Although a Massachusetts state agency earlier dismissed an ex-associate’s complaint that Bingham McCutchen didn’t do enough to protect her from a fellow law firm employee who allegedly sexually harassed women…
Lawsuits on behalf of children and young adults who reportedly became ill after handling Nestle Toll House cookie dough have been filed against the company in several states, including Georgia,…
After wrestling with the concept of deliberate indifference, a federal jury in Texas today awarded $5 million to a man wrongfully convicted in a kidnapping and rape case more than…
Yesterday’s arrest of a so-called hate blogger for allegedly posting material on the Internet that threatened the lives of three federal judges in Chicago is sparking debate about permissible political…
An alienation of affection lawsuit is a relic of legal history in most states. But not in Illinois, where a well-known automobile dealer has sued a plastic surgeon for allegedly…
Terry Nichols is doing a fine job representing himself so far, so a federal magistrate has denied the Oklahoma City bombing conspirator’s request that a lawyer be appointed to help…
A former U.S. attorney who was involved, while still in office, in an unsuccessful criminal prosecution of a Mississippi state court judge, also conspired behind the scenes with attorney disciplinary…
Rejecting a recommendation for harsher discipline, the Louisiana Supreme Court has publicly reprimanded attorney Craig Mordock, saying that he violated legal ethics rules by filing a libel suit on behalf…
Convicted in a Ponzi scheme of stupendous scope that has reportedly left many of his formerly well-to-do victims virtually penniless, Bernard Madoff could get as much as 150 years in…
Corrected: Finding that a former legal secretary for his firm failed to establish either a pattern of criminal activity or direct injury, a Florida judge has dismissed two counts of…
A former client has sued the law firm that helped her win a $2,000 settlement in national diet drug litigation, contending that she suffered severe emotional distress because of the…
A former Miss California USA stripped of her title for allegedly shirking her beauty queen duties says it isn’t so and is threatening to sue for defamation.
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