Siding with the National Football League, a federal appeals court today in effect ordered a lockout back into place by granting a temporary stay of a lower court’s order in…
A class action plaintiff who filed a legal malpractice suit contending that a California law firm improperly took some $20 million from a $134 million settlement is back in the…
The artist who created an unusual tattoo on the left side of prizefighter Mike Tyson’s face has sued Warner Bros., contending that the studio pirated its work by putting the…
A 38-year-old Florida attorney is being held in lieu of $10,000 bail after being charged with burglary concerning a February break-in at a neighbor’s mobile home.
Three women who previously sued their ex-employer for sexual harassment have filed a new suit in California state court claiming that they were impersonated online by American Apparel Inc. and…
In a voice choked with emotion, a South Dakota judge today pleaded with the state’s top court to let him stay on the bench until he reaches the mandatory retirement…
A South Florida law firm known for its high volume of mortgage foreclosure work is making another 146 layoffs as part of a plan to exit the practice area.
The Colorado attorney general’s office has filed a lawsuit in state court over alleged unauthorized practice of law by a Florida attorney and his firm. It seeks a court order…
After an Illinois judge’s dismissal of all charges filed against a suburban Chicago prosecutor in a political corruption case, the state is seeking a new judge to preside in a…
In an attorney discipline case that explores the boundaries of when private sexual misconduct renders a lawyer unfit to practice, and for how long, a Georgia practitioner says he was…
A husband and wife pleaded guilty today in a California court concerning the 1991 abduction of 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard, who was allegedly held captive at their home for 18…
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