No high-profile lawbreakers were on President Bush’s holiday pardon list today. But, the president did grant one pardon posthumously to Charles Winters, an American man who broke the law by…
Connections to the president’s inner circle are an important factor in determining which lawyers end up as Supreme Court nominees, Dec 23, 2008 1:55 PM CST
Securities lawyer William Lerach, sentenced to two years in prison for paying kickbacks to lead plaintiffs, is among the donors who gave money to the William J. Clinton Foundation.
Pressured by his boss at a Boston investment firm to amp up results, after a colleague came back from a trip to New York with news of Bernard Madoff’s stellar…
FOX Business Network has sued the U.S. Treasury in federal court in New York, saying that the agency has stonewalled Freedom of Information Act requests for information concerning its expenditures…
Barack Obama’s three latest appointees to top jobs in his administration are all lawyers. The latest is Mary Schapiro, chosen to head the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Convicted Muslim clerk Ali al-Timimi claims in court papers that he has evidence showing he was illegally wiretapped under the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretap program.
Members of a newly formed impeachment committee of the Illinois House are working with federal prosecutors to address concerns that their proceedings against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich could harm the…
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