Two waitresses claim in a lawsuit that they were fired from the one-time Boom Boom Room at the Standard Hotel in Manhattan because they didn’t meet the club’s new requirements…
The tiny California town that paid its officials six-figure salaries—and $1.65 million to its one-time city attorney—has also been generous with its outside law…
The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld an award of more than $2 million for a prosecutor who claimed she didn’t get a judicial appointment because of reverse bias by the…
A one-year state of emergency has been declared in the federal courts of Arizona, following the slaying earlier this month of Chief District Judge John Roll. He was shot along…
After exploring a possible merger with Howrey that was doomed by potential practice conflicts and an ongoing attorney exodus, Winston & Strawn is seeking to recruit some Howrey lawyers individually,…
Viewers at the premiere of Crime after Crime hissed when the Los Angeles County District Attorney appeared onscreen at the Sundance Film Festival this week.
Convicted of drunken driving last year following an accident that caused minor injuries to another driver, a 68-year-old Maryland judge who acknowledges a long history of alcoholism has now agreed…
A relatively routine attempt to make an arrest yesterday ended in tragedy and a dramatic gunfight between hundreds of officers from multiple police forces and a single suspect, as officers…
Developing: After a brief setback yesterday, when an Illinois appellate court ruled that he could not run for Chicago mayor this year because he doesn’t meet residency requirements, Rahm Emanuel…
A Missouri disciplinary panel is recommending a reprimand for a St. Louis-area prosecutor who admitted passing a note to a judge hearing a case in another courtroom.
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