The former general counsel of a Houston life settlement company has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for aiding a corporate scheme that defrauded investors of $100…
Calling a found-in-the-trash claim made on an Antiques Roadshow television episode a dog that won’t hunt, a Tennessee appellate panel has also agreed with a lower court…
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
Two new Clarence Darrow biographies offer different takes on the famous lawyer who represented union organizer Eugene Debs, accused teen-age murderers Leopold and Loeb, and school teacher John Scopes.
The former White House counsel disbarred for his role in the Watergate cover-up says President Nixon might never have been forced from office if different lawyer ethics rules had been…
Expecting a big payoff, the lead plaintiffs law firm in a massive class action against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. invested about $5 million in attorney and staff time and $2 million…
The Massachusetts Historical Society is adding to its collection a previously unknown letter written by Abigail Adams, the wife of the second president.
In what may be a record-breaking award to a single plaintiff in a sexual harassment case, a federal jury in East St. Louis, Ill., yesterday awarded $95 million to a…
Filmmaker and photographer Phoebe Ferguson didn’t even know she was a descendant of Judge John Howard Ferguson until a man who bought her great-great grandfather’s house tracked her down. It…
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