A former California lawyer pleaded no contest yesterday to a charge of felony embezzlement and is expected to get a four-year prison term for embezzling a little over $824,000 from…
A baby monk seal swimming around the island of Molokai, in Hawaii, seems to love people. But he could love them to death as he gets bigger, perhaps by playfully…
Joining a small number of law schools nationwide that offer alternative start dates for first-year students, Pace University will be admitting its first midyear class in January of next year.
Remember Gordon Gekko? Famous for his philosophy that greed is good, the once-mighty corporate raider played by Michael Douglas in the 1987 movie Wall Street has been released from prison…
A Los Angeles County juror has been fined $1,000 for trying to start a romance with the sister of the defendant, a celebrity fashion designer on trial for sexual assault.
A group of corporate and litigation attorneys has left Kelley Drye & Warren for K&L Gates. They are the first addition to their new firm’s Chicago office since K&L Gates…
Florida lawyer Jason Weisser has filed 13 class action lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of fines issued to car owners whose vehicles were caught running red lights by cameras posted at…
Growing up in a working-class ethnic neighborhood in New York City, Michael Corriero seemed a lot likelier to wind up standing in front of a judge than sitting on the…
A senior vice president responsible for commercial foreclosures at Wells Fargo & Co. has lost her job after being accused of making personal use of a $12 million bank-owned beachfront…
An Ohio teen caused a furor when she ran away to Florida, claiming that she was at risk of a so-called honor killing if she continued to live with her…
A federal judge has declared a mistrial in a suit against the makers of Fosamax after jury deliberations turned contentious, resulting in shouting and a deadlock.
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