Chicago’s new mayor Rahm Emanuel has been talking about significant budget cuts, but his assistant corporation counsels’ jobs may be safe—the administration’s top lawyer, Stephen Patton, told the May 17, 2011 4:20 PM CDT
A law graduate at North Carolina Central University delivered a commencement speech on Friday that touted the virtues of living an average life over the quest for fame and fortune.
Former Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Phillips has reached a tentative settlement in a suit claiming an underage drinking party outside his house led to the death of a…
The Iowa Supreme Court has suspended a Dubuque lawyer accused of incompetent representation, client neglect and failure to maintain client trust accounts.
Peter T. Elliott, a disbarred Wisconsin lawyer convicted of bank fraud for taking money from client trust accounts, pled guilty to one count of robbery in Waukesha County Circuit Court…
Online travel companies that book Atlanta hotel rooms should rework their pricing formula to pay the city more in occupancy taxes, the Georgia Supreme Court found today.
Ronald D. Castille, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, lashed out last month at defense lawyers representing death row inmate Mark Spotz, claiming that the mostly federally funded…
Hundreds of Vermont DUI convictions are being challenged by defense lawyers, who claim there was a mistake in the breath analysis machine’s software setup.
Whistler-blowers’ complaints about unethical lab work…
Prosecutors trying Casey Anthony, a 25-year-old Florida woman charged with murdering her young daughter, were armed with Internet information during a special Saturday jury selection, checking out panel members’ social…
A lawyer who was dissatisfied with the sexual enhancement pills he bought over the Internet will be able to proceed with his lawsuit because of a favorable ruling by a…
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