The lawyer for the Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, last November has started a blog to share thoughts and protests about the military’s handling…
A $95 trial strategy book co-authored by attorney Don Keenan and a jury consultant apparently was intended to help plaintiffs lawyers maximize their clients’ awards.
Although a 40-year-old trainer drowned by a 12,000-pound dominant male orca whale at SeaWorld this week is the third human death linked to this individual animal, experts are debating whether…
New revelations of safety problems with Toyota automobiles have breathed new life into claims by a Minnesota man who was sentenced to eight years in prison when his 1996 Toyota…
A judge overseeing the bankruptcy of the dissolving South Florida law firm at the center of a claimed $7 billion Ponzi scheme says he will order two former partners to…
A House committee has subpoenaed thousands of internal documents from a former Toyota lawyer who claims the automaker concealed evidence from courts and regulators.
Videotaping a deposition is an opportunity to “pan for gold”—nonverbal snippets such as a telling facial expression or extended pause that can be used at trial to define the witness…
In the latest twist in an unusual criminal case against a law firm, New York’s top court has reinstated felony charges brought against Silverman & Taylor over alleged factual misstatements…
In the latest blow to U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors pursuing high-profile charges, a federal judge today dismissed the obstruction and conspiracy case against two men accused of ordering the…
A woman who was convicted of child abuse in West Virginia and sentenced to one year in jail after she was caught on tape in a hospital trying to smother…
As he weighs whether to approve a proposed $150 million settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America Corp. that would resolve a case alleging the bank…
Updated: In an effort to identify others who may have been involved in ex-attorney Scott Rothstein’s reported $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, a bankruptcy trustee overseeing the dissolution of Rothstein Rosenfeldt…
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