Federal agents descended tonight on a well-known South Florida law firm that has been much in the news lately after one name partner said another name partner may have misappropriated…
Because of questionable conduct of the Luzerne County judges who oversaw the case, a Pennsylvania newspaper must get a new trial in a defamation lawsuit that resulted in a $3.5…
A law professor at the University of Miami has seemingly changed his mind about the federal invasion of privacy suit he filed only last week against the publisher of Above…
Although Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to pay as much as $85 million to settle 39 consolidated wage-and-hour class action lawsuits involving more than 3 million employees, it wasn’t at…
Asked to move—twice—by an Ocala court bailiff when he sat down in two separate areas reserved for inmates, a well-known Florida defense attorney apparently became a bit cranky.
An Arkansas attorney arrested Friday at her law office and home in Berryville and charged with two counts of delivering methamphetamine had earlier sought election as Carroll County prosecutor.
Lawyers with the British law firm Pinsent Masons will be stocking supermarket shelves at Asda, delaying a trademark dispute involving the U.K. supermarket chain.
Lawyers responding to a malpractice suit filed in Chicago by mall dynasty heir Mary Bucksbaum Scanlan questioned jurisdiction and criticized the complaint in responses filed last week.
A lawyer says he needs to depose televangelist Joyce Meyer to determine whether her ministries could have prevented the slaying of a woman and her two sons.
A former partner at DLA Piper is being tried on charges that he forged a payroll statement in hopes of getting a higher salary at his new law firm, Duane…
How can lawsuits be resolved more quickly and at less cost? Two groups offering solutions suggest that discovery—including electronic discovery—needs to be proportionate to the amount in controversy and importance…
A justice of the peace in Louisiana who originally defended his views that an interracial couple shouldn’t marry and refused calls to resign reversed course today and stepped down.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it has filed a disability discrimination lawsuit against a Colorado attorney for allegedly barring a woman from giving a deposition in his…
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