The parents of child with Asperger’s syndrome have filed suit against her northern Idaho school district and the sheriff’s department for the arrest of their daughter in the third grade.
A federal appeals court is allowing a solo practitioner to avoid arbitration in a lawsuit that claims his student loan company engaged in deceptive practices.
A man who claims he entered into an April 2003 website development contract with Facebook that gave him an 84 percent interest in the social networking website has won a…
To the extent that impeached former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich may admit any mistaken conduct on the stand if he testifies, as expected, in his ongoing political corruption trial, there…
As a Florida jury continued its second day of deliberations in a 45-count racketeering and theft case after a two-month trial, a now-disbarred attorney struck a deal with prosecutors.
The city attorney for Chattanooga, Tenn., is under fire, after a state auditor’s report criticized him for contracting out some $15,000 per month in secretarial and legal support work from…
A Manhattan judge has dismissed a $10 million lawsuit filed by a model who objected to the “lascivious use of her photo” in the comedy movie Couples Retreat.
A South Texas College of Law graduate has filed a new breach of contract suit against a lawyer who promised to pay $1 million to anyone who could prove the…
A California lawyer has been accused of smuggling—perhaps unknowingly—a witness hit list from a jailed client. It allegedly contained highlighted names that would have understood by the recipient to be…
After 17 years in practice at Perkins Coie, partner David Symes is leaving the big-name Pacific Northwest law firm to open a new Portland, Ore., office for fast-growing Ogletree Deakins…
The departure of two more partners has put a troubled South Florida law firm below the minimum number of partners required by its bank credit line, raising the possibility that…
Earlier this year, the future looked bright for Mary Ann Giebink. In addition to a Sioux Falls law practice, the South Dakota lawyer was a Democratic candidate for the state…
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