A psychiatrist allegedly infected with the herpes simplex virus had a duty to warn his patient’s spouse before allegedly having unprotected sex with the patient, a New York judge has…
In a lawsuit that could eventually include some 180,000 plaintiffs, current and former workers at the Bank of America are seeking compensation for allegedly unpaid wages and overtime.
Martin Powelson paid off his delinquent Detroit mortgage. But after a law firm that handles a high-volume foreclosure practice mistakenly said told the lender that the redemption period had expired…
More than 25 years after 7,000 people died from a toxic gas leak at a Union Carbide Corp. pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, and many more were injured, a court…
A man identified by authorities as a suspect in the courtroom slayings yesterday of a Brussels magistrate judge and a court clerk has been arrested in a Belgium park.
Third-party litigation funding has gained steam as two UK-based investment companies have committed more than $160 million to play the stakes in at least 30 legal disputes, many of which…
More than six years before a record-breaking gender-based employment discrimination suit was filed against Wal-Mart Stores in 2001, a law firm warned in a confidential report that the goliath retailer…
An Illinois prosecutor was hospitalized today after an assistant public defender allegedly choked him in a court hallway in Chicago following a courtroom dispute over setting a hearing date in…
A magistrate judge and a court clerk were shot to death today in Belgium as they were in a courtroom working on a civil case near the Palais de Justice…
In an effort to salvage a major settlement, lawyers representing thousands of World Trade Center ground zero workers have agreed to lower their requested legal fees.
All through law school, three new graduates seeking to become members of the Maryland bar used specialized software to help them read text on their computer screens.
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