Does an encyclopedia of Harry Potter lore take too much and do too little, simply rearranging the furniture of J.K. Rowling’s famous seven-book series of children’s novels? Or is the…
An indictment in Guam against Greenberg Traurig that arose from alleged misconduct by the law firm’s former lobbyist, Jack Abramoff, has been resolved with a civil settlement and dismissed.
More than 30 years after movie director Roman Polanski pleaded guilty to having unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl and then fled the U.S. when an initial plea bargain…
In preparation for a massive custody hearing Thursday concerning 416 children taken by the state of Texas from a ranch run by a renegade Mormon group that advocates polygamy, a…
About 270 detainees held by the United States have been transferred to Afghanistan where they face trials without due process rights or longtime detention without a hearing.
A famed civil rights leader who was present when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated almost exactly 40 years ago has been convicted of sexually abusing his daughter during…
Most of the powerful men who were the clients of the so-called D.C. Madam have avoided the limelight in her ongoing trial. But over a dozen of the relatively low-paid…
Known for taking challenging constitutional cases, Gerry Goldstein apparently didn’t hesitate when he got a chance to defend a fringe Mormon group that advocates polygamy, concerning a controversial raid of…
Ninety lawyers in New York state may have collected tens of millions of dollars in fraudulent pensions from school districts that improperly listed them as employees, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo…
Ten former partners of the bankrupt law firm Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and the two new firms they joined are facing lawsuits by a bankruptcy trustee.
Updated: President Bush’s use of executive privilege to prevent two top aides from testifying before Congress last year about the firing of nine U.S. attorneys is the most sweeping since…
More securities class actions, as well as increased efforts to obtain redress abroad, were predicted today by experts from the PricewaterhouseCoopers accounting firm. They also said that the growing presence…
Updated: A state court judge in Manhattan today dismissed four of seven counts brought by former 60 Minutes reporter and newscasting star Dan Rather against CBS.
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