An attorney and community activist arrested and handcuffed after she tried to speak on behalf of clients at a public hearing in Florida more than three years ago has won…
In the latest twist in a hard-fought international environmental case that reportedly could win a megabillions verdict for the plaintiffs, a federal judge in New York has granted a temporary…
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has sued a Georgia law firm for malpractice, contending that a partner of the firm, simultaneously representing Neighborhood Community Bank and a developer client while…
Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas has filed a notice of intent to sue two lawyers appointed to investigate him for ethical violations and a…
The National Football League is sweetening its offer to the 400 fans who bought tickets to the Super Bowl but didn’t get a seat, even as a lawsuit was filed…
A lawyer who is leading a class action suit against Toyota for a drop in vehicle value sees flaws in a new report that found no electronic problems that could…
Lindsay Lohan will be arraigned tomorrow on a felony grand theft charge for allegedly stealing a gold necklace from a California jeweler last month, a prosecutor says.
At first, then-Judge Mark Ciavarella Jr. and a senior colleague in Luzerne County, Pa., allegedly laundered hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks they received for sending juveniles to jail…
A judge in Maine has upheld a jury’s verdict of $7.3 million for emotional distress to a former client who said the Bernstein Shur Sawyer & Nelson law firm worked…
When a murder trial last year that was expected to take four weeks continued nearly two weeks longer, putting a Nevada judge’s vacation at risk, the judge resolved the problem…
After testimony in a high-profile divorce case last year suggested that Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt could lose control of the team due to an apparent error by his…
Last week, Chevron Corp. filed a federal civil racketeering lawsuit in New York against the plaintiffs in a hard-fought multi-billion-dollar Ecuador environmental case, alleging that they conspired to manufacture and…
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