Thirteen years after terrorists flew hijacked commercial airliners into the World Trade Center and Pentagon, the attacks still resonate in the memories of victims’ surviving family members, first responders and…
A co-worker who texted an alternate juror in a New York manslaughter case, providing information about the defendant, got an unusual response from the judge overseeing the case.
A former federal prosecutor who posted anonymous comments on a New Orleans newspaper blog–comments which helped derail several high-profile cases and the careers of multiple lawyers in the local U.S.…
John Grisham is a best-selling author who has seen many of his books become major Hollywood pictures. Jason Bailey is a first-time author who maintains a busy legal practice in…
Busted in June for drunken driving and driving without a license, a Maine teenager was ready to make a fashion statement by the time he began a two-day jail sentence…
ABA Journal staffers snubbed the dog-eat-dog puns, even though clever “pro bone-o” and “illegal collar” captions made us snicker. But after reviewing more than 150 submissions, these were the three…
Movies transport us. They take us to different times and places, bringing laughter in one moment and tears in the next. But no matter how outlandish the plot, at their…
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