A lawyer for a Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspect allegedly tortured in Morocco when his interrogation was outsourced by the U.S. says the CIA was present and has photographs of the…
A federal judge has recommended a sentence of 15 to 21 months in prison for former Brocade Communications CEO Gregory Reyes, convicted of fraud for stock options backdating.
CIA lawyers in the clandestine branch, known then as the Directorate of Operations, gave written approval to destroy two videotapes of interrogations of al-Qaida suspects, the Dec 11, 2007 12:31 PM CST
A settlement in an undisclosed amount was reached today by Madison Square Garden and New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas with a former female team executive in a sexual harassment…
Lawyers recommended to a disciplinary panel at a hearing today that a New Hampshire judge be publicly reprimanded for helping her husband shield assets from creditors as he was being…
A routine training session led to another, in-depth program for a Washington state judge censured for his “demeaning, offensive and shocking” behavior at a Los Angeles conference last summer.
Unlike their American counterparts, some British lawyers make a more-than-comfortable living as legal aid lawyers. Barristers reportedly can earn as much as a million pounds annually—that’s a little over $2…
It’s official: Music producer Phil Spector announced today that he has hired another lead lawyer. And, as a result, his retrial for allegedly murdering a former movie actress at his…
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed today to decide whether American citizens held in Iraq by a coalition of military forces have a right to have their cases heard in federal…
Exactly 25 years ago today, strapped to a gurney in a Texas death chamber, 40-year-old Charlie Brooks Jr. became the first person in the U.S. to be executed by lethal…
A growing number of adult children suing their parents for support—and winning—has sparked a lobbying effort to revise the French law that holds parents responsible for supporting their children into…
Democratic legislators reacted angrily today to news that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency had destroyed at least two videotapes of harsh interrogations of al-Qaida terrorist suspects in its custody, and…
Siding with a 76-year-old worker who injured her back bending over to pick up some dropped brochures, the California Court of Appeals has reversed a reduction in disability benefits it…
Barry Bonds, major league baseball’s home run king, pleaded not guilty in federal court in San Francisco today to perjury and obstruction of justice charges.
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