Convicted yesterday by a jury of 48 murders and three attempted murders, a Russian serial killer says the crimes made him more powerful than those who found him guilty.
Morgan Stanley’s concession that it had backup copies of e-mails it said were lost in the terrorist attacks has plaintiffs attorneys eager to file suit.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has released a set of conduct proposals it claims will allow state attorneys general to pursue wrongdoers while protecting due process rights of investigation targets.
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago has rejected a class action award, but not because of exorbitant fees. Indeed, the court questioned whether Milberg Weiss was undercompensated…
A recent $50 million jury verdict in the case of a man burned to death when his water heater exploded will only fuel tort-reform efforts in Alabama, according to an…
After a relatively convivial two-day confirmation hearing last week before the Senate Judiciary Committee concerning President Bush’s nomination of Michael Mukasey to be the new U.S. attorney general, the gloves…
It isn’t just ordinary parents who sometimes find themselves unable to cope with the extreme demands placed on them by a troubled, potentially violent child.
About 700 people marched on Tallahassee, Florida, today, to call for further investigation of the death last year of Martin Lee Anderson, a 14-year-old black teen being held at a…
In a verdict that should serve as a warning to school administrators elsewhere, a Florida jury has ordered a private school to pay $4 million to a 12-year-old whose arm…
Uproar over a Washington, D.C., judge’s unsuccessful $54 million lawsuit against his local dry cleaner for allegedly losing a pair of suit trousers is apparently going to cost Roy L.…
Two men pleaded guilty in Nevada state court today in charges concerning an alleged armed robbery of sports memorabilia from a Las Vegas casino hotel room involving former football superstar…
In a case that was widely viewed as a test of Bush administration anti-terrorism policy, a federal judge in Dallas declared a mistrial today on numerous charges against five individuals.…
Bowing down to the authority of the European Union to regulate antitrust issues, Microsoft Corp. has agreed to end a nine-year court battle and share some of its intellectual property…
Although one Muslim man’s marriage contract calls for a $25,000 dowry to be paid to his wife, he doesn’t have to pay her, now that they are divorced, because it…
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