A federal judge in Erie, Pa., today sentenced a retired state court judge to nearly four years in prison for falsely claiming to have suffered debilitating injuries in a 2001…
The University Club of Washington, D.C., believes it has found a way to bring back U.S. Supreme Court justices and federal judges who had to give up their free memberships…
As a plea deal in the federal criminal case against Bernard Madoff appears imminent, several people who worked for him reportedly are talking with prosecutors about how he allegedly operated…
Since a gag order was lifted that prevented lawyers involved from talking about the federal criminal case against U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent, his attorney, Dick DeGuerin, has had much…
Perhaps just a bit irked by a U.S. senator’s dire prediction that she has only nine months to live, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has…
In its response to a federal judge’s threat to bar all 25 of its lawyers from appearing in the Western District of Louisiana, a New Orleans-based defense firm is going…
Updated: A man at trial for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend to death was shot and killed in a Stockton, Calif., courtroom yesterday after he reportedly left the witness stand and…
After losing Monday a request for an en banc rehearing before the entire Washington, D.C., District Court of Appeals, Roy Pearson Jr.’s infamous $54 million “pants suit” claim may be…
At least the public knew who was spending the money in a high-profile judicial influence case that packed the U.S. Supreme Court during oral arguments today.
Two men who were reportedly scheduled to be sentenced by Tacoma Municipal Court Judge Elizabeth Verhey in Washington state are now charged concerning allegedly threats to kill her.
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