Sanctioned $20,000 by a federal district judge in Georgia for making “wild accusations” in a “frivolous” suit questioning whether President Barack Obama is an American citizen, so-called…
Over the past five years or so, when a municipal judge in Madison, Wis., sent out a subpoena at least some of the documents also featured an official-looking sticker asking…
A federal magistrate says she’s not the Maytag repairman or an elementary school teacher, but suggests that two lawyers in a civil rights lawsuit are apparently oblivious to that fact.
Steptoe & Johnson contends a nearby hamburger restaurant in Washington, D.C., is producing too much smoke and fumes, and it wants a judge to do something about it.
A federal appeals court has vacated an injunction barring MGA Entertainment from selling Bratz dolls or using the name in a hard-fought infringement and contractual rights case…
A federal judge in Manhattan has dismissed a proposed shareholder class action against American Express, calling the allegations “a classic example of fraud by hindsight.”
A federal appeals court is allowing a solo practitioner to avoid arbitration in a lawsuit that claims his student loan company engaged in deceptive practices.
A survey of nearly 1,200 state trial judges around the country indicates that the weak economy has increased the number of litigants representing themselves in foreclosures, domestic relations, consumer issues…
A federal appeals court has ruled against the Obama administration in its attempt to immediately reinstate a six-month moratorium on deepwater oil drilling.
The American Bar Association has filed an amicus brief with an Arizona federal court seeking to block enforcement of the state’s new law designed to fight illegal immigration.
Gucci America’s mistaken belief that its former top lawyer had an active license to practice law isn’t enough to shield documents from discovery based on attorney-client privilege, a magistrate judge…
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