Reversing its own 2010 decision that the state must issue a revised birth certificate for a Louisiana-born baby who has been adopted in New York by two men, the New…
Developing: A rabbi’s conviction and up to 32-year prison sentence for child molestation should stand, New York prosecutors say, despite the fact that another rabbi has been charged with perjury…
Suspended without pay from her job as a secretary in the Delaware County, Penn., district attorney’s office in Chester, Vera Ellen Carroll doesn’t appear likely to be returning to work…
A federal district judge erred in dismissing racketeering counts against a prominent New Jersey defense attorney and former prosecutor accused of using his law offices as part of a criminal…
An 82-year-old former lawyer and state representative has been convicted by a federal jury in Hartford, along with three other defendants, of participating in a mortgage fraud scheme. It involved…
For months, a Florida homeless advocate wondered why so many local men seemed to be walking around a St. Petersburg park with black eyes, split lips and limps.
Keith Allen said he held Carl Kuhn’s wrist until he could no longer feel the 82-year-old man’s pulse as a trusted ex-client, Terry Bratcher, allegedly held a pillow over the…
Three creditors to whom Howrey allegedly owes a total of less than $40,000 have filed a petition in the Northern District of California seeking an involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy for…
A law school graduate has agreed not to auction papers he obtained from convicted Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan after the inmate’s lawyer said they could be critical to…
Saying that middle schoolers have a constitutional right to express their views about breast cancer and attempt to reduce the “stigma” associated with discussing breast health, a federal judge in…
A Texas law firm has sued a former client, contending that it is entitled to a “performance incentive bonus” of at least $18 million for achieving a global settlement of…
A former linebacker for the Denver Broncos has sued Greenberg Traurig, alleging that the law firm was getting a secret 7 percent commission for steering investors to a thoroughbred breeding-rights…
A Massachusetts woman who did not administer prescribed chemotherapy medications to her son, who had cancer, was convicted of attempted murder, child endangerment and assault today, by a Lawrence Superior…
A government attorney in New York was paid nearly $1 million by Nixon Peabody over more than a decade as the law firm defended his county in land-claim litigation brought…
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