The Innocence Project has sued the federal government’s National Museum of Health and Medicine for denying it access to archival information on the history of bite-mark analysis.
A suspicious finance director who found drywall debris in her law firm office asked a maintenance man to investigate. Her request eventually led to the discovery of wires running to…
Updated: A Valentine’s Day lawsuit accuses Morrison & Foerster of “egregious overbilling” after it was hired last May to help wind down several companies.
Updated: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Eighth Amendment's ban on excessive fines applies to the states in a decision that could curb state seizure of property from criminal suspects.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Tuesday that the high court should reconsider a landmark libel decision that required defamation plaintiffs who are public figures to show actual malice…
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled for a second time that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals used the wrong standards when evaluating whether death-row inmate Bobby James Moore was…
Updated: Political consultant Roger Stone has filed an apology with U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson after briefly posting an Instagram photo of her with what appeared to be a…
An Ohio lawyer’s expert witness work on behalf of accused child pornography defendants has created a $300,000 liability for him that cannot be excused in bankruptcy, a federal appeals court…
Courts have tended to rule that forced medication should only be used to restore competency in the rarest of cases. A 2003 U.S. Supreme Court case set limits in which a court could order medication. But instead of becoming rare, forced medication has become routine and can prolong cases for years.
Lawyer Michael Avenatti, who’s probably best known for representing adult film actress Stormy Daniels, has agreed to place his onetime law firm in receivership after a former partner alleged in…
A lawsuit filed Thursday challenges the Trump administration’s policy of requiring asylum-seekers at the southern border to remain in Mexico as they await their hearings.
A New York appeals court has suspended a real estate lawyer for three months for lying to a partner after failing to follow his instructions regarding the filing of two appellate briefs.