Faced with the embarrassing realization that a trusted staffer has stolen a significant sum of money, a lot of law firms opt to keep quiet, observers say.
In a case from Oregon and another from California, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that criminal defense lawyers provided adequate assistance of counsel and that their onetime clients were…
Attorney Bobby Pearlman was handing what seemed like a somewhat routine probate matter in Charleston, S.C., until his client’s brother was arrested for allegedly trying to put a contract hit…
While Delvonte Tisdale didn’t make a good decision when he reportedly stowed away in the wheel well of a USAirways plane at the Charlotte, N.C., airport, the 16-year-old high school…
When interviewing for a law firm job, it’s a good idea not to criticize other law firms, especially if the firm happens to employ the hiring partner’s spouse.
Lee Harvey Oswald’s brother has sued a Texas funeral home and an auction house over the sale of Oswald’s casket and other items linked to the presidential assassin.
Updated: Cameras rolled as suspect Jared Loughner allegedly fired all 31 bullets in the magazine of his Glock, plus another round that was already in the chamber, at a supermarket…
Hackers used a so-called 3G account slurper script to hack into AT&T servers last June and steal passwords and other information for some 120,000 iPad users, federal authorities contend.
Drunken motorists can, at least in theory, be charged with illegally driving under the influence when at the helm of a motorized wheelchair or even a Jan 18, 2011 9:40 PM CST
Two teenage girls in Florida apparently may have thought it would be an amusing prank when they allegedly pasted a high school classmate’s head atop a nude photo of an…
A former Wisconsin district attorney contends he is immune from a civil suit filed by a domestic abuse victim who claims his sexually suggestive texts…
A federal appeals court has ruled that an elderly widow can sue a law firm for unfair debt collection practices, even though the alleged wrongdoing occurred in communications between the…
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