Dissatisfied with a legal opinion from the Idaho attorney general, the speaker of the state’s house of representatives sought—and got—a more favorable ruling from a private practitioner.
A Washington state lawyer hired by the city of Seattle to defend three police officers accused of using excessive force by repeatedly using a stun gun on a pregnant woman…
A suspended Michigan judge who has been accused of misapplying some $130,000 in public funds and making false reports to cover up her excessive absenteeism is…
Left homeless after Hurricane Katrina hit his place in Gulfport, Miss., a 53-year-old man who has been traveling the country in a covered wagon headed west in protest of U.S.…
Citing a growing concern about potential jurors who conceal criminal convictions in order to qualify to serve on a panel, a New Jersey prosecutor is seeking court permission to perform…
A Santa Barbara judge brought in to oversee a California retaliation case against the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office after local judges recused themselves has OK’d a $1.3 million jury…
Rejecting a review board’s call for a three-year law license suspension, the New Jersey Supreme Court has disbarred a lawyer for lying to federal authorities about the small dog he…
Cleveland Mayor Frank Johnson filed a complaint Tuesday against Ohio in response to a recent state law that bans municipalities from regulating the ingredients restaurants use to prepare foods.
A Wisconsin district attorney is pondering whether to ask the state supreme court to reconsider a controversial ruling over a state collective bargaining law for public employees, following news that…
An accountant has stepped down from administering the $400 million estate of heiress Huguette Clark and a lawyer is expected to face questions in a Manhattan Surrogate’s Court hearing tomorrow,…
Updated: Bank of America Corp. has agreed to pay a $335 million to settle claims that the Countrywide Financial unit it purchased discriminated against minorities by giving them mortgages with…
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