The judge in charge of all Chicago-area courts announced Wednesday that he had retained a private law firm to investigate claims made in a lengthy Chicago Tribune article published earlier…
In a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over Law School Admission Test policies concerning the disabled, the Law School Admission Council has agreed to pay $7.73 million and…
Updated: Afraid she was being robbed or attacked, Jianqing Klyzek began screaming as a group of men in plain clothes followed by uniformed police officers strode past the reception desk…
An Oregon constitutional amendment that bans same-sex marriage was struck down Monday by a federal judge in Portland, whose order states that the law violates people’s equal protection rights.
Michelle Obama will visit Topeka, Kansas, today to meet with students on the eve of the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, a case that shaped her own…
The Florida Bar has found probable cause to pursue a legal ethics case against three lawyers accused of playing a role in setting up opposing counsel for a mid-trial drunken-driving…
A New Hampshire attorney was arrested for disorderly conduct Monday after he complained longer than his allotted two minutes at a school board meeting about a novel on his 14-year-old…
For months, a lecturer at a Pakistani university jailed in a blasphemy case was unable to find a lawyer to represent him: They feared violent reprisals and even death at…
Last year, a Tennessee lawyer made headlines when he filed a product liability suit contending that Apple Inc. was responsible for the pornography addiction…
James Jordan Sr. has been dead since 2006. But even though his death certificate is taped to the front door of his widow’s apartment in Brooklyn, the New York City…
The U.S. Department of Education has released a list of 55 colleges and universities which are being investigated over the way they handle sexual-assault complaints.
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