Two cental Florida pranksters who posted a YouTube video of their drink-tossing attack on a fast food drive-through counter worker have been ordered by the judge in their battery and…
A former paralegal and bookkeeper for a small Connecticut law firm proved to be a one-woman theft machine after she developed a gambling problem in 1998.
A proposed law school in Maine has been shot down by the state’s highest court, which said in a ruling released today that it would not allow graduates to take…
Although recommending no civil or criminal penalties, a federal judge didn’t hold back when he criticized Mississippi’s attorney general, Jim Hood, in a written opinion issued yesterday. In no uncertain…
A prominent Texas law firm reportedly may have to repay up to $1 million in legal fees in a trust litigation matter, even though they were authorized by a state…
Miscommunication, judgment errors and policy violations by the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office helped create a situation in which it was possible for an abusive husband to murder his…
Despite pleas for leniency from legal, judicial and civil groups, New York’s highest court has upheld a recommendation that a municipal judge who jailed 46 people…
Attorney Stuart Levine was the star witness in the federal political corruption trial of Antoin “Tony” Rezko. But jurors reportedly discounted the testimony of a man portrayed by defense lawyers…
Ohio lawyer Edward Siegel is a transactional lawyer with an unusual source of extra income. In these cases, he doesn’t make money from bringing lawsuits and reaching…
Rocker Ozzy Osbourne has won “substantial” damages in a libel settlement with a newspaper that claimed he fell over twice before an awards ceremony he was set to host.
A federal judge in Boston today threw out most of the January tax-related jury convictions against defendants who were officers of a now-defunct charity accused of promoting jihad and supporting…
Updated: As parents Monday began picking up more than 400 children found to have been taken improperly from a Texas ranch run by a polygamous sect of which they are…
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