Corrected: The Florida Supreme Court ordered a three-year suspension for Miami lawyer Henry “Hank” Adorno, the one-time name partner at Adorno & Yoss before it disbanded.
A defense lawyer for the hedge fund manager accused of gaining more than $63 million through insider trading cited Alice in Wonderland in closing arguments on Thursday.
Nine potential jurors were dismissed for cause on Thursday in the retrial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on corruption charges, but a former prosecutor who had a negative view…
The Mexican government has reportedly hired a New York-based law firm to explore possible civil suits against U.S. gun makers and distributors over the weapons used by drug cartels.
Lawyers for two prisoners sentenced to life in prison for murders committed when they were age 14 are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to accept their cases and strike down…
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., is going to do an in camera review of DLA Piper materials sought by the defense team representing renowned former major-league pitcher Roger Clemens…
Responding to complaints made by an attorney on behalf of a Harvard Law School student, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights is investigating whether the HLS policy…
A verdict has been reached by a federal jury in a copyright infringement case filed by Barbie manufacturer Mattel Inc. over MGA Entertainment’s popular Bratz dolls.
A California judge apparently hasn’t yet decided how to handle the state attorney general’s call for a lawyer known as the “tax lady” to be jailed for contempt of court.
Suffice it to say that some in Walla Walla, Wash., are not fans of a giant cartoon-like mural featuring a purple octopus that is painted on the facade of a…
A public relations company advised its corporate client it could gain ground in a civil suit by playing up an Illinois county’s designation as a judicial hellhole by tort critics,…
Prosecutors hope to introduce expert testimony on state ethics rules and ethics training materials in the April 26 obstruction trial of a former in-house lawyer for drug maker GlaxoSmithKline.
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