Although not recognized as a cause of action in most jurisdictions, “desk rage”—i.e., abusive or threatening conduct at the workplace—is a growing problem and a growing concern to employers and…
A former paralegal’s allegation that he is a “sexual predator” is but one of many “untrue” and “ridiculous” claims in her lawsuit against him and two law firms at which…
Brought down by a drug habit, according to his attorney, a former assistant Orange County public defender sat before a judge today in Santa Ana, Calif., in a jail jumpsuit…
A high-level lawyer at UBS AG is reportedly at the center of the New York attorney general’s civil investigation of the Swiss bank’s sale of auction-rate securities.
Although he stopped short of appointing the receiver sought by reform advocates, a California judge said at a hearing in Oakland yesterday that the state’s youth prisons are in serious…
After a California judge’s decision to dismiss a defamation claim by actor Rob Lowe and a retaliation claim by his former nanny, Jessica Gibson, both sides proclaimed victory this week…
When Ed Dossett died in 1992, only 44 years old and suffering from cancer, authorities said cattle had trampled the Knox County, Tenn., district attorney in an agricultural accident at…
A former suburban Philadelphia prosecutor whose girlfriend died last year as he drove away during a drunken argument has been acquitted of vehicular homicide, but found guilty of lesser charges.
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