Lawyers representing detainees at Guantanamo Bay are rushing to meet with their clients who are challenging their detention in federal lawsuits, but a shortage of interpreters could create a logjam.
A 63-year-old woman who lost her job with AARP in a reorganization claims in a lawsuit that the organization passed her up for nine available jobs because of her age.
A terrorism researcher testified yesterday that her job offer with the Library of Congress was rescinded after she disclosed she was planning to undergo a sex change.
A Texas death-row inmate who was sitting in a truck when his accomplice shot and killed a gas station cashier has failed to persuade a Texas pardons board to commute…
A technology company says in a lawsuit that it would not have needed to settle an infringement case for $18.75 million if its law firm, Kirkland & Ellis, had discovered…
Having escaped the death penalty at almost the last minute in June, Charles Dean Hood has a good chance of actually meeting his maker on his next scheduled execution date…
A judge on the New Jersey Supreme Court can be sued personally for allegedly using his position to interfere in investigations of a Haddonfield High School classmate’s claimed bullying of…
Updated: Criticized for allegedly using his office for personal benefit, the Los Angeles city attorney is now reportedly the target of a federal criminal investigation.
For the second time in little over a month, contradicted testimony by a Los Angeles police officer has given a criminal defense lawyer the opportunity to take a dramatic Perry…
A federal judge says he will give government lawyers 10 days to explain why he should not hold the CIA in contempt of court for destroying interrogation videotapes of al-Qaida…
Seven South Carolina magistrates have been sanctioned or suspended by the state supreme court since January, raising questions about why so many have landed in trouble.
Solo practitioner Ronald Henry Pierce of Mississippi will have to pay a $1.5 million verdict against him for having an affair with a client’s wife, the Mississippi Supreme Court has…
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