The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a federal law bars a lawsuit that claims a vaccine caused a child’s seizures and developmental delays.
Without admitting liability—and, according to a company press release, without making any monetary contribution—a partner of Troutman Sanders has agreed to participate in a $14 million civil settlement agreement with…
In the latest twist in an unusual criminal case against a law firm, New York’s top court has reinstated felony charges brought against Silverman & Taylor over alleged factual misstatements…
A woman who was convicted of child abuse in West Virginia and sentenced to one year in jail after she was caught on tape in a hospital trying to smother…
In a development that is drawing fire from management-side employment lawyers, the American Psychiatric Association wants binge eating and excess gambling to be considered psychiatric disorders.
Jurors in Andrews, Texas, today acquitted Anne Mitchell, who was on trial on charges that she misused official information when she anonymously reported a doctor to state medical authorities.
For nine months, Supervising Judge Edwina G. Richardson-Mendelson has overseen the New York City judges who detain juveniles, many of whom suffer from some sort of mental illness.
Updated: As predicted by his own lawyer, Dr. Conrad Murray, who served as personal physician to Michael Jackson, was charged today with involuntary manslaughter…
In what the New York Times identifies as possibly an unprecedented prosecution, a former Texas nurse faces trial today on charges that she misused official information…
An Associated Press investigation of dozens of 9/11 ground zero worker cases being considered for trial in May found that several “contain inconsistent or exaggerated claims” about…
Dr. Conrad Murray, who served as Michael Jackson’s personal physician prior to the famous pop singer’s death last year, will plead not guilty tomorrow to an expected charge of involuntary…
In a move intended to block key provisions of proposed national health care reform legislation, the Democrat-controlled state senate of Virginia yesterday approved measures that would make it illegal to…