Suspended Las Vegas Judge Elizabeth Halverson, accused of mistreating staff and sleeping during trials, denies misconduct allegations in a formal response filed yesterday.
A New York bankruptcy judge has refused to dismiss a trustee’s claims that a law firm and two of its lawyers participated in a scheme to hide the identity of…
Some senior associates are making more money than nonequity partners, forcing law firms to re-evaluate—and in some cases boost—partner pay and bonuses.
Jurors in Ocala, Fla., will begin deliberating the fate of actor Wesley Snipes today, accused of failing to pay taxes on more than $58 million in income, according to the…
A fatal drug overdose of a Greenwich, Conn., surgeon is calling attention to an issue that has long troubled prosecutors: whether to prosecute witnesses.
Harvard Law School is leading the nation’s top law schools in an era of record-breaking donations, raking in nearly $215 million in the last five years.
Citing a “genuine confusion” about what judges can say publicly about cases, Massachusetts’ highest court has assembled a committee to consider revising judicial conduct rules.
A beleaguered New Jersey judge has resigned, amid allegations that he twice came to court under the influence of alcohol and issued a search warrant in a case that should…
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