A federal jury in New York today found Exxon Mobil Corp. liable for polluting well water in the New York City’s borough of Queens with a gasoline additive and ordered…
In a new twist on a controversial case involving what some believe was the execution of an innocent man for setting the 1991 fire that killed his children, it is…
A Minnesota judge has added a $4 million fine to an already hefty jury verdict against Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. involving a fatal train-car crash related to a crossing…
Even though his employment file at Moser Patterson & Sheridan contained a note “older & better paid/younger & cheaper,” attorney John Kelly’s age discrimination suit against the New Jersey law…
Refusing to vacate a landmark ruling in March that is likely to create a lot of work for real estate lawyers, a Massachusetts judge today held banks accountable for failing…
The Ohio Supreme Court has fined two “trust mill” companies $6.4 million for the unauthorized practice of law and banned them from doing business in the state.
Allegedly misdiagnosed with breast cancer, Victoria Kremen had a double mastectomy. Then she sued her doctors for malpractice–and lost, because the statute of limitations had run.
it looks like Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford may soon have a private lawyer again. After his assets were frozen, he couldn’t afford to pay legal counsel and had to…
A disbarred Florida lawyer caught representing a client in federal court after he lost his license to practice expected to plead guilty to criminal contempt.
Already dealing with a deluge of mortgage foreclosures, courts in Massachusetts now have a new problem. And, although litigation over the issue is farther along there than in a number…
Anthony Marshall repeatedly took advantage the failing mental abilities of his elderly mother, Brooke Astor, diverting millions from the legendary New York socialite’s estate, a jury decided…
A federal judge has ruled against a New York law firm in a hard-fought case over its debt-collection practices, finding after a bench trial that Upton Cohen & Slamowitz conducted…
Updated: Trying to help a struggling jury get to the finish line, the judge in high-profile New York criminal trial over Brooke Astor’s estate planning has said he will accept…
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