Four police officers and two supervisors have been federally indicted in a civil rights case over civilian deaths on the Danziger Bridge in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane…
A tenured English professor who reportedly maintained an online persona as a dominatrix, posing with current and former graduate students, and admittedly supplemented her salary by working for a sex…
Bracewell & Giuliani has expanded its footprint, taking a giant step from its established territory in Texas and New York to plant its flag in Seattle.
An Illinois personal injury lawyer was sentenced to 30 days in jail and must wear an ankle device to detect whether he has been drinking after his conviction in a…
The parents of child with Asperger’s syndrome have filed suit against her northern Idaho school district and the sheriff’s department for the arrest of their daughter in the third grade.
A federal appeals court is allowing a solo practitioner to avoid arbitration in a lawsuit that claims his student loan company engaged in deceptive practices.
A man who claims he entered into an April 2003 website development contract with Facebook that gave him an 84 percent interest in the social networking website has won a…
To the extent that impeached former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich may admit any mistaken conduct on the stand if he testifies, as expected, in his ongoing political corruption trial, there…
As a Florida jury continued its second day of deliberations in a 45-count racketeering and theft case after a two-month trial, a now-disbarred attorney struck a deal with prosecutors.
The city attorney for Chattanooga, Tenn., is under fire, after a state auditor’s report criticized him for contracting out some $15,000 per month in secretarial and legal support work from…
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