231 ABA Journal 10th Circuit Court articles.
For the past decade or so, Howard Kieffer has reportedly represented clients in federal cases in 10 states. The problem is, he reportedly wasn’t properly licensed to practice law in…
Sep 16, 2008 9:14 PM CDT
A Washington, D.C., law firm has filed a federal class action against the Applebee’s national restaurant chain, contending that its “Weight Watchers” menu items aren’t as healthy as advertised.
Independent…
Sep 15, 2008 3:25 PM CDT
A federal court has asked the Kansas Supreme Court to weigh in on a question of state law: Can state judges ethically fill out questionnaires that ask them about their…
Sep 5, 2008 9:14 PM CDT
As students start another school year, litigation over their education is on a number of minds.
In Chicago, as many as 2,000 predominantly minority students are boycotting the first day…
Sep 2, 2008 3:20 PM CDT
A convicted “spam king” who walked away from a minimum security federal prison camp earlier this month has reportedly committed a murder-suicide while on the lam.
Edward “Eddie” Davidson, 35,…
Jul 28, 2008 5:19 PM CDT
Admittedly not thinking about the consequences, a computing services manager for the University of Texas reportedly says he was the practical jokester who posted a fake Oklahoman article online under…
Jul 17, 2008 5:09 PM CDT
It may soon be harder to find experts to testify as witnesses in civil litigation if a trend toward allowing their own clients to sue them for negligence continues.
Courts…
May 12, 2008 8:48 PM CDT
A federal appeals court has refused to dismiss a lawsuit by medical malpractice plaintiffs who claim their expert witness breached his duty to them when he changed his mind.
The…
Apr 7, 2008 1:33 PM CDT
A federal appeals court opinion written by retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor had contained a startling statement: Patrons of state parks in Florida are required to wear…
Mar 28, 2008 1:02 PM CDT
U.S. District Judge Edward Nottingham, in the news for alleged links to a prostitution business, has been bounced from an expected retrial of the former CEO of Qwest Communications.
The…
Mar 18, 2008 11:40 AM CDT
A report at 9News.com says Colorado’s chief federal judge is facing an ethics investigation for alleged links to a Denver prostitution business.
The story alleges that investigators found…
Mar 11, 2008 11:20 AM CDT
A federal judge in Colorado has ordered McDermott Will & Emery and one of its clients to pay the legal fees of an opponent in…
Feb 15, 2008 12:57 PM CST
The attorney general of Kansas, who has been embroiled in a sex scandal that also raises significant legal ethics issues, announced today that he will resign from office effective at…
Dec 14, 2007 10:59 PM CST
The University of Colorado has agreed to pay $2.85 million to settle a lawsuit by two women who say they were raped in 2001 at an off-campus party attended by…
Dec 6, 2007 1:02 AM CST
A federal judge in Utah has thrown out a guilty verdict in an assault case against an American Indian defendant because of jurors’ racist remarks during deliberations.
Rather than focusing…
Dec 3, 2007 8:37 PM CST
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