Convicted in 2006 of stealing more up to $1 million or more in client settlement money, a now-disbarred personal injury attorney tells a Pennsylvania judge he can’t survive on $1,700…
Tried on ethics charges in an attorney disciplinary case because they allegedly didn’t act quickly enough to investigate a then-partner’s theft of some $300,000 from clients and the firm and…
A Florida appeals court has given the green light to a class action against an embattled foreclosure king and his Plantation law firm alleging that it charged at least 2,000…
A former investigator at Glancy Binkow & Goldberg has sued the California law firm, contending that a fraternity-like atmosphere subjected her to a hostile work environment.
A Pennsylvania lawyer who cooperated with federal authorities in a criminal case against a former state-court judge reportedly won’t face any criminal charges himself.
Apparently unhappy about being sentenced to a 26-year prison term, followed by another three years due to his violation of probation in a prior drug case, a defendant dropped the…
Epstein Becker & Green will be closing its eight-year-old office in Miami after managing partner Michael Case led most of its attorneys and staff to Duane Morris.
Jailed a week ago on suspicion of first-degree murder after he called authorities to report that his wife is dead, a 23-year-old Oklahoma man has yet to be formally charged…
A judge has nixed a New York lawyer’s argument that he shouldn’t have to reimburse an ex-client $5,500 for unearned legal fees, due to a personal bankruptcy and a business…
Shown slapping and punching her former fiance in front of their daughter on a September episode of the Teen Mom reality television show on MTV, a young woman is now…
A unique and extraordinary first-year law student with a promising future has died after somehow falling down the stairs at an exclusive Chicago club he was visiting with his father…
A Michigan man is facing a felony trial for admittedly reading his wife’s e-mail in an effort to determine whether his suspicion that she might be having an affair was…
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