The corruption-fighting U.S. attorney in Chicago is threatening to sue a publisher over an upcoming book that, in his view, partly blames him for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
In the latest prosecutorial embarrassment for the U.S. Department of Justice, the DOJ has admitted it may have fouled up concerning the required pre-trial provision of exculpatory evidence in the…
A Miami-Dade prosecutor has been suspended after he was accused of punching a late-arriving Domino’s pizza delivery woman who wasn’t able to gain entrance to his gated Miami Beach community.
Siding with the media and lawyers representing detainees at the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., today gave the government a July 29 deadline.…
Prosecutors overreached when they charged a prominent New Jersey criminal defense lawyer in a federal racketeering case, relying on unsubstantiated hearsay accusations to try to persuade a judge he is…
A top federal prosecutor whose high-profile South Florida office won convictions of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff and al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla, among other well-known cases, will soon be overseeing more…
A second New Jersey attorney is facing federal criminal charges in connection with an claimed conspiracy by high-profile criminal defense lawyer Paul Bergin.
In the latest potential prosecutorial embarrassment for the U.S. Department of Justice, a federal judge in California is threatening to sanction the government in a case brought over claimed warrantless…
A federal judge in South Carolina has granted an injunction sought by Craigslist Inc. in a declaratory judgment action against the state’s attorney general.
In a rare public speech today, a high-profile Illinois prosecutor didn’t address a number of hot topics, such as the ongoing prosecution of impeached former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
California prosecutors fear the governor will borrow from a special half-cent property sales tax that helps fund their operations to make up a budget deficit that didn’t get any help…
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