The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled against the state’s Judicial Tenure Commission, holding that Steven Servaas, a judge the commission had sought to remove from the state’s 63rd District bench…
As the countdown continues toward controversial military trials starting next month for terrorism suspects being detained by the U.S. at Guantanamo Bay, two prominent law professors at major universities are…
A truck driver who has accumulated more than a 100 parking tickets in a years-long battle with Milwaukee over where he can park his rig when at home will be…
In a case that may be something of a signpost pointing to further litigation related to the subprime mortgage crisis, a bankruptcy trustee has filed suit against major investment banks…
An Ohio attorney who disappeared for several days last year while pregnant and later falsely claimed to have been kidnapped at gunpoint, has been sentenced to probation and a $300…
A New Jersey judge has ordered a plaintiffs lawyer to pay $2,500 plus attorney fees for filing a frivolous lawsuit alleging his opponent’s deposition questions caused his client emotional distress.
During a hearing that began today over a controversial $8.4 million settlement by the city of Detroit of police whistle-blower cases, a lawyer representing the mayor told the city council…
Seattle Public Schools has agreed to pay $3.05 million to settle a case about two students molested by a former middle-school teacher whose behavior during a 20-year education career allegedly…
After years of posturing, a bankruptcy and recently heated negotiation, W.R. Grace & Co. has announced it will settle all 112,000 lawsuits filed on behalf of individuals sickened or killed…
The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled today that the levee breach damage caused by Hurricane Katrina was clearly a “flood” and is excluded from insurance coverage.
A federal judge has ruled that a group of Mississippi attorneys who were once affiliated with disgraced plaintiffs lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs is barred from representing any policyholders in lawsuits…
A lawyer who funded a lavish lifestyle by stealing most of the $3.5 million intended to fund a lifetime of care for a paralyzed client has been sentenced to a…
A Massachusetts judge who, in an unprecedented move, recalled jurors to query them about potential racial bias in a murder case, has rejected the allegations that bias…
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