A lawyer representing retired police and firefighters in Central Falls, R.I., says his clients have agreed to steep pension cuts in a groundbreaking bankruptcy deal.
Updated: Federal officials warned Seattle’s mayor and police chief at a closed-door meeting last night that the city must either correct officers’ widespread and routine use of excessive force or…
Three out of four Americans say they would blow the whistle on wrongdoers in the workplace under the protections and incentives now being offered by the government, a new poll…
A 14-lawyer public finance practice group from Vinson & Elkins will be joining Bracewell & Giuliani in January as partners, their new firm announced today.
An engineer who blew the whistle on problems with a project to clean up a hazardous nuclear waste site has been banished to a windowless basement office for his efforts.
Democrats failed to get enough votes on Thursday to stop a filibuster of President Obama’s nominee to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Last year, former North Carolina governor Mike Easley disappeared from the attorney roster of McGuireWoods and took an Alford plea after being accused of violating campaign-finance reporting law.
Impeached former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich finally admitted his guilt today at sentencing and apologized, telling U.S. District Judge James Zagel he made “terrible mistakes” and is “unbelievably sorry.”
The owner of a West Virginia mine that exploded in 2010, killing 29 men, will pay a record $209 million to resolve its criminal and civil liability concerning the disaster…
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