Initially, Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., filed suit against the county’s Board of Supervisors to attempt to gain control over computers in another county office containing criminal justice…
Under traditional legal standards, a pet owner entitled to damages over the death of an animal gets only what it would cost to buy another pet from a breeder.
Three individuals are charged in a federal indictment handed down in New Jersey today in what the U.S. attorney’s office in Newark describes in a Aug 17, 2009 8:00 PM CDT
A Florida judge who declared a mistrial earlier this year after a company CEO texted an executive about his testimony during a brief trial break has now imposed additional sanctions…
Addicted to a powerful painkiller, Kristen Diane Parker admittedly stole fentanyl from empty operating rooms at the Denver, Colo., hospital in which she worked.
The trauma center chief at Tampa General Hospital in Florida pleaded no contest today to two misdemeanor charges concerning a bullet he removed from a suspect during surgery in April.
Hoping to show that Heller Ehrman was insolvent as early as 2007, creditors of the dissolving law firm are arguing that some $24 million in pension contributions were fraudulent transfers…
The bar association’s latest evening program with Angus and Judge Horatio Standwell was about bench trials. I was afraid the topic wouldn’t draw very well, but when Angus offered to…
As observers eagerly await a U.S. Supreme Court reargument next month in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, big-name lawyers are battling over who gets to make part of the…
The Virginia State Bar has dropped ethics charges against a lawyer in the state Attorney General’s office who oversaw a letter discouraging jurors in capital cases from speaking to defense…
A lawyer’s ad for traffic court representation displayed on the website for the court clerk in Chicago’s Cook County is drawing lots of attention—from fellow practitioners.
A federal appeals court has revived a whistle-blower suit against a major pharmaceutical company concerning the marketing of its anti-anemia drug Procrit.
For the third year in a row, bankruptcy filings have surged. Total filings topped 1.3 million during the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2009, a 35 percent increase over…
The ABA Journal wants to host and facilitate conversations among lawyers about their profession. We are now accepting thoughtful, non-promotional articles and commentary by unpaid contributors.