Trial Lawyers on the Offensive in Fight Against Preemptive Rules
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Official Washington loves the word "stealth." It connotes intrigue and secrecy, making the term well understood in a capital where spies and invisible fighter jets aren't the only ones sneaking around.
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The Supreme Court made it harder Thursday for most defendants to challenge their federal prison sentences.
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The legal profession may have a reputation for being conservative, but some US courts are taking a more hi-tech approach.
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Connecticut's "failure to appear" charge is being challenged, worrying some prosecutors who use the tool extensively.
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The Supreme Court is about to plunge into an agenda laden with issues affecting the business sector. Tobacco companies, the biotech industry and operators of coal-fired power plants have a stake in cases the court will hear in the next month.
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In a stinging legal challenge to the administrationâs detention policies, a ruling requires virtually all information to be shared with defense lawyers.
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Pro-hunt campaigners are preparing a legal challenge to the Parliament Act, which was used to force through a ban on hunting with dogs.
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A coalition of high-tech companies plays its latest gambit on trying to declaw options expensing.
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New instructions aimed at ending murder trial deadlock.
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Companies and lawyers say the Justice Department is using coercive tactics as a bludgeon to force cooperation with corporate investigations.
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Even as the options-backdating scandal continues to grow, law firms that represent shareholders are struggling to find a foothold.
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Opposing sides say the ruling on an upcoming Supreme Court case might encourage dangerous driving - or increased use of force.
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By Linda Thomson Deseret Morning News  When a lawyer misbehaves, there are penalties. However, the Utah Supreme Court recently refused to enact specific guidelines regarding district courts' discipline of attorneys.
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In a trial, reminiscent of the 1925 Scopes trial in Tennessee, lawyers give their closing remarks on text book-sticker disclaimers stating that &#39;evolution is a theory, not a fact.
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Lawyers today tried to block moves to unveil more of the supposed financial backers of the alleged coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea.
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Rivaling Bush vs. Kerry for bitterness, doctors and trial lawyers are squaring off this fall in an unprecedented four-state struggle over limiting malpractice awards...
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How the judgment may thwart attempts to recover