Although an irritated Wisconsin judge apparently didn’t intend his lecture to an African-American stay-at-home dad to reflect any racial bias, phrases such as “baby mama” and “you guys” require that…
A California appeals court has agreed to hear a claim by fugitive film director Roman Polanski that the criminal system has been biased in its handling of a decades-old child-rape…
Tenants have complained about blighted views, possible fire safety issues and, in at least one apparent contract-based claim, an adverse effect on their business. But, at least for now, so-called…
A prosecutor in Kansas who suffers from a form of autism has been suspended from practice for six months for showing sexually explicit photographs to parents of some teenagers who…
As in Bernard Madoff’s alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme, Bradford Bleidt stole $32.6 million by persuading those with social ties to give him money to “invest.” In Bleidt’s case, his…
An insurance company for a Nevada law firm has agreed to pay $6.2 million to settle litigation claiming that by preparing financial documents, attorney David Garcia and his law firm…
Two registered nurses who blew the whistle on an alleged Medicare fraud by a major hospice provider have sparked a record $24.7 million settlement with the U.S. government by their…
After a decade of litigation, Dorsey & Whitney won a ruling (PDF) Thursday from the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that overturns earlier federal court judgments…
A New York real estate lawyer who reportedly didn’t file personal state income tax returns between 2001 and 2006 has been fined $10,000 after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor tax…
Researchers have found in an initial experiment that the brain’s analytical and emotional centers are both active in volunteers asked to determine criminal punishment.
The husband of embattled former Nevada judge Elizabeth Halverson was sentenced yesterday for three to 10 years for beating her with a cast-iron frying pan in September at their Las…
In a decision criticized as a dangerous precedent, the top court in Peru has decided that on-the-job intoxication isn’t necessarily sufficient cause for immediate termination.
A judge in a controversial child custody case in Texas has angrily stepped down after apparently being persuaded that a related judicial conduct investigation required him to do so.
Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly has announced it will pay $1.42 billion in a settlement and fines to resolve state and federal allegations that it illegally marketed its anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa.
In what city leaders describe as a first-of-its-kind judgment under a new state law that permits civil lawsuits to seek damages concerning claimed gang activities, Los Angeles has been awarded…
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