Reversing a jury verdict for the defendant tire manufacturer that it described as resulting from a “miscarriage of justice,” a California appeals court rebuked the trial judge for allowing into…
Judges and lawyers taking an instant survey with handheld devices Friday learned a disappointing lesson: Their decision-making is likely subject to errors and biases.
A suit filed by a flight attendant who claims that the wife of Houston pastor and televangelist Joel Osteen assaulted her in 2005 on a flight from Houston to Vail,…
An Orlando, Fla., civil recovery firm is facing a federal lawsuit accusing it of sending millions of letters across the country in an alleged effort to shake down shoppers.
In the latest fallout from reports in 2006 that hospitals were dumping homeless patients in need of care on the streets, federal agents investigating alleged Medicare fraud raided three hospitals…
Two female students at Yale Law School have begun identifying, in federal court papers, the defendants who allegedly posted vile comments about them under anonymous screen names on an Internet…
The bad news has gotten worse for Robert Novak, a Chicago Sun-Times columnist who recently was chased by a lawyer after he hit a pedestrian in Washington, D.C., and didn’t…
A federal judge’s order is leading to speculation that Pfizer has quietly settled several of 3,000 pending cases claiming injuries from the painkillers Bextra and Celebrex.
Although not recognized as a cause of action in most jurisdictions, “desk rage”—i.e., abusive or threatening conduct at the workplace—is a growing problem and a growing concern to employers and…
A former paralegal’s allegation that he is a “sexual predator” is but one of many “untrue” and “ridiculous” claims in her lawsuit against him and two law firms at which…
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