Legal fees charged by Ballard Spahr and a computer forensic expert the law firm retained are nearing $750,000 in a four-month-old matter concerning a school district’s controversial remote activation of…
A psychiatrist allegedly infected with the herpes simplex virus had a duty to warn his patient’s spouse before allegedly having unprotected sex with the patient, a New York judge has…
Martin Powelson paid off his delinquent Detroit mortgage. But after a law firm that handles a high-volume foreclosure practice mistakenly said told the lender that the redemption period had expired…
Eight judges on the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals have recused themselves from hearing an en banc appeal of a provocative global-warming lawsuit. As a result, there’s…
At the request of several members of Congress, the Federal Trade Commission has agreed to postpone until the end of the year enforcement of the controversial new Red Flags Rule…
The rats kept scurrying through Idrissa Munu’s home in Washington, D.C., for several years, even after he killed three with a baseball bat and took them in a plastic bag…
After a firestorm of criticism by individuals and regulators, the CEO of Facebook today announced new privacy settings that will make it easier for users of the social networking website…
A lawyer who filed a $184 million suit against the New England Patriots for secretly videotaping the New York Jets hopes the U.S. Supreme Court will hear his case after…
For years, Google assured the world that its Street View cars weren’t violating anyone’s privacy as they took photos used for Internet maps that allow users to focus in on…
Two lawsuits filed in federal court in Ohio claim Pampers diapers made with Dry Max technology are causing rashes and even chemical burns in babies, a claim Procter & Gamble…
News of a law firm that charged nearly $6,000, including $60 for an eight-word e-mail, for a review of an office sublease, got a lot of reader response.
A recording industry trade group has scored a significant victory in the battle against illegal downloading of copyrighted material, winning a summary judgment in federal court in New York yesterday…
Unexpected cell phone charges are a common problem—and, as a Massachusetts man found out, can suddenly ring up tabs of as much as $18,000 for unwary consumers.
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