In a plea deal announced today in the deadliest criminal case resulting from the Iraq war, the U.S. Marine Corps has dismissed all charges against one defendant and granted him…
Against a backdrop of planned legislation now being drafted in Congress to rein in runaway subprime lenders, two of the nation’s mainstream mortgage mainstays are developing new products to help…
On this day in 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of murdering former U.S. attorney general Robert F. Kennedy, by shooting him during a Los Angeles campaign stop on June 5,…
The latest trial for the youngest American ever sentenced to life in a murder case has been delayed, awaiting a Florida appellate court ruling on claimed ineffective assistance of counsel.
Under an order filed Friday by a federal judge in Oklahoma, attorney billing records will be kept confidential in ongoing litigation by the Recording Industry Association of America over alleged…
The Securities and Exchange Commission is studying a sure-to-be controversial plan to encourage – or even require – parties in securities litigation to arbitrate rather than litigate their cases, potentially…
Initial testimony late this week in the Tennessee trial of Mary Winkler for allegedly murdering her husband in his Selmer parsonage put not only the 33-year-old preacher’s widow but the…
A now-deceased Miami lawyer known for his unconventional defense strategies is being blamed in a motion filed this week for the 30-year sentence his former child client, Lionel Tate, received…
A settlement of more than $350 million with aggrieved shareholders announced this week by Royal Dutch Shell PLC provides a “European model” for a kinder, gentler approach to such situations…
Atlanta attorneys are expected to get a refund of about $3,600 each in occupation taxes they paid between 1996 and 2004. Because of a drafting loophole, the state supreme court…
The lawyer for ex-Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling told lawyers at an ABA meeting Thursday that new, voluntary trial rules are needed to overcome bias in the handling of witnesses.
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