A university art professor won an $8,000 settlement from the city of Snohomish, Wash., over her arrest in 2007 for snapping photos of power lines there.
Following news Friday that the U.S. Department of Justice would investigate the slaying of a well-known physician who performed late-term abortions in Wichita, Kan., a famous U.S. Supreme Court case…
In the latest prosecutorial embarrassment for the U.S. Department of Justice, the DOJ has admitted it may have fouled up concerning the required pre-trial provision of exculpatory evidence in the…
Once a state and federal prosecutor in New Jersey, Paul Bergrin became a successful criminal defense lawyer there. He represented rap artists and gang members, among other clients.
Prosecutors overreached when they charged a prominent New Jersey criminal defense lawyer in a federal racketeering case, relying on unsubstantiated hearsay accusations to try to persuade a judge he is…
Thanks to a Texas law firm, two new graduates of New York University School of Law getting ready to start public interest jobs don’t have to worry about dealing with…
The no-parking signs around a popular city restaurant looked legitimate, apparently even to police officers in Tarpon Springs, Fla. They reportedly issued 233 citations for “violations” of the seeming parking…
Former solicitor general Ted Olson, who represented George W. Bush in the controversial Bush v. Gore lawsuit, has joined forces with his legal opponent in the case, David Boies, in…
The California Supreme Court has upheld a voter referendum banning gay marriage in the state, but has ruled that some 18,000 marriages performed before the initiative passed will remain valid.
After three current and former Chicago police detectives took the Fifth rather than testify in a post-conviction case concerning their alleged abuse of a capital murder suspect nearly 20 years…
The Obama administration has opted not to appeal a ruling by a San Francisco-based appeals court reinstating a challenge to the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gay service…
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