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Ex-Bechtel Lawyer Acquitted in Tax Case

After an hour's deliberation, an Oakland, California jury acquitted former Bechtel global tax manager Mark Muntean on charges that he…

US Attorney General Michael Mukasey has recused himself from the Department of Justice probe into the Madoff investment scandal. Mukasey's…

Just hours after we reported that Allen & Overy cut its associate bonuses in half, comes the news that New…

Apparently there's one Jewish Studies professor who hasn't bothered to read the Bible. Yaron Eliav, 44, an associate professor in…

Howard Shih was dating Jue-Ya Yang when he invited her to move in with him. For a year she lived…

A 17-year-old boy is on trial in an Ohio courtroom for matricide, allegedly shooting and killing his mother and wounding…

Allen & Overy has announced its year-end bonuses for its US associates, with lawyers seeing half of what they receieved…

The DC Court of Appeals has rejected former judge Roy L. Pearson Jr.'s request for a new trial regarding his…

Apparently, indicted Illinois Governor MIlorad "Rod" Blagojevich is a lawyer, but not a very good one. From US News &…

Manhattan's Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has announced its associate bonuses: CADWALADER, WICKERSHAM & TAFT -- MEMORANDUM -- 2008 ASSOCIATE BONUSES…

A federal jury in Manhattan has convicted Raymond Ruble, a former partner at Brown & Wood, along with Robert Pfaff…

Hamilton County, Ohio Prosecuting Attorney Joe Deters is blasting commissioners for paying $12 million to private lawyers for work he says…