A longtime Nebraska judge is maintaining his characteristic quirky influence from beyond the grave, as his will serves as the focal point not only for a legal battle between his…
The late Paul Newman knew well before his death from cancer in September that the public may not quite be ready to let him go. So he took extra effort…
A contractor who threatened to sue over a stash of $182,000 in Depression-era cash he found in the walls of an Ohio home during a remodeling project will probably get…
A Catholic priest in Australia apparently had a will when he died in 1938. But confusion caused by the way in which he had handled an older sister’s estate and…
Barack Obama voted against the confirmation of John G. Roberts Jr. for chief justice and issued a statement that shows his strong convictions on constitutional law.
Thanks to today’s reproductive technology, the interrelated questions of when life begins and who has the right to make decisions about someone else’s body and children are becoming increasingly complex.
Federal prosecutors have indicted a prominent Pennsylvania lawyer, accusing him of faking the will of his deceased brother who had previously disinherited him.
A disbarred Austin, Texas, lawyer who was accused of living in the home of a client who died and driving the car of another has been sentenced to 15 years…
Think of how much trouble the difference between the sexes has caused. And then ponder this: if a fledgling movement to recognize limited rights for animals gains its wings, a…
Edward Masry, the crusty plaintiffs lawyer who supervised paralegal Erin Brockovich, famously handed her a $2 million bonus check at the end of the 2000 movie telling…
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