When Mark Taylor asked about the reduction in his prison sentence that he was supposed to get for good behavior, an official told him, in writing, that he wasn’t eligible…
Breaking away from reports of attorney layoffs, this week we spoke to four law firms taking advantage of the recent spate of law firm mergers and downsizing to hire pools…
News that a drunken-driving case against a Texas judge may have been derailed because of a defective search warrant has irked a number of observers, including a writer for a…
An Ohio lawyer who once represented drug defendants has reportedly turned the tables, going undercover to help authorities arrest 30 people, including his former clients, a newspaper report says.
Acting within days of news that two longtime Pennsylvania judges have agreed to plead in a case alleging that they accepted $2.6 million in exchange for jailing juveniles in specific…
A bankruptcy judge has refused a request by Heller Ehrman to buy “tail” malpractice coverage to cover claims against the firm after its insurance expires April 15.
A U.S. attorney is applying a criminal statute in a novel way as part of a grand jury investigation into the Los Angeles archdiocese and its response to pedophile priests,…
A New York lawyer has been disqualified from a matrimonial case and will have to pay as much as $42,500 for depositing into his escrow account and then evenly splitting…
A Brooklyn lawyer appointed by New York judges as a guardian overseeing the assets of elderly and incapacitated clients allegedly siphoned away $4 million for his own personal use from…
After taking a pass on the testimony phase of his own impeachment trial before the Illinois state senate this week—and instead discussing his case on national television shows—Gov. Rod Blagojevich…
Public outrage and potential litigation are being sparked by news that two longtime Pennsylvania judges have accepted a plea that includes prison time in a case alleging that they incarcerated…
Two transsexuals who underwent sex-change surgeries in Thailand have sued the state of Illinois over officials’ refusal to change the gender on their birth certificates.
A California appeals court has ruled a Lutheran school isn’t liable for ousting two girls who told friends they were lesbians and admitted that they had hugged and kissed.
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