A federal jury in Iowa has rejected a conservative law professor’s claim that the University of Iowa law school rejected her for a promotion because of her political views and…
An Iowa judge on Tuesday called a halt to a black man’s murder trial and dismissed the entire jury pool of over 100 people because it didn’t have racial diversity.
In 87-year-old Illinois grandmother was entitled only to $1.85 in a penny slots win, even though her Miss Kitty slot machine announced a bonus of nearly $41.8 million, according to…
A former state lawmaker being criminally tried in an unusual sexual-abuse case, based on his late wife’s dementia, was acquitted Wednesday by an Iowa jury.
A former owner of an egg company and his son were sentenced to three months in jail on Monday after pleading guilty in connection with a salmonella outbreak.
Rejecting a law firm’s argument that having a third party deal with its $10 million in debt would be “overkill,” an Iowa judge has appointed a receiver to oversee the…
A lawyer in Davenport, Iowa, is encouraging employees to exercise their Second Amendment rights by paying a $50 monthly bonus to those who carry a gun.
A disbarred Iowa lawyer was sentenced Tuesday to the maximum prison term for wire fraud by a federal judge who expressed “extreme disappointment” that Susan Hense has so far paid…
Is it unethical for a lawyer to label another lawyer unethical? The Iowa State Bar Association has received so many inquiries about the issue that its Ethics and Practice Guidelines…
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