Among those who bought auction-rate securities based on widespread expectations that they could easily be sold is San Diego lawyer Chris Longman, 35. But now he and his wife reportedly…
An Illinois lawyer who represented indigent juveniles for Cook County, which includes Chicago, has been accused of billing for more than 20 hours of daily work on nearly 90 different…
Miscommunication, judgment errors and policy violations by the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office helped create a situation in which it was possible for an abusive husband to murder his…
Despite pleas for leniency from legal, judicial and civil groups, New York’s highest court has upheld a recommendation that a municipal judge who jailed 46 people…
Updated: A report today by a trade association on troubled mortgages during the first quarter of 2008 says the number of delinquencies, new foreclosures and the inventory of homes in…
Attorney Stuart Levine was the star witness in the federal political corruption trial of Antoin “Tony” Rezko. But jurors reportedly discounted the testimony of a man portrayed by defense lawyers…
Ohio lawyer Edward Siegel is a transactional lawyer with an unusual source of extra income. In these cases, he doesn’t make money from bringing lawsuits and reaching…
William Thornton IV was reportedly driving without a valid license when he skidded through a stop sign on a poorly lit road in Citrus County, Fla., in 2004. Both occupants…
Anti-porn crusader Jack Thompson walked out of his discipline hearing yesterday after the judge refused to let him talk about his objection to the proceedings.
A federal magistrate has cut 50 hours and $400,000 from a request for attorney fees by the firm Outten & Golden in employment litigation that at times turned rancorous.
Rocker Ozzy Osbourne has won “substantial” damages in a libel settlement with a newspaper that claimed he fell over twice before an awards ceremony he was set to host.
A Manhattan federal magistrate has refused to toss a lawsuit against a law firm that failed to sue for defamation on behalf of a client whose employer said in a…
Louise Woodward, the teen nanny convicted in 1997 for the shaking death of her 8-month-old charge, was close to becoming a British lawyer before changing her career in 2005.
A Northern Kentucky University law professor testified yesterday that three fen-phen lawyers told their clients of a settlement after the case had been dismissed—too late for them to raise objections.
Updated: A federal jury reached a verdict today in a much-watched political corruption trial of an Illinois real estate developer who made since-returned campaign contributions to Sen.…
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