The legal battle over an election recount waged by former Saturday Night Live comedian Al Franken has cost him $660,000 in legal fees, six times the amount spent by his…
Law firms and lawyers have donated $2.5 million to inaugural festivities for Barack Obama, the second-biggest source of donations behind the securities and investment industry.
An immigration lawyer who fled Saigon at the age of 8 has defeated Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, a Harvard-educated lawyer who is under indictment on public corruption charges.
Updated: U.S. Supreme Court justices are scheduled to hold a private conference today to consider high court petitions. One that is bringing loads of attention from the media is a…
Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht was fined $29,000 today after the Texas Ethics Commission determined he broke campaign finance laws by accepting, then failing to report what amounted to…
A Philadelphia traffic judge who sought campaign donations at a motorcycle club rally violated ethics rules by implying the cash would buy favorable treatment, an ethics board has found.
Lawyers have filed an ethics complaint against a newly elected Florida judge that contends her campaign ad implied they were trying to bribe her opponent.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a movie that criticizes Sen. Hillary Clinton is a campaign ad that is subject to campaign finance regulations.