Updated: After paying $45 for a box of old negatives at a garage sale a decade ago, a Fresno, Calif., painter noticed that some looked like the published work of…
A trial is set for December in a Texas land-swindle case that includes two lawyers among the defendants and accuses a local judge of helping them fleece owners of millions…
In the latest report of an alleged theft from a law firm by an employee trusted with access to its funds, the office manager and bookkeeper of a Clearwater, Fla.,…
Forget cash flow. Equity is where it’s at, as far as the law firm of the future is concerned, predicts a well-known lawyer who is now venturing out to stake…
The U.S. Department of Labor sued a Georgia personal injury firm and its former chief executive officer this week, contending that they improperly transferred, lent or used retirement plan assets…
A well-known Oregon trial attorney, Mike Shinn scored many victories over his 36-year legal career. Perhaps best known is the civil wrongful death case he pursued against a now-convicted murderer…
An Illinois personal injury lawyer was sentenced to 30 days in jail and must wear an ankle device to detect whether he has been drinking after his conviction in a…
A Florida judge began reading 100 pages of instructions at 9 a.m. today to the jury trying a now-disbarred real estate attorney in a case involving the alleged misappropriation of…
Corrected: Two Georgia attorneys reportedly were operating a private law practice at the same time that they held full-time positions as staff lawyers at the State Ethics Commission.
Two New Jersey attorneys and their matrimonial firms are facing a looming trial in a high-profile family law case that centers on a client’s transport of her then-4-year-old child to…
A 71-year-old solo practitioner in Texas and his 70-year-old office manager and wife are facing a 26-count federal indictment for allegedly stealing more than $2 million from the accounts of…
A celebrity lawyer known for his defense of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel in a decades-later prosecution over a teenage neighbor’s slaying is now in trouble himself.
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