A federal judge in Syracuse has found the state of New York violated the First Amendment when it rejected a nonprofit group’s request to sponsor “Choose Life” license plates.
A former county prosecutor in Idaho has filed a lawsuit that claims a law firm and other defendants sought to interfere with his prosecution contract and plotted to spread defamatory…
A lawyer for former general counsel David M. Becker of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says he has been told by Department of Justice prosecutors that they don’t plan…
A former Ohio attorney general who resigned in 2008 in the midst of a sexual harassment scandal blamed his own “arrogance” and “hubris” yesterday in testimony…
Retained to represent a former employee of a mortgage brokerage after he unsuccessfully sued over allegedly unpaid commissions, a tiny Milwaukee, Wis., law firm wound up with a monster case.
In a decision that is controversial among child advocates, the Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that attorney-client privilege is trumped, in guardianship cases, by the duty of a child’s attorney…
An Ohio judge has sued a lawyer and two of the attorney’s clients for defamation, contending also that one of the clients and the attorney violated the terms of a…
Two prosecutors and two court reporters have been ordered to appear before a Texas judge Nov. 7 to show cause why they should not be held in contempt concerning an…
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