Updated: A huge custody hearing began today concerning 416 children taken by Texas officials from a ranch operated by a renegade Mormon sect that reportedly promotes polygamy. It bogged down…
A Massachusetts probate and family court judge who has been under fire for reportedly running a sideline real estate business and accepting compensation related to his former law practice has…
A small number of companies are now using third-party funding to help defend corporate litigation in the United Kingdom, and hedge funds are among the potential funding sources.
The U.S. government is planning to expand its DNA database by collecting samples from anyone arrested for a federal crime and from many foreigners detained by federal authorities.
The fallout from revelations that the one-time King of Torts was involved in a judicial bribery scandal continues this week with news that a Jackson, Miss.,…
A stage-set designer and his team of nine contractors worked for months in a Colorado warehouse, building what amounted to the most disturbing project of the designer’s career: an exact…
A husband and wife legal team have been awarded $218 million in fees for helping lay the groundwork for Florida tobacco litigation even though their class action suit was later…
Documents unearthed in lawsuits against the painkiller Vioxx show the drug’s maker, Merck, wrote article drafts about the drug’s performance but found outside physicians to be listed as authors.
It’s April 15. Have you filed your tax return yet? Despite the adverse professional consequences that can result, some lawyers will delay long past today’s deadline for doing so, past…
Until it did $35,000 worth of damage to his boat, Lawrence Turner says, he had no idea that the ethanol-laced fuel sold at California marinas could erode fiberglass fuel tanks.…
A recent spate of lawyers suing well-known law firms is prompting partners to consider requiring mandatory arbitration for such disputes. However, many law firms are reluctant to do so, and…
An ever-expanding state probe by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo of possible pension irregularities now extends far beyond lawyers in private practice who worked for the state’s 700-plus school…
The so-called “D.C. Madam” accused of running a Washington, D.C., prostitution ring under the guise of an upscale escort service has been convicted on all charges.
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