Former McAfee general counsel Kent Roberts’ quest for notes of a law firm’s corporate backdating probe appeared to run into a roadblock Monday in the form…
Sweeping new DNA searching techniques are leading authorities in the United Kingdom to violent criminals who have evaded detection for years. Among them: a man who raped a 36-year-old woman…
As individuals stand in line at the airport waiting to fly home, it might seem that arresting them for violating immigration laws—so that they can be jailed, tried and deported…
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether an erroneous jury instruction about a theory of guilt requires a federal court to reverse a murder conviction, Feb 25, 2008 4:36 PM CST
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal that sought to stop the consolidation of more than 1,000 lawsuits against tobacco companies in West Virginia.
A nonprofit conservation trust for invertebrates was to appear in High Court in the United Kingdom today, to argue that a rare teddy-bear-like spider has a right to life under…
A six-year legal battle over a California couple’s beloved redwoods has ended in defeat for them and victory for a next-door neighbor who says the too-shady trees interfered with the…
Lawyers representing plaintiffs in lawsuits alleging injuries for medical devices were bracing for waves of dismissal motions after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Wednesday.
Former McAfee Inc. general counsel Kent Roberts claims notes of an internal investigation will show that other executives were behind backdating of stock options at the company.
The government of China has publicly committed itself to the goal of applying the rule of law. This has helped a 35-year-old lawyer in Beijing achieve a significant degree of…
Like too many other immigrants, Garfield Livern St. Valentine Aris was not well-served by a number of lawyers, the New York City-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says in…
The singing Naked Cowboy has ambitions beyond winning his trademark lawsuit against the Mars candy company over a billboard featuring an M&M dressed in the same attire—or lack of it—that…
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