California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye says she wouldn’t be offended if someone had commented on her appearance at an awards dinner or some kind of celebration.
We’ve all heard the story: New York Congressman Anthony Weiner’s Twitter account posted a photo of “a man’s bulging underpants” over Memorial Day weekend; Weiner says that…
The former general counsel of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has been charged with embezzling $1.7 million by creating fake companies and submitting phony invoices for expert witnesses and consulting services.
A 62-year-old divorce lawyer reportedly shot to death in his Yuma, Ariz., law office this morning represented the ex-wife of the man authorities say was responsible for Jun 3, 2011 12:17 AM CDT
The Department of Justice has settled an unusual suit seeking to force the Maricopa County, Ariz., sheriff’s office to provide documents for a civil rights probe.
An Arizona attorney whose general practice included criminal and family law matters was among five people shot and killed today in Yuma, Ariz. A sixth individual was wounded.
A New York attorney who formerly served as a prosecutor in the Bronx was found not guilty in a felony drunken driving case today by a Bronx Supreme Court jury.
An attorney who allegedly obtained confidential information over a 17-year period while working at three major law firms before being charged earlier this year in an insider-trading case that allegedly…
Desks say a lot about the people who work there, feng shui experts say. So why does Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley have giraffe figurines on her desk?
An Illinois lawyer recently admitted to the bar has been charged with prostitution after police say they discovered emails setting up trysts as part of an unrelated investigation.
A Pennsylvania lawyer told a judge on Tuesday that his office was in such disarray that he didn’t open a letter notifying him that his law license had been suspended.
In an opinion filed yesterday in redistricting dispute involving the Girl Scouts of the United States, the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals court took a well-known law firm…
A former partner of Clark Thomas & Winters was convicted yesterday by a Texas jury in a case that revolved around the alleged padding of legal bills to obtain money…
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