The son of lawyer Marc Dreier claims in a $1 million lawsuit that he dropped out of college because of verbal abuse, physical assault and defamatory comments by his former…
Today show weatherman Al Roker got caught in the middle of a media storm when he took pictures of potential jurors on his iPhone yesterday and posted them to Twitter…
A beloved actor perhaps best known for hiding his keen detective skills under a bumbling police persona in the Columbo television series is now reportedly more than absent-minded in real…
A New York appeals court has stayed a malpractice suit against Greenberg Traurig and the chairman of its New York office to allow the facts to be developed first in…
When Claudia Trupp had a cancer scare, the New York appellate public defender decided to author a book. Written between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.. for six months, as her…
A bankruptcy trustee is citing competitive disadvantage in a motion to seal a malpractice settlement in a $200 million suit filed against McDermott, Will & Emery.
Saying that First Amendment protections are not absolute, a federal judge in New York has scheduled a hearing to consider whether the media’s repeated publication of photographs of an apparently…
A problem paralegal at a Pennsylvania law firm reportedly arrived late, left early and had a bad attitude. But only after she was let go one Friday did routine audits…
Awaiting sentencing for stealing $285,000 from a New York City law firm, a paralegal allegedly stole from her new employer—a law firm in Norristown, Pa.—to pay restitution to her former…
At least eight investors and friends of Bernard Madoff are reportedly under a criminal investigation that seeks to learn whether they knew their high investment returns were part of a…
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