Despite a plethora of laws already on the books, there’s still plenty of bad behavior that hasn’t yet been banned. But officials in New York and Hawaii are proposing laws…
A national credit card company whose workers told a vision-impaired woman that she had to fill out a written form to make a complaint about merchandise she says she was…
Forced to resign from office as New York governor last year after he became embroiled in a prostitution scandal, former state attorney general Eliot Spitzer has lined up a new…
A reception for lawmakers hosted by the New York State Trial Lawyers Association may have violated a state ethics law, according to a state commission.
The CIA has told a federal court that disclosure of additional documents about its interrogation of terrorism detainees could jeopardize national security.
A former New York judge from Albany County has been convicted of trying to shake down lawyers to pay for his legal bills in a judicial conduct investigation.
Ordered to repay more than $600,000 in pension benefits which he allegedly was improperly paid over the past seven years, a New York lawyer has won at least a temporary…
Four New York lawyers are among eight individuals indicted in an alleged $1.4 million equity-stripping scheme involving four homeowners in the New York City suburbs.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is blaming two law firms for Bank of America’s failure to disclose $3.6 billion in executive bonuses it planned to pay to executives at Merrill…
A 47-year-old New York real estate lawyer who has been working since 2002 at Excelsior Title has been criminally charged for allegedly stealing at least $400,000 from clients.
Hogan & Hartson’s New York offices will make an appearance in the Sex and the City sequel, when its 25th floor atrium will be transformed into Mr. Big’s office.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued AT&T, claiming the company’s refusal to consider rehiring early retirees amounts to age discrimination.
The suit filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court says…
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