Historically, insider trading of securities hasn’t been enforced nearly as aggressively in Europe as it is in the U.S. But that is changing, as news that the former chief executive…
A California attorney who agreed to represent a family in a wrongful death case may now have been shot to death by the man accused in the civil action.
A 36-year-old mother has been charged with child endangerment for allegedly failing to see that her 8-year-old son got follow-up treatment for his “highly curable” cancer.
As a young assistant public defender, Tamara Rice Lave initially thought she could be something of a social worker, helping clients turn their lives around. Now she sees her job…
The son of legendary lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for failing to report a judge bribery plot that involved his father.
Jurors still weighing the evidence against two lawyers accused of defrauding their clients out of $65 million in a fen-phen settlement aren’t making any headway. But the defense is hoping…
Joe Horn, the Texas retiree that a grand jury declined to indict for killing two apparent burglars outside his home in Pasadena, says he didn’t mean to shoot them and…
A blogger has pointed out an important fact missed by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and the authors of 10 Supreme Court briefs: The military has a law authorizing the death…
The family of an African-American inmate apparently slain in an isolation cell after being charged with first-degree murder in the death of a white Prince George’s County, Maryland, police officer…
A drug possession trial in Los Angeles ended abruptly after dramatic courtroom developments. When a surprise videotape of the defendant’s arrest was played in court Friday by the defense, it…
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