After conflicting reports earlier in the day, CNN and other news media are now stating that the death of former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) in a small plane…
A Wisconsin prosecutor is vowing to fight a disciplinary case in which she faces a potential public reprimand after being accused of concealing a plea deal with a witness in…
After a New York hospital in 2007 instituted a policy that nurses must acknowledge they witnessed patients sign informed consent forms regardless of whether the nurses actually did witness the…
As Illinois struggles to pay its bills, counties there will only receive 40 percent of state monies allotted for state’s attorneys, public defenders, and assessors. The state funds come from…
Only days after ruling that California’s Proposition 8 ban against same-sex marriages violates the U.S. Constitution, a U.S. district court judge in San Francisco already…
A retired litigation partner at Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz can keep the lion’s share of his income and assets after a brief marriage to a former Brazilian model he…
Charged with attempting to extort money from Rick Pitino by falsely accusing the University of Louisville basketball coach of raping her, Karen Sypher has been convicted on all of the…
As law firms look to replace a significant portion of associate pay with discretionary bonuses, star associates may profit but others will lose ground financially, predicts the Aug 6, 2010 5:10 PM CDT
A Florida appeals court has reversed a $1.4 million jury verdict on behalf of an injured motorcyclist over what it said were “inflammatory and prejudicial” comments made by the man’s…
A Minnesota man who spent 2½ years in jail for vehicular homicide in a fatal 2006 Toyota crash is a free man after his new lawyers questioned the original trial…
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