The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal that sought to stop the consolidation of more than 1,000 lawsuits against tobacco companies in West Virginia.
A nonprofit conservation trust for invertebrates was to appear in High Court in the United Kingdom today, to argue that a rare teddy-bear-like spider has a right to life under…
A six-year legal battle over a California couple’s beloved redwoods has ended in defeat for them and victory for a next-door neighbor who says the too-shady trees interfered with the…
Lawyers representing plaintiffs in lawsuits alleging injuries for medical devices were bracing for waves of dismissal motions after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Wednesday.
Former McAfee Inc. general counsel Kent Roberts claims notes of an internal investigation will show that other executives were behind backdating of stock options at the company.
The government of China has publicly committed itself to the goal of applying the rule of law. This has helped a 35-year-old lawyer in Beijing achieve a significant degree of…
Like too many other immigrants, Garfield Livern St. Valentine Aris was not well-served by a number of lawyers, the New York City-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says in…
The singing Naked Cowboy has ambitions beyond winning his trademark lawsuit against the Mars candy company over a billboard featuring an M&M dressed in the same attire—or lack of it—that…
The 38 members of the 2006 men’s lacrosse team at Duke University reportedly plan to sue the school in federal court today, contending that Duke officials remained silent about exonerating…
A co-director of the Innocence Project, which uses DNA testing to free the wrongly convicted, plans to ask the state of Mississippi to review the cases of more than 20…
Updated: Well-known litigator Sheila Birnbaum of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom believed Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood used a press release and newspaper column to mischaracterize a Feb 21, 2008 1:03 PM CST
A criminal defense attorney on trial in Texas for allegedly overcharging his client in a high-profile murder case was accused in opening statements today of focusing on his own publicity…
A federal judge has held a former USA Today reporter in contempt for refusing to turn over information about the sources she used when reporting that a former U.S. army…
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