A powerhouse litigation firm and two of its attorneys are seeking a total of nearly $3.7 million from the estate of a deceased Los Angeles lawyer, contending that he intentionally…
As a special administrator appointed Wednesday to oversee the business affairs of Prince begins tallying up the late superstar musician’s assets, the Internal Revenue Service will be among those awaiting…
A granddaughter of media mogul Sumner Redstone has sided with his former girlfriend, rather than her aunt, in a competency petition where millions are at stake.
A New York lawyer was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days for contempt for not complying with a court order requiring him to account for $2.28 million received from the sale…
A former county bar association president in Pennsylvania who never earned a law degree was convicted Thursday in an unauthorized practice of law case.
It was years ago when attorney Stacy Singer served as the executor of the estate of a woman she had known as an impeccably dressed, well-to-do widow in her 70s,…
Disbarred amidst claims that she misappropriated funds, former Florida attorney Julie Kronhaus was sued by at least three former clients. Together they won $4.9 million in judgments, including trebled damages.
Harry Truman was president when Marie Hatch moved into her California home and the landlord, her friend Vivian Kruse, told her she could live there until she died.
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson is apologizing for the city’s attempt to collect $500 for an ambulance ride from the estate of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old boy shot by police while…
A former prosecutor who took over a lucrative trust practice from his father’s estate is now facing a second trial in one of the biggest alleged frauds in Alaska history.
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