Despite Tiger Woods’ reported desire to save their marriage after a widely publicized series of alleged extra-marital affairs on his part, his wife apparently has decided to file for divorce…
The controversial Arizona sheriff who has filed a racketeering lawsuit against the Maricopa superior court is waging a legal battle on a different front, this…
An experimental program adopted Thursday by the judicial council for the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will allow televised civil bench trials, on a case-by-case basis.
Oversight was so lacking at a New York state police crime lab that one analyst continued routinely to falsify test results over a 15-year period, compromising one-third of his 322…
The federal Home Affordable Modification Program is supposed to help struggling owners get revised mortgage terms that will make it possible for them to hold onto their personal residences.
Applauding the introduction of a bill in the House of Representatives yesterday that would restrict federal agencies from pressuring organizations and their employees to waive legal protections when they are…
A California plaintiffs lawyer should be suspended for three years, a State Bar Court judge recommends, because of his “outrageous” and “insolent” behavior.
A former South Dakota lawmaker has copyrighted his own name and is forbidding newspapers to use it without advance permission, threatening a penalty of $500,000 or more if they violate…
Partnership law expert Leslie Corwin of Greenberg Traurig is defending a malpractice suit by pointing a finger at the plaintiff, a partner with Epstein Becker & Green.
Responding to a Pennsylvania malpractice suit contending that a major law firm should have detected an alleged fraud by executives during its internal investigation of a now-bankrupt beverage maker, K&L…
In an escalating yearlong war between government officials in Arizona’s Maricopa County, the sheriff and a local prosecutor are now accusing all members of the governing body, at least four…
Four hours before a convicted murderer was scheduled to be put to death today, the Georgia Supreme Court halted the execution and ordered a trial judge to consider Carlton Gary’s…
Granting a motion filed by insurer Lloyd’s of London, a federal judge in Dallas today found billionaire and accused swindler R. Allen Stanford and his counsel in contempt.
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