A federal appeals court has struck down a rule requiring employers to post a notice advising workers of their rights, including the right to form or join a union.
Sri Srinivasan, President Obama’s nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, encountered no opposition before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
The Obama administration’s principal deputy solicitor general Sri Srinivasan appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week as he seeks confirmation to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District…
Sentenced to a life prison term in 1983 after being convicted of second-degree murder in the slayings of two U.S. marshals, Yorie Von Kahl has apparently honed his litigation skills…
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder fulfilled his civic obligation Tuesday and reported for jury duty in a Washington, D.C., courthouse at which he formerly served as a judge.
A onetime finance and business director at a small law firm in the nation’s capital pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Washington, D.C., to embezzling over $730,000 from Mar 19, 2013 5:00 PM CDT
A federal appeals court has ruled that the CIA must give some information about its drone strike records to a federal judge overseeing a case filed by the American Civil…
A longtime Washington, D.C., criminal defense lawyer portrayed by a prosecutor as a serial violator of legal ethics rules was sentenced Tuesday to 63 months in federal prison for presenting…
Already convicted more than a decade ago in an Ohio sex-crime case involving two 14-year-old victims, a Washington, D.C., man is now facing another five-year term for schemes involving deception.
A federal appeals court has held that President Obama violated the Constitution when he made three recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board during the holidays more than a…
Citing the safety of Americans and the likelihood of retaliatory attacks, a U.S. Justice Department lawyer on Thursday urged a federal appeals court to allow images of the body of…
A lawsuit contending that federal regulations contravene legislative intent by encouraging the foreclosure of reverse mortgages against borrowers’ surviving spouses has been given a green light by a federal appeals…
A Kentucky lawyer who wanted to work in the administrative office of the United States Courts in Washington, D.C., was summarily rejected when she applied because she doesn’t live in…
Updated: A partner in a Panama law firm has sued the Huffington Post in federal court in Washington, D.C., contending that he wasn’t the author of a blog post published…
A lawyer representing Tampa socialite Jill Kelley, whose complaint about threatening emails wound up linking her name to a sex scandal that led to David Petraeus’ resignation from his position…
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