A partnership operated by a well-known South Florida lawyer and forensic accountant has been placed in receivership as federal investigators attempt to track down $3.6 million from bank accounts overseen…
In the midst of a dismal real estate market, a 46-year-old Florida lawyer has found a full-time occupation. He focuses his practice entirely on real estate matters, often helping formerly…
Saying that statements made on social networking sites are admissible as evidence of a defendant’s character, the Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the conviction of a Northern Indiana man…
Sentenced to a 120-day jail term for harshly criticizing a judge, other court officials and a prosecutor in a legal filing, attorney Carl Smith, 62, is asking the Missouri Supreme…
U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice, known for his rulings on ground-breaking class-action suits that compelled Texas to integrate schools, reform prisons, educate illegal immigrants and revamp many other policies…
The detention of a Missouri high school student accused of creating a website to bully another student, is the latest in an aggressive crackdown on cyberbullying.
A Minnesota judge has added a $4 million fine to an already hefty jury verdict against Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. involving a fatal train-car crash related to a crossing…
Onetime Detroit Red Wings star Sergei Fedorov has filed a federal lawsuit against his former lawyers, claiming their conflict with another client caused him to lose “tens of millions” of…
California signed into a law this week legislation that will make it easier for officials to protect witnesses from gangs able to access witness information on the Web.
A California divorce court may have to decide who owns the Los Angeles Dodgers, following a separation announcement yesterday by the baseball team’s husband-and-wife co-owners, Frank and Jamie McCourt.
An accidental launch today of an experimental helium balloon reportedly sent a 6-year-old boy high into the air above Fort Collins, Colo., alone, as authorities—including the Colorado National Guard, the…
Even though his employment file at Moser Patterson & Sheridan contained a note “older & better paid/younger & cheaper,” attorney John Kelly’s age discrimination suit against the New Jersey law…
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. paid $402.9 million to lawyers and advisers following the storied investment bank’s collapse in September 2008, according to a Manhattan bankruptcy court filing.
Updated: Authorities say six lawyers were among 41 individuals charged in a $64 million federal mortgage fraud prosecution that was announced today in Manhattan.
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