As his lawyer proclaimed the innocence of a longtime Maryland judge charged in a criminal environmental dumping case, bar authorities said there is no immediate plan to pursue disciplinary charges…
Disbarred and facing a prison sentence, a once-prominent member of Palm Beach County’s political structure still had a significant team of well-wishers in his corner as he was sentenced today…
A North Carolina judge held an attorney in contempt this week after spotting him reading a copy of Maxim that featured a scantily clad Heidi Montag (headlined as “The Hills’…
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered the Bush administration to issue a written report explaining why videotapes of harsh interrogations of two terrorism suspects were destroyed.
A twice-convicted drunken driver got the maximum prison term for her latest offense—a little over 10 years—after a jailhouse phone call in which she laughed about driving into and killing…
A Miami plaintiffs lawyer has withdrawn from 77 injury cases against a cruise line following allegations that two investigators for his law firm paid for inside information.
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker in Atlanta is beating its rivals to the punch with the announcement it will pay first-year associates $160,000 starting Feb. 1.
Prosecutors in Queens held a special hearing yesterday to videotape the testimony of a 101-year-old mugging victim in case she is not able to testify at trial.
Justice Stephen G. Breyer told law students yesterday that the U.S. Supreme Court is the “border guard” protecting the line between security and civil liberties.
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