A Missouri lawyer is taking aim at his opponent’s legal drafting skills in a motion that criticizes the “long-winded” allegations and use of apostrophes.
At his confirmation hearing 20 years ago for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas told of how he could identify with prisoners he saw arriving at his…
Renowned federal appeals court judge Judge Richard Posner clearly wasn’t favorably impressed by a damages case brought by an alleged serial spammer seeking compensation for being put on an anti-spam…
The chief federal district judge in San Francisco has refused to vacate a controversial same-sex marriage ruling last year by a now-retired colleague, based on his sexual orientation and involvement…
A federal statute barring recognition of same-sex marriage can’t prevent a legally wed same-sex couple from jointly filing for bankruptcy, a group of 20 judges in California has decided.
Charged three years ago in the 1986 death of her fourth husband, Betty Neumar was supposed to go to trial in February in the North Carolina solicitation-of-murder case.
Family members of an emergency medical technician who died in a Texas helicopter crash allege in a lawsuit that they are entitled to a refund of $5.2 million in legal…
A company that buys life insurance policies and resells them to investors has sued a so-called Twittersquatter that used its name in sarcastic posts cheering mass disasters.
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