A former Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer was taken into custody after a Virginia jury convicted him Thursday in a “pump and dump” stock scheme.
Headlines about school district battles over student hairstyles are now focusing on Ohio, where a mother of an 11-year-old boy says he was publicly humiliated by a teacher and a…
Accused of operating a $7 billion Ponzi scheme under the guise of running his Texas-based investment company, billionaire R. Allen Stanford has been fighting to force renowned insurer Lloyd’s of…
A Texas woman who says she was severely beaten by her 15-year-old son after she asked him to do his chores last year is being treated as a crime victim.
A grand jury will consider a murder charge against a Dallas plaintiffs lawyer who is a suspect in the shooting death of the ex-wife of his former law firm partner.
A former client facing criminal charges for allegedly threatening to kill a Houston attorney and a local state-court judge after he lost a civil lawsuit has been located and arrested.
A civil litigation client described by a law enforcement official as “fixated” on a losing lawsuit against a former business associate is being sought on charges that he threatened to…
A special master considering ethics charges against Texas’ highest criminal judge has blasted the Texas Defender Service and the media for embellishing the story of her refusal to keep the…
Updated: A Texas lawyer has been charged with assaulting a public servant—a courthouse deputy who says he told her she couldn’t bring a tool that included a knife past the…
At least nine big law firms in Texas sent out job offer letters without specifying the salaries they would be paying their new associates. Some firms also declined to set…
Latham & Watkins is opening a new office in Houston with three transactional energy lawyers. They include Michael Dillard, who formerly headed the practice area at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer…
Defense lawyers argued that a middle-aged Texas judge had been waylaid by the feminine wiles of a 20-something defendant in a drunken-driving case on his call. But a jury decided…
If John O’Quinn had been around to defend himself, it’s possible that attorney Terry Scarborough would still be fighting for a settlement on behalf of almost 3,500 clients of the…
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