Authorities say more than 400 struggling California homeowners, many of them Spanish-speaking, were tricked into paying up to $10,000 for worthless “land grants” and other bogus measures claimed to provide…
A federal appeals court is allowing an Air Force nurse to challenge the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy under a standard that makes her case easier to prove.
A patent holding company that unsuccessfully sued Palm and other defendants is now on the defensive, as Palm pursues attorney fees awarded by a judge who questioned the holding company’s…
When Ted Kaczynski said he was too busy to come visit his younger brother in 1986, Dave Kaczynski was puzzled. How could his older brother be all that busy, living…
Updated: A 49-year-old Missouri woman accused of helping to concoct a fictitious MySpace account used in a cyberbullying campaign that allegedly drove a neighbor’s child to suicide was indicted today…
Updated: Private eye Anthony Pellicano and four co-defendants were all found guilty today by a federal jury in Southern California in a racketeering, fraud and conspiracy case that had attracted…
Broadcom Corp.’s two founders, its general counsel and a former chief financial officer were all named as defendants today in a civil complaint filed over options backdating by the U.S.…
In the latest development in the six-month-old federal case against Barry Bonds, the major league baseball super slugger has been re-charged with perjury and obstruction of justice in a superseding…
A federal appeals court has affirmed dismissal of stock fraud charges against two lawyers because a prosecutor withheld evidence favorable to the defense.
After the arrest of 75 students and 21 others in a massive drug bust centered on San Diego State University, the school has suspended six fraternities pending a further investigation…
Jurors in Los Angeles began deliberations yesterday in the prosecution of private eye Anthony Pellicano, accused of illegally gathering information and wiretapping celebrities…
Federal prosecutors in Boise, Idaho, filed a motion yesterday seeking to close the courtroom for a high-profile sentencing in a case that reportedly involves child sexual abuse as well as…
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