The nomination of a former Kansas attorney general to a federal appeals court has been scuttled amid controversy over his stance on Obama’s health care law and an abortion clinic…
The Tennessee Supreme Court has approved plain-language forms for uncontested divorces without significant legal issues, known as “agreed” divorces in the new documents.
A California lawyer known for failed “birther” litigation against President Barack Obama that resulted in a $20,000 sanction from a U.S. District Court judge in Georgia has now irritated another…
A criminal court chief judge in Albuquerque, N.M., who was accused of raping a prostitute by performing oral sex without her consent has agreed to retire Friday to resolve legal…
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has her own explanation for the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to televise oral arguments—it would shine a spotlight on the justices’ unusual questions.
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals ordered a one-year suspension for a Maryland-based attorney Thursday for failure to disclose a prior suspension.
At a hearing yesterday a New Mexico judge accused of raping a prostitute was called a victim by his defense counsel and the judge hearing the case eliminated his $50,000…
A Canadian judge yesterday freed a number of prisoners, including a disbarred lawyer charged with fraud, because a prosecutor was late returning from a break.
A 40-year-old Kansas attorney was shot and killed and her female companion was injured when a gunman approached their vehicle as they pulled into their driveway in Topeka a little…
Fined $100 for failing to appear at a pretrial hearing in one county because he was attending a pretrial hearing in another county, a New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer appealed…
An institute co-founded by Rosa Parks alleges in a Michigan Supreme Court filing that two appointed lawyers who were “court cronies” were rewarded too well for their work on the…
Women, more so than men, tend to be portrayed in an unflattering manner in photos as their popularity wanes, writes former Congressman and current law firm partner Jul 20, 2011 10:48 PM CDT
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