A federal jury has convicted a former bookkeeper for a law firm in Catlettsburg, Ky., of 17 charges related to the theft of nearly $100,000 from her ex-employer, Pruitt &…
A federal appeals court has dismissed a suit by Michigan lawyer Geoffrey Fieger challenging an ethics rule requiring lawyers to use courtesy and civility.
A former dental student at the University of Michigan who was dismissed after her third year due to claimed academic deficiencies has won a $1.72 million verdict from four faculty…
Former federal prosecutor Richard Convertino is seeking a contempt order and fines between $500 and $5,000 a day for a Detroit Free Press reporter who has declined to reveal his…
Ending, at least for now, a challenge by the Ohio Republican Party to the Ohio’s secretary of state’s plan for handling new voter registrations, the U.S. Supreme Court today vacated…
Text messages sent and received by Detroit police and other city employees on the day that an exotic dancer was murdered in a drive-by shooting were delivered today to the…
Yesterday, attorney Barack Obama made history by becoming the first African-American ever to be nominated by a major party as a candidate for president of the United States. It was…
A 1912 lease provision that requires payment in gold coin is enforceable, a federal appellate panel held yesterday, even though the U.S. withdrew the gold coin from circulation in 1933…
More than a year ago, President George W. Bush nominated Gustavus Puryear IV to be a federal district judge in Nashville, Tenn. His nomination is supported by Republican Sens. Lamar…
High school football players booted off a team for a petition drive against their coach are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their First Amendment case.
A federal district court judge in Tennessee has been named a recipient of an inaugural ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section Liberty Achievement Award.
As a battle between the mayor of Detroit and the Detroit city council heats up after a scandal over an apparent affair and claimed perjury allegedly revealed by text messages…
Updated: A federal appeals court has tossed a civil rights and First Amendment claim filed by a law graduate who claims he was denied a law license because of his…
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