In a blistering opinion (PDF) today, a federal appeals court not only stated or implied that a lawyer had been untruthful in his certification that a brief met…
Actor Mel Gibson reportedly is about to plead no contest in a domestic battery case concerning his ex-girlfriend in exchange for a sentence that includes no jail time.
With Gov. Pat Quinn’s signature today, a bill banning the death penalty in Illinois is now official. The legislation will take effect July 1, Reuters reports.
A paralegal who formerly worked at the Maryland offices of Shapiro & Burson has alleged that more than 1,000 “attorney” signatures on deeds in foreclosure cases were actually scribed by…
A North Carolina state senator who is also a lawyer has introduced a bill in the general assembly that would permit non-attorney ownership of law firms.
An Arizona county attorney accused of misconduct that resulted in the release of a murder defendant is pointing the finger of blame at his onetime chief deputy.
A Massachusetts lawyer has been publicly reprimanded for failing to include ellipses when he omitted some words from a trial judge’s statement of facts in his first-ever appeal.
Courts that oversee the thousands of foreclosure cases being pursued by the Law Offices of David J. Stern are reportedly in chaos, following news this week that the firm is…
When John Edward Dawson told his lawyer in a state court burglary and drug case that he was also being represented by a federal defender, she thought he was delusional…
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