Recent Updates
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Judge wants wrongful death lawsuit dropped
Headline News 12/16/2007The Texas judge accused of improperly denying a death row inmate a last-minute appeal has asked a federal judge to dismiss the wrongful death suit filed against her by the executed man's widow.Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller c...
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Groups say FTC, law firm hiding DoubleClick conflict
Headline News 12/14/2007[##_1L|1083115842.jpg|width="130" height="93" alt=""|_##]The Web site of a law firm employing the husband of U.S. Federal Trade Commission chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras contradicts an FTC explanation that Majoras has no conflict of interest in rev...
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CIA Destroyed Tapes Despite Court Order
Headline News 12/13/2007Federal courts had prohibited the Bush administration from discarding evidence of detainee torture and abuse months before the CIA destroyed videotapes that revealed some of its harshest interrogation tactics.Normally, that would force the government...
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Justices Weigh Courts' Role in Detainee Cases
Headline News 12/05/2007When the Supreme Court hears arguments today about the rights of suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay military prison, the role of the courts in the fight against terrorism will be as much an issue as the fate of the prisoners.The president and Congre...
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U.S. High Court To Hear La. Race Case
Headline News 12/04/2007[##_1L|1380689872.jpg|width="130" height="130" alt=""|_##]The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear the case of a Louisiana death-row inmate who contends race played a role in his murder conviction and sentence. Allen Snyder is challenging the elim...
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California Law Firm Alleges Ford SUV Defective
Headline News 12/04/2007The personal injury law firm of Bisnar Chase, started a multi-million dollar trial today against automotive giant Ford Motor Company. The suit alleges that Ford knowingly manufactured and sold the Ford Expedition sport utility vehicle (SUV) with a de...
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Court Backs Ruling Against Congressman
Headline News 12/03/2007The long legal fight between two members of Congress over an illegally taped telephone call ended Monday when the Supreme Court refused to review the case.The court left in place a federal appeals court ruling that Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., should...
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Lawyer in Katrina Case Faces Bribery Charge
Headline News 11/29/2007A 40 percent contingency fee negotiated by a Manhattan law firm retained by the widow of a real estate developer involved in a multimillion-dollar estate dispute was not "unconscionable on its face," an appeals court ruled yesterday.The court said th...
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Law Firms Face New Rules on Retirement
Headline News 11/28/2007With hordes of attorneys poised to assume senior status, achieving a consensus among partners to ditch mandatory retirement policies is just the first step -- and perhaps the easiest -- in switching to what many say is a fairer system. Kirkpatrick &a...
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High-Profile Lawyer Sentenced for Taxes
Headline News 11/27/2007A civil rights lawyer known for his high-profile cases against police and President Bush was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for federal tax evasion, bankruptcy fraud and money laundering.Stephen Yagman, 63, was convicted of trying to avoi...
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Supreme Court to look at gun law
Headline News 11/26/2007"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed." That's what the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment says. Last week the Supreme Court agreed to decide...
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Enron law firm seeks $700 million in fees
Headline News 11/26/2007[##_1L|1080190606.jpg|width="130" height="130" alt=""|_##]A law firm is asking a federal judge to approve nearly $700 million in legal fees for its efforts to help Enron Corp. shareholders and investors recoup billions they lost after the once-mighty...