A medical malpractice lawyer at Fulbright & Jaworski wasn’t entitled to a portion of the estate of her late companion, Henry J.N. Taub, a Houston area judge has found.
A New York City court erred by requiring a transgender man to provide medical documentation before permitting him to change his name, a Manhattan state appeals court panel ruled today,…
Cocaine was so prevalent in Bernard Madoff’s office that it was once called the North Pole, according to an expanded lawsuit that alleges a culture of “sexual deviance” and drug…
A perfect storm of political unrest, generational conflict and a biased judge set the stage for a 1969 trial that is still memorable 40 years later for its drama and…
A New York judge cut former prosecutor Paul Bergrin a break today on his sentence for operating a Manhattan brothel, ending the defense lawyer’s probation in the misdemeanor case and…
A New York immigration lawyer has been barred from appearing again before the New York City-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals due to missed deadlines that resulted in the…
A former law school roommate of Rod Blagojevich has agreed to help the feds with their corruption case against the ex-Illinois governor, in exchange for a recommended two-year prison term.
Nine Continental Airlines pilots apparently thought they had found a wily way to get around benefits rules when they divorced their wives, which allowed the women to collect pension money…
In-house corporate counsel predict in a new survey that they will not be paying an increase in billing rates to outside law firms next year, a first in the survey’s…
Williams & Connolly has sued former client IDT for $2 million, saying the telecommunications company paid only one-third of a $3 million legal tab for representing a subsidiary in a…
A federal judge is allowing Rod Blagojevich to appear on The Celebrity Apprentice despite prosecutors’ concerns that the former Illinois governor’s comments will taint the jury pool.
Saleswoman Kathy Lawlor got into a dispute with her employer four years ago over a big incoming commission, and she said the company fired her when she wouldn’t agree to…
Can a former lawyer collect contingency fees for work he did while he was still a member of the bar? That is the central question in an Arkansas case that…
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