Many defendants who may have been adversely affected by the alleged misconduct of two former Pennsylvania judges accused of wide-ranging corruption in office have won new trials or dismissals of…
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia points out that all the justices on the U.S. Supreme Court have prior judicial experience—and he says that’s not necessarily a good thing.
Threats and other “inappropriate communications” made to federal judges and prosecutors have more than doubled over a six-year period, and additional efforts are needed to contain them, according to a…
Although an investigation of today’s fatal shootout at a federal courthouse in downtown Las Vegas is still ongoing, unidentified law enforcement officials say the suspect’s anger…
A federal judge has imposed nearly $110,000 in sanctions on a Florida lawyer and has suspended him from practice in the Southern District of Florida for 42 months over his…
A shooting suspect and a 65-year-old courthouse security officer are dead after a shootout this morning at the Lloyd D. George U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building in downtown Las Vegas.
The legal infighting that has resulted in a RICO suit against some Maricopa County judges and other officials will be overseen by former Arizona Chief Justice Ruth McGregor.
A plan to help some federal judges wade deeper into the pool of patent cases is awaiting U.S. Senate approval—just like it has for two congressional sessions.
In June 2006, Reno, Nev., judge Chuck Weller was shot in the chest by a disgruntled litigant in a divorce case assigned to him. Earlier that same day, it was…
Lawyers don’t need to be jerks, they shouldn’t tell lawyer jokes, and they need to quickly inform clients when bad things happen. And they should consider keeping a diary to…
More than 250 lawyers and activists gathered on the steps of a Phoenix courthouse on Monday to protest legal actions against Maricopa County officials and local judges.
Defense lawyers argued that a middle-aged Texas judge had been waylaid by the feminine wiles of a 20-something defendant in a drunken-driving case on his call. But a jury decided…