A Chicago area teen claims in a lawsuit that her high school violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it barred her from playing basketball with the help of her…
After initially losing a “Jane Doe” case she filed in an effort to keep her arrest record secret, a prominent Washington state lawyer has been charged with drunken driving in…
A process server who formerly worked as a Las Vegas police officer and an office manager for his company have been criminally charged concerning dozens of allegedly false filings in…
Stunned by a foreclosure notice concerning a loan they say they didn’t know was secured by their home, a North Carolina couple has sued the lawyers who represented them in…
Charged in May in the murder of her longtime boyfriend, South Carolina attorney and former York mayor Melvin Roberts, defendant Julia Phillips is now also facing a criminal breach-of-trust case…
A California lawyer who calls himself “Mr. Ticket” for his specialty fighting traffic tickets has announced a “big decision” in the fight against red-light cameras.
The average citizen who robs a bank doesn’t get a deferred prosecution agreement, according to U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan. So why should British bank Barclays get deferred charges in…
Legal thriller author Scott Turow sees a connection between Rod Blagojevich’s conviction on just one count of lying to the FBI and “the hypocritical mess our…
Saying that they could not prove requisite intent, federal authorities today announced they do not intend to pursue criminal charges against those responsible for admittedly taking photos of some students…
After two weeks of deliberation, a federal jury in Chicago has reached a verdict in the political corruption trial against impeached former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich.
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