A federal grand jury in Arizona has issued a sweeping new superseding indictment against suspect Jared Lee Loughner, who is accused in a January supermarket parking lot shooting rampage in…
Courtney Love has agreed to settle a suit claiming her Twitter rant defamed a Texas fashion designer, but the rocker’s lawyer says the amount is so low that it amounts…
A Minnesota lawyer known for his suits against the Catholic Church will run print and television ads asking Milwaukee clergy abuse victims to come forward.
In a move that the Wisconsin State Journal says is of questionable legality, the Republican state senators of Wisconsin voted today to authorize the arrest of…
A former general counsel of WellCare is among five ex-executives of the Florida-based company who were indicted by a federal grand jury in an alleged Medicaid fraud that is claimed…
A woman who sued claiming she was injured when the high heels she was required to wear at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn got caught in the law firm’s carpet…
Charlie Sheen clearly didn’t help his potential breach-of-contract case against CBS and Warner Brothers Television by calling his boss, Chuck Lorre, a “retarded zombie.” Nor are the news accounts about…
Adding nearly two years to the sentence recommended by prosecutors, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., today sentenced a former Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Algeria to 5 and…
A Pennsylvania judge today declared a mistrial in the case of a state lawmaker and ex-prosecutor accused of conspiring with a sister to illegally use her staff to help another…
A retired chief drug prosecutor in the Detroit area has taken a plea in a controversial perjury case, along with two police officers, leaving only a former Wayne County judge…
A federal judge in New Jersey has refused to grant class action status to a lawsuit that claims law firm management software contained a hidden “time bomb” that caused it…
Former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt was testifying in a deposition as an expert witness for securities class-action plaintiffs suing Fannie Mae when he apparently decided he had…
An Indianapolis judge has ruled the state’s shield law does not bar the release of identifying information about online commenters in a defamation lawsuit.
Former attorney general Phill Kline went on the offensive today during a lunch break in his legal ethics trial, blasting the Kansas Supreme Court for what he called obstruction of…
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