Updated: Amid reports that evidence-gathering has never been easier than in the Internet age comes word of a new Android application, the Secret SMS Replicator.
An Ohio judge has allowed a pregnant 17-year-old girl to marry against the wishes of her parents because the youth said she feared they would force her to have an…
Mel Gibson’s ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva appeared in court Monday morning with a new lawyer, although it is unclear whether Mitchell Jacobs of Los Angeles—the 40th attorney retained by Grigorieva—will stay…
Noting that three high-profile female celebrities—pop singer Christina Aguilera and actresses Courteney Cox and Laura Dern—were announced in recent days to be heading toward divorce, the Daily…
A lawyer for the group that successfully challenged the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gay and lesbian troops tells the Associated Press that the…
For years, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act has helped protect those on active duty, allowing them to, among other things, terminate leases and capping the interest rate creditors can charge…
Things have gone from bad to worse for a New York lawyer scheduled to begin a pro se criminal trial today on charges that he schemed to scam families seeking…
Jury selection began this morning, under extraordinary security measures, for the trial of a man accused of killing an Ohio criminal defense attorney who was his live-in girlfriend and, subsequently,…
A former president of the Virginia Bar Association came out the loser when he sued a former client for additional attorney fees and the client fought back, using expert testimony…
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