Hiring—and trusting—a disbarred lawyer known for his 1980s involvement in a bizarre condoms-for-chickens scam was a mistake, a retired Michigan judge says.
“Former Clinton Township district court judge William Cannon…
Former Milberg Weiss partners Melvyn Weiss, David Bershad and Patricia Hynes (who is now senior counsel at Allen & Overy) are among several lawyers who are on a list of…
A New York man who married his longtime same-sex partner in Canada last year is entitled to inherit his estate as his spouse, a New York probate judge has held…
A longtime Nebraska judge is maintaining his characteristic quirky influence from beyond the grave, as his will serves as the focal point not only for a legal battle between his…
The late Paul Newman knew well before his death from cancer in September that the public may not quite be ready to let him go. So he took extra effort…
A contractor who threatened to sue over a stash of $182,000 in Depression-era cash he found in the walls of an Ohio home during a remodeling project will probably get…
A Catholic priest in Australia apparently had a will when he died in 1938. But confusion caused by the way in which he had handled an older sister’s estate and…
Barack Obama voted against the confirmation of John G. Roberts Jr. for chief justice and issued a statement that shows his strong convictions on constitutional law.
Thanks to today’s reproductive technology, the interrelated questions of when life begins and who has the right to make decisions about someone else’s body and children are becoming increasingly complex.
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