A onetime top aide to a former United States attorney in New Jersey may have used her position in “possibly improper ways” to help her ex-boss, Christopher Christie, in his…
A federal judge is allowing Rod Blagojevich to appear on The Celebrity Apprentice despite prosecutors’ concerns that the former Illinois governor’s comments will taint the jury pool.
New Justice Department guidelines say federal prosecution of medical marijuana clinics or their patients will not be a priority, as long as state laws are being followed.
Saleswoman Kathy Lawlor got into a dispute with her employer four years ago over a big incoming commission, and she said the company fired her when she wouldn’t agree to…
Can a former lawyer collect contingency fees for work he did while he was still a member of the bar? That is the central question in an Arkansas case that…
A Connecticut plaintiffs firm has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle claims by two former clients that an ex-associate dropped the ball on their cases.
Responding to a claim that Anthony McKinney has spent 31 years in an Illinois prison for a murder he didn’t commit, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office has asked for…
A neighbor in Madonna’s ritzy New York City apartment building has sued the co-op board over the famous pop singer’s alleged “blaring music, stomping and shaking walls.”
Lawyer Tom Dunn had defended accused murderers in capital cases for 20 years, including Troy Davis, the inmate who claims the Eighth Amendment prevents his execution…
A federal jury in New York today found Exxon Mobil Corp. liable for polluting well water in the New York City’s borough of Queens with a gasoline additive and ordered…
The sheriff of Larimer County, Colo., says he plans to file felony and misdemeanor charges against the parents of a 6-year-old boy who made international headlines last week after he…
A California lawyer and two of his business associates have been arrested in a scheme to obtain fraudulent visas and launder the money in burial plots.
Government wiretaps captured the conversations of billionaire hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, arrested along with five other hedge fund operators and money managers last week in an alleged $20 million…
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