A former Ohio judge was sentenced Monday to 60 days in the county jail and fined $10,000 after pleading guilty to tampering with records, so that she could steer court business to a friend.
Disappointment over losing guardianship rights over her mother may have fueled the actions of a North Carolina woman who has been accused of the nonfatal shooting of two lawyers outside a courthouse following a hearing for a civil case.
An Iowa lawyer who was appointed to represent a criminal defendant was recently reprimanded for claiming that he had dementia, so that he could be excused from the case.
Updated: A judicial conduct committee has confirmed findings that a federal judge had sex inside her chambers during work hours with a high-ranking police officer and within earshot of clerk staff.
A Florida lawyer accused of conspiracy to commit murder related to a child custody dispute was arrested on a California warrant and appeared before a Seminole County, Florida, judge Tuesday.
A $5 million jury verdict against a San Antonio attorney who grabbed an opposing counsel's bottom in a courthouse lobby was upheld last week by a Texas appeals court.
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Children’s Hospital Colorado must resume offering gender-affirming care to transgender kids, after the hospital received pressure from the federal government to suspend services.
Two women who alleged that they were trafficked for years by convicted sex offender and former actor Nathan Chasing Horse filed a federal lawsuit last week accusing several Las Vegas hotels of knowingly allowing the abuse to continue on their premises.
A former Willkie Farr & Gallagher attorney has pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with the government in a multimillion-dollar mergers-and-acquisitions insider trading case.
A federal judge in Oregon has imposed $110,000 in fines and attorney fees against two lawyers who filed documents filled with fake cases and fabricated citations.
A prominent New Orleans attorney is no longer allowed to practice law in Louisiana and will not be eligible for reinstatement after disciplinary proceedings tied to his conduct in a divorce and child custody case.
A federal jury on Monday found that DLA Piper should not be held liable in a case stemming from allegations that the law firm discriminated against a pregnant ex-associate by firing her for requesting maternity leave.
A federal judge on Monday refused a former Wisconsin judge's bid for acquittal or a new trial following her conviction for helping shield a defendant in her courtroom from arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
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