93 ABA Journal Alaska articles.
In yet another bold move, controversial Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio has said he intends to defy Washington’s efforts to curb his aggressive enforcement of federal immigration law.
Last…
Feb 11, 2010 3:22 PM CST
A marketing ploy by Universal Pictures has backfired, with the studio agreeing to pay $22,500 for creating fake news reports about alien abductions attributed to seven real media organizations in…
Nov 13, 2009 2:23 PM CST
A five-lawyer team of environmental lawyers including the Washington, D.C., practice co-chair has been lured from Patton Boggs to Crowell & Moring. They will be working with two former Patton…
Aug 19, 2009 9:14 PM CDT
Alaska’s lieutenant governor says Sarah Palin is resigning from her post as governor because of the mounting legal costs of defending herself in ethics investigations.
Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell of…
Jul 6, 2009 11:48 AM CDT
In a sharp 5-4 split, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this morning that an individual whose conviction is already final doesn’t have the right to access evidence to do DNA…
Jun 18, 2009 3:04 PM CDT
The Justice Department section that prosecuted former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, only to see the charges dismissed, was inexperienced and overwhelmed, observers say.
Defense lawyers and government officials told the…
Apr 13, 2009 3:49 PM CDT
Opening a new chapter in the ongoing debacle over the federal government’s stunningly unsuccessful prosecution of then-Sen. Ted Stevens for corruption, the legislature of his home state of Alaska today…
Apr 9, 2009 12:24 AM CDT
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed suit against a subsidiary of a global oil company, contending that two discharges totaling some 200,000 gallons of crude oil into Prudhoe Bay…
Apr 1, 2009 9:15 PM CDT
In the latest chapter of an ongoing saga of embarrassment for the U.S. Department of Justice, a federal judge angrily said he will hold four of its prosecutors in contempt…
Feb 13, 2009 8:40 PM CST
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher was among the law firms donating pro bono assistance to six Alaska legislators seeking to block the Troopergate investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin.
The law firm…
Feb 11, 2009 3:27 PM CST
The attorney general of Alaska has resigned after criticism over his role in the Troopergate investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin.
Attorney General Talis Colberg announced the resignation…
Feb 11, 2009 12:19 PM CST
An FBI agent turned whistleblower complained to federal authorities shortly after Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was convicted in October that investigators handling the case withheld and altered evidence, and engaged…
Dec 23, 2008 10:15 PM CST
Stoel Rives is opening an Anchorage, Alaska, office staffed largely with lawyers from the dissolving law firm Heller Ehrman.
Four Heller lawyers based in Anchorage will be joining the office,…
Nov 12, 2008 4:19 PM CST
Stunned to be accused of stealing a car, Charles Schultz assured an Alaska state trooper that he was the owner of the Chevy Cavalier he was driving.
Oops. In fact,…
Nov 6, 2008 5:31 PM CST
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens will be able to vote next week because he hasn’t been sentenced yet for his conviction on seven counts in a…
Oct 30, 2008 3:49 PM CDT
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