Updated: A Washington Supreme Court justice accused of heckling U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey before his collapse says he wasn’t in the room at the time the AG went down.
Lawyers have filed an ethics complaint against a newly elected Florida judge that contends her campaign ad implied they were trying to bribe her opponent.
A Georgia Supreme Court commission is so concerned about the impact of broken families that it is sponsoring a dozen billboards throughout the state with the message “Get Married, Stay…
An unusual case in which a South Texas district attorney has obtained indictments of the vice president of the U.S., a former U.S. attorney general, two state court judges and…
Testifying for the government yesterday in a federal corruption trial against his former partner, an ex-Chicago police officer said cops routinely participated in a number of illegal acts.
An appeals court in Texas has ordered attorneys for an inmate facing the death penalty to explain why they didn’t complain sooner about a now-admitted affair between the judge and…
Former ABA President and Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer says he won’t run for Michigan governor because he would have to give up family time and law, two things he loves.
A retired judge in Pennsylvania was convicted today of mail fraud and money laundering in connection with the injuries he claimed to have suffered in a 2001 auto accident.
A grand jury in South Texas has indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales—as well as a former U.S. attorney and two state court judges—concerning…
Upcoming summits to fight violence and promote marriage are being sponsored, respectively, by a New York-based law school and a commission of the Georgia Supreme Court.
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