A closely watched trial of an Illinois prosecutor that is believed to be the first in state history to put a sitting district attorney in the defendant’s seat in a…
A hearing officer had recommended only a six-month suspension for Arizona attorney Charna Johnson, who admittedly had claimed to serve as a medium channeling the thoughts of a client’s dead…
Authorities in New York were already suspicious about the injuries claimed by nine people in a three-car accident in the Bronx, because the damage to the vehicles was so minor.
Contending that he was “grossly overbilled” for a negligent defense in an insider trading case, the jailed former CEO of Qwest Communications International Inc. has sued over his legal bill…
A disbarred Illinois bankruptcy attorney has been convicted of three counts of wire fraud as part of a nationwide mortgage fraud prosecution involving 67 defendants.
A federal judge has confirmed an arbitrator’s decision requiring lawyer Dimitrios Biller to pay $2.6 million to his one-time employer, Toyota Motor Co., for disclosing confidential…
U.S. Attorney Sally Yates says she won’t oppose new hearing requests by defendants sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jack Camp when he was using marijuana, cocaine and a prescription opiate.
A Justice Department lawsuit supporting a math teacher who wanted a three-week unpaid leave for a Mecca pilgrimage is spurring criticism from former DOJ officials.
The San Francisco city attorney has won a preliminary injunction requiring an immigration lawyer and his law firm to stop working with a former attorney who is no longer licensed.
A former associate of Ice Miller has filed an ERISA suit against the Indianapolis-based law firm contending that it messed up the long-term disability payments he was supposed to receive…
Scheduled for a pretrial hearing in a driving-while-intoxicated case in Sullivan County Court, N.Y., yesterday, Keith Gruber allegedly not only showed up late and intoxicated but brought some beer—including an…
A federal judge in Manhattan has rejected a proposed $125 million class action settlement that would have allowed Google Inc. to avoid potential liability for creating a massive online digital…
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