A Dallas lawyer has filed a libel suit against a judge overseeing a case involving the dissolution of his law firm for expressing concerns that the lawyer was stalking him.
Accustomed to accolades earlier in his career, a Florida appeals court judge hit a roadblock after he was accused of helping a longtime friend who is a stripper shield her…
A Pennsylvania lawyer who formerly was a co-owner of juvenile detention facilities implicated in a jail-for-pay case that has brought down two senior judges was a victim of their kickbacks…
Hiring—and trusting—a disbarred lawyer known for his 1980s involvement in a bizarre condoms-for-chickens scam was a mistake, a retired Michigan judge says.
“Former Clinton Township district court judge William Cannon…
A federal appeals court has overturned the assault conviction of a Montana man, saying he doesn’t qualify as an Indian under a statute giving jurisdiction to the federal courts.
A federal judge is so fed up with what he labeled a prominent defense firm’s history of “vexatious” litigation tactics that he has threatened to bar all 20 partners and…
Already serving a five-year prison term for his role in a scheme to bribe a Mississippi judge concerning a dispute over Hurricane Katrina legal fees, once-renowned trial attorney Richard “Dickie”…
Headed to Berks County Prison last week after a district court judge in Fleetwood, Pa., revoked his $5,000 unsecured bond in an underage drinking case, a 20-year-old defendant allegedly still…
The litigation over a fatal accident in which a Texas judge’s daughter was convicted of intoxication manslaughter and sentenced to a brief jail term has just gotten a bit more…
A former New Jersey judge has been suspended from law practice for three months for an incident in which he allegedly told police officers who had arrested him on a…
A Catholic bishop has written a letter to Central Illinois parishes that questions the motives of lawyers representing priest abuse victims and expresses fear that the church is being treated…
A juvenile offender in Michigan who pried off a metal panel and escaped from his courthouse holding cell was found about an hour later hiding in the trunk of a…
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