Woman is in hot water over spilled-coffee claim against McDonald’s

A California woman is facing a felony insurance fraud case after being accused of falsely claiming that she was burned when the lid came off a cup of hot coffee at a fast food restaurant drive-thru in Fontana. Selena Edwards, 38, is alleged to have sent faked treatment documents and…

Nov 11, 2014 3:35 PM CST

Judge OKs Detroit bankruptcy-exit plan, lets city slash over $7B from its debtload

Less than 16 months after the city of Detroit made history by becoming the largest U.S. city ever to file for bankruptcy, a federal judge has approved a restructuring plan that will allow the municipality to cut over $7 billion from its debt load. The Friday ruling by U.S. Bankruptcy…

Nov 7, 2014 2:00 PM CST

Inmate on death row for fatal 1992 divorce-court shooting rampage dies of natural causes

Kenneth Baumruk wasn’t able to overturn his death sentence for fatally shooting his wife and firing at the judge, lawyers for both sides and others in the vicinity of a Missouri divorce court hearing more than 20 years ago. But the former aerospace technician has avoided capital punishment by dying…

Nov 4, 2014 1:35 PM CST

Nov. 14, 1957: Mob bosses raided at Apalachin

Nov 1, 2014 12:30 AM CDT

Star of the Show: The Magna Carta reaches celebrity status as its 800th anniversary nears

Oct 1, 2014 2:00 AM CDT

Oct. 6, 1958: Quiz Show Hearings Begin

Oct 1, 2014 1:10 AM CDT

Pacer will restore deleted case records

The Pacer electronic database for the federal courts will restore case records that were deleted in August, the federal judiciary announced on Friday. Pacer had deleted older, closed court records for four federal appeals courts and one bankruptcy court because they were not compatible with a Pacer overhaul. The Administrative…

Sep 22, 2014 11:36 AM CDT

Father-and-son district attorney duo are first in state, newspaper says

A father and son who are simultaneously serving as district attorney in their respective counties are reportedly the first in their state to do so. Chris Boring was still in college at Oklahoma State University when his dad, Mike Boring, was elected DA of the Oklahoma Panhandle in 2002. But…

Sep 15, 2014 4:25 PM CDT

Claimed Nazi volunteer during World War II, now 93, charged in deaths of 300K at Auschwitz

A 93-year-old man accused of serving as a Waffen-SS volunteer at one of Nazi Germany’s most notorious concentration camps during World War II is now facing criminal prosecution. The unidentified defendant was investigated about 30 years ago concerning his claimed work at the Auschwitz concentration camp, but no charges were…

Sep 15, 2014 12:10 PM CDT

Bernard Goetz, so-called ‘subway vigilante’ of 1980s, wins dismissal of minor marijuana case

An electrical engineer who became a household name in the mid-1980s after shooting at four teenagers he claimed had threatened him on a New York City subway has been acquitted in a minor criminal case. Bernard Goetz, now 65, won a dismissal Wednesday on speedy-trial grounds of a case in…

Sep 10, 2014 1:10 PM CDT

Onetime law student Mathew Martoma gets 9 years in ‘most lucrative’ $275M insider-trading case

A onetime Harvard University law student expelled for altering his transcript was sentenced Monday to nine years in prison in a case billed by federal prosecutors as “the most lucrative insider-trading scheme ever charged.” Mathew Martoma, 40, had faced as much as 20 years in the Manhattan case over his…

Sep 8, 2014 4:05 PM CDT

NYC will pay $41M to five men who served time in Central Park jogger case, but admits no liability

A federal magistrate judge in New York has OK’d a settlement in which New York City will pay $41 million to five men who were wrongfully convicted and served time for a brutal 1989 rape and beating in Central Park. However, the city admits no liability for the conviction and…

Sep 5, 2014 12:50 PM CDT

Ex-governor of Virginia and wife found guilty on most counts in federal corruption case

A former Virginia attorney general and Republican governor who was once considered a U.S. presidential prospect is now the first former governor in state history to be convicted of a felony. Following a high-profile five-week public corruption trial, Robert F. “Bob” McDonnell and his wife were convicted Thursday on most…

Sep 4, 2014 3:15 PM CDT

Looking back on Zubulake, 10 years later

Sep 1, 2014 10:30 AM CDT

As we honor the past, we need fresh thinking to ensure access to justice for all

Sep 1, 2014 10:00 AM CDT