The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal that sought to stop the consolidation of more than 1,000 lawsuits against tobacco companies in West Virginia.
A mother who says she was unable to contest the termination of her parental rights because she was involuntarily hospitalized has had her appeal tossed because she faxed rather than…
Former McAfee Inc. general counsel Kent Roberts claims notes of an internal investigation will show that other executives were behind backdating of stock options at the company.
A federal judge has held a former USA Today reporter in contempt for refusing to turn over information about the sources she used when reporting that a former U.S. army…
A New York appeals court has ruled attorney-client privilege does not protect documents requested by two former executives for American International Group Inc.
An American Civil Liberties Union challenge to the government’s warrantless wiretapping program has been stymied with the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to review the case.
A federal judge has cited the state secrets privilege in dismissing a lawsuit that contends a Boeing subsidiary helped the CIA transport prisoners to overseas prisons for torture.
A federal appeals judge has denied a motion that seeks his recusal in an excessive-force case on the ground that he cannot be fair because of his involvement in developing…
Once upon a time, legislatures throughout the country enacted unclaimed property laws intended to make sure that banks and other companies holding assets that the owners seemed to have forgotten…
A magistrate judge has targeted what she calls the recording industry’s “clever scheme” to obtain discovery against multiple defendants accused of file sharing by joining them in single lawsuits.
Blackwater Security has filed a $30 million malpractice suit against Wiley Rein that claims the law firm botched pleadings to remove a wrongful death suit from state to federal court.
Lambda Legal has announced it will ask the Illinois Supreme Court to compel a suburban Chicago court to follow proper court procedure for a transgender woman seeking a…
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the government’s failure to raise the issue of a blown statute of limitations in a takings case filed in the Court of Federal…
Missing a deadline for an attorney fee request by one minute has apparently cost a Morrison & Foerster client $1 million, the Wall Street Journal Law Blog…
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