In the hotly contested world of competitive sports, high-tech materials and innovative designs can shave critical seconds off an athlete’s time. So use of certain equipment, such as the Feb 21, 2009 1:24 AM CST
A federal appeals court has struck down a 2006 federal law providing for indefinite civil commitment of sexually dangerous inmates after their prison terms end.
Onetime Air America host Randi Rhodes’ comments about a military contractor at Abu Ghraib are protected under the First Amendment, the Richmond, Va., 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled…
G. Steven Agee’s new seat on the Richmond, Va., 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gives the influential court a majority of GOP-appointed judges. But don’t expect a decisive tilt…
A federal judge has refused to sanction a white supremacist who posted the home address and telephone number of a lawyer for Troutman Sanders in Richmond, Va.
A splintered federal appeals court, ruling in an en banc opinion, has upheld President Bush’s power to detain a Qatar man arrested here as an enemy combatant, but granted the…
A federal appeals court has ruled that scientist Steven Hatfill is a public figure and his libel suit against the New York Times for identifying him as an anthrax suspect…
Jailed after a conviction in a federal dogfighting case, suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Updated: A former client of Kaye Scholer has sued the New York law firm for legal malpractice, contending that discovery errors forced it to enter into a $107 million antitrust…