Trials & Litigation

Grand jury refuses to reindict Letitia James in mortgage fraud case

A grand jury in Virginia on Thursday rejected Justice Department efforts to charge New York Attorney General Letitia James with mortgage fraud, declining to indict her again after a judge dismissed the charges last week, according to two people familiar with the matter, who asked to remain anonymous because they were not authorized to speak about the proceedings.

Dec 5, 2025 9:53 AM CST

Hearings reveal details of Mangione’s arrest as murder case drags on

A year after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down from behind by a masked shooter with a 3D-printed weapon and a makeshift silencer, no trial date has been set for Luigi Mangione, the suspect Patrolman Joseph Detwiler arrested. Mangione has spent much of the past year at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where he is being held without the option of bail.

Dec 5, 2025 9:36 AM CST

Rigging the Game: After charges of athletes throwing games to influence wagers, some blame prop bets

Betting scandals have rocked Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association in recent months, raising questions about the risks of so-called “prop bets.” The term refers to a wager on a specific individual performance or occurrence within a game, which does not necessarily depend on the final score. Microbets are seen as a faster subset of these wagers.

Dec 4, 2025 2:13 PM CST

Companies use ‘deceitful tactics’ to market harmful ultra-processed products with ‘addictive nature,’ city’s suit alleges

A lawsuit filed Tuesday by the city of San Francisco alleges that several major food companies used “deceitful tactics it inherited from the Big Tobacco industry” to market harmful ultra-processed foods and to "aggressively sell those products to children.”

Dec 4, 2025 11:20 AM CST

Personal injury lawyers find ‘massive opportunity’ with AI

Recent months have brought an explosion of massive investments in artificial intelligence tools for personal injury lawyers. A report released this summer by professional business platform 8am supports this sentiment, showing 37% of personal injury lawyers use generative AI at work, compared to 31% of lawyers overall.

Dec 4, 2025 9:48 AM CST

What happens when 2 USC Gould Law professors divorce? The university gets sued

Professor Camille Gear Rich is suing the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, stating that the administration ignored her Title IX complaints that professor Stephen M. Rich, her ex-husband, was having an affair with a student. She also alleges the school later denied her disability accommodations in retaliation.

Dec 2, 2025 1:36 PM CST

What to know as Michael Jordan’s dispute with NASCAR heads to trial

A trial starting Monday in a Charlotte courtroom will pit NASCAR against two racing teams—including one co-owned by Basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan—in a case that could reshape how stock-car racing operates in the United States.

Dec 1, 2025 1:19 PM CST

Volume of service-of-process requests among concerns reported by surveyed in-house legal professionals

If you are feeling overwhelmed by demands associated with service of process, you aren’t alone, according to a survey of 250 professionals with senior roles within in-house legal teams.

Nov 26, 2025 12:47 PM CST

Judge suspended after courthouse confrontation with delivery driver

A Texas judge has been suspended after he was indicted on a misdemeanor charge of official oppression stemming from a dispute with a delivery driver.

Nov 26, 2025 12:02 PM CST

DOJ official who thought he was on Hinge date discusses Epstein files, gets fired, suit says

A former Department of Justice official said in a lawsuit his First Amendment rights were violated when he was fired for comments that he made about the Epstein files while on Hinge dates with a woman who apparently recorded him without his knowledge.

Nov 26, 2025 10:21 AM CST

1 prosecution brief had AI hallucinations, but other issues were human error, district attorney says

Four briefs filed in criminal cases by the district attorney’s office in Nevada County, California, had hallucinations that were likely caused by the use of artificial intelligence, according to lawyers for one of the defendants affected.

Nov 26, 2025 9:16 AM CST

Supreme Court tells state to reconsider screening child victim from defendant

In 2021, a Mississippi jury found Jeffrey Clyde Pitts guilty of sexually abusing his 4-year-old daughter. When the girl testified against her father in court, a screen was placed between her and Pitts to protect her from trauma.

Nov 25, 2025 10:30 AM CST

New Jersey’s top court is first to reject evidence of shaken baby syndrome as unreliable

Testimony that merely shaking a baby can produce internal bleeding near the brain and in the retina is too unreliable for admission in criminal cases of child abuse, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in a 6-1 decision last week.

Nov 25, 2025 9:23 AM CST

OJ Simpson estate accepts $58M claim by father of Ron Goldman, killed along with Nicole Brown Simpson

The estate of former professional football player O.J. Simpson has approved a $58 million claim filed by the father of Ron Goldman, who was fatally stabbed along with Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson in 1994.

Nov 20, 2025 3:22 PM CST

Law prof who called for military action and end to Israel sues over teaching suspension

A University of Kentucky law professor who has called for military action against Israel has filed a lawsuit claiming the school violated his constitutional and civil rights when it suspended him from teaching and launched an investigation to determine whether he created a hostile environment.

Nov 20, 2025 2:57 PM CST