Back in the day, tailgate parties were synonymous with college football games. But some law schools now host similar events for freshly minted legal eagles facing a grueling bar exam…
A high-volume Florida foreclosure practitioner has been an early adopter of a businesslike model of law practice, in which a back-office company handles much of the litigation preparation work for…
A battle over whether a Florida homeowner could park his pickup in his own driveway racked up over $187,000 in legal bills for the unswerving owner by the time the…
In a videotaped interview played in court on Tuesday, a 15-year-old boy alternatively referred to the lawyer who had befriended him over the years, sharing pornography and then initiating sex…
Defense lawyer Sam Adam Jr. told jurors on Tuesday that former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich may not be “the sharpest knife in the drawer,” but he’s not corrupt.
Target has donated $150,000 to a group supporting a controversial GOP candidate for Minnesota governor, taking advantage of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling finding corporations have a First Amendment right…
Updated: After paying $45 for a box of old negatives at a garage sale a decade ago, a Fresno, Calif., painter noticed that some looked like the published work of…
The city of New York has paid $7.15 million to three victims to settle a civil rights case concerning an unarmed African-American man who was shot to death by police…
Apparently frightened by her mother’s driving, an unidentified 12-year-old girl in New York reportedly called 911 repeatedly from the car on a cell phone to report her parent as an…
Apparently anticipating an uptick of wage-and-hour cases against employers, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton has brought in three partners from Seyfarth Shaw whose practices focus on defending such class actions.
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