Saying that a defense motion fell “very short” of establishing a need to subpoena the president of the United States to testify in the upcoming political corruption trial of former…
Fired U.S. Attorney David Iglesias is back in the news, this time for his role in the prosecution of a Canadian teen captured on an Afghanistan battlefield.
The attorney general’s office in Florida is investigating a law firm with a high-volume foreclosure practice to determine whether it was in involved in “fabricating and/or presenting false and misleading…
A guilty plea yesterday in Manhattan federal court by a 68-year-old safety inspector who reportedly never looked at more than 200 properties he certified to be free of asbestos and/or…
An Ohio juvenile judge who ignited a firestorm of criticism by ordering young sexual assault victims to take lie-detector tests after she found their alleged attackers delinquent seems to be…
An attorney for the Torys law firm calls it an “inadvertent omission.” Counsel for a lawyer disciplinary authority calls it “a massive foul-up,” reports the Toronto Star.
A New Jersey defense lawyer and former prosecutor accused of participating in a variety of criminal acts up to and including murder will not face three racketeering charges, a federal…
A new suit filed Thursday against Pope Benedict XVI claims that the Vatican knew at least a year earlier than previously disclosed about the case of a priest who molested…
Attorneys for impeached former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich today filed a motion asking a federal judge in Chicago to subpoena President Barack Obama to testify at Blagojevich’s upcoming corruption trial.
Updated: An Ohio judge who has refused to step down from a serial murder case after a local newspaper reported that she may have posted anonymous Internet comments about the…
On the eve of trial, a judge dismissed a False Claims Act case against a onetime general counsel of Tenet Health Care Corp., finding that the government waited too long…
While he was a student at Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Ore., Brent Foster didn’t hesitate to take an aggressive stance when the institution—which is well-known for its…
Three lawyers have been acquitted in an alleged conspiracy attempt concerning a $6.5 million ransom sought from one of the United Kingdom’s richest peers, in exchange for the return of…
A prostitution scandal that eventually led to former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s resignation from office in 2008 was reportedly sparked by the former state attorney…
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