A magistrate judge and a court clerk were shot to death today in Belgium as they were in a courtroom working on a civil case near the Palais de Justice…
Eight judges on the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals have recused themselves from hearing an en banc appeal of a provocative global-warming lawsuit. As a result, there’s…
The mounting oil-spill lawsuits against BP and Transocean Ltd. may need to be heard by a federal judge from outside the Gulf Coast because judges in the region are recusing…
Angry over the property settlement in his divorce case three years ago, a bank guard shot and killed three judges in a different court in China today as they met…
Formerly a tenured law professor at the University of Chicago, Elena Kagan wanted to return to teach there in 1999 after a stint at the White House with President Bill…
A speech by former Supreme Court Justice David Souter on constitutional law at Harvard University’s 359th commencement last week was an “extraordinary gift” to the graduates, writes a columnist for…
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel has fired a longtime real estate partner after questions were raised about his dual role, as an attorney and as a developer, concerning a planned…
Appearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee this month, Solicitor General Elena Kagan presents a candidate as polished as can be: former Harvard law dean, highly regarded professor, a clerk…
A Florida appellate panel found a lower court didn’t abuse its discretion when it held a defense lawyer in criminal contempt after contacting a juror excused for a medical reason.
Following up a more serious take on e-mail etiquette for lawyers, this month Judge Gerald Lebovits dished advice on brief-writing dripping in humor and sarcasm.
Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal has notified the U.S. Supreme Court that the U.S. Bureau of Prisons supplied incorrect information about six juvenile prisoners that was cited in a recent…
A former Washington, D.C., administrative law judge who lost that job after unsuccessfully suing a dry cleaners for millions over a lost pair of pants has now had his lawsuit…
Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor had a problem when she was starting out in her legal career: Her baby sitter had quit, and she had three young children at home.