal court judge pleaded guilty yesterday to the latter count.
Rejecting a disciplinary panel’s recommendation that the case against a longtime West Virginia lawyer be dismissed, the state supreme court has suspended the law license of Douglas…
A lawsuit filed by the city of San Francisco claims that a lawyer voluntarily disbarred for high fees and inadequate representation continued to prey on immigration clients by hiring another…
Seven district attorneys in Northern California have joined together to file a lawsuit against Overstock.com that claims the online retailer overstated its discounts.
The suit claims Overstock.com listed comparative prices…
American Express tentatively agreed to pay $50,000 plus 65 percent of the illegitimate business expenses of high-profile lawyer Scott Rothstein today in an effort to return cash to victims of…
The ACLU took aim at Michigan’s sentencing laws today for cruel and unusual punishment in a suit filed on behalf of nine inmates sentenced to life in prison without the…
Saying that he considered it “astonishing” that a major lender would act in such “brazen … unauthorized and impermissible” conduct, a federal judge yesterday ordered Bank of America Corp. to…
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