Supreme Court to Hear Appeals of Chadbourne & Parke and Proskauer Rose in Allen Stanford Matter
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted the appeals of law firms Chadbourne & Parke and Proskauer Rose rising from…
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Wisconsin’s Union Law Upheld by 7th U.S. Circuit
On Friday, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago found a controversial union law of Wisconsin to be…
Split NY Appeals Court Dismisses Lawsuit against Greenberg Traurig
On Thursday, a divided 3-2 panel of the Appellate Division, First Department reversed Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Shirley Kornreich and…
Chicago Businessman Gets 14-Years for Funding Pakistani Terrorists
On Thursday, a Pakistani-born Chicago businessman, Tahawwur Rana, 52, was sentenced by a U.S. federal judge to 14 years in…
Delaware’s “Private” Court Hearings under Fire from Media
On Monday, major U.S. news organizations like Reuters America LLC, News Corp, New York Times, The Associated Press, and Bloomberg…
Middle School Teacher Loses Appeal to Keep Job Lost over Her Past as a Porn Star
Stacie Halas, 32, a California middle school teacher, who was fired over her star appearances as “Tiffany” in porn films…
What’s Next? Pain-Pill Bottles with GPS Tracking!
On Tuesday, New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly introduced the “Operation Safety Cap” while attending a conference in California…
John Scalia Leaves Greenberg Traurig to Join Littler Mendelson
On Monday, Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler) announced that it has added John Scalia as a shareholder in its Northern Virginia…
Supreme Court Refuses to Review McTiernan’s Prison Sentence
The final hopes of movie director John McTiernan to evade prison were dashed on Monday, when the U.S. Supreme Court refused…
Vermont Testing State’s Rights to Shut Down Nuclear Reactor
On Monday, a lawyer for Vermont urged a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New…
Federal Court Permits Muslim Inmates in Indiana to Hold Group Prayers
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson said that Muslim inmates in Indiana prisons, including John Walker Lindh, aka the…
Stanford’s Ponzi Scheme Victims to Receive $55 Million – A Penny for the Dollar
On Friday, a Texas-based federal judge appointed a receiver for settling the estate of convicted Ponzi king Allen Stanford and…