Like any public building before the crowds come, the U.S. Supreme Court at 8 on a rainy March morning is quiet as a tomb. Two janitors holding Styrofoam coffee cups…
Former Milwaukee police officer Laurie Bembenek has filed a cert petition with the U.S. Supreme Court that seeks a reversal of her conviction based on new evidence of innocence.
A federal judge in Philadelphia has ruled that Clifford Chance cannot be sued in a shareholders suit for advice the law firm gave to a health care finance company.
A Florida judge has awarded almost $3 million plus interest to three law firms that claimed they were cheated out of fees by lawyers who hired them for settlement negotiations…
With his regular gigs on several news networks, it’s easy to forget that talking legal head Mickey Sherman actually practices law for a living—his office is in Stamford, Conn.
After two men on Mississippi’s death row were cleared of their convictions, the Innocence Project, which investigated their cases and represented the men, is calling for criminal charges against a…
Federal prosecutors in Boise, Idaho, filed a motion yesterday seeking to close the courtroom for a high-profile sentencing in a case that reportedly involves child sexual abuse as well as…
Amid increasing concern nationwide over an apparent epidemic of gun violence, a federal appeals court decision today dismissing a New York City nuisance case against firearms manufacturers is likely to…
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