Luxury spending found in legal program
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The federal program that provides legal help to poor Americans turns away half of its applicants for lack of resources. But that hasn't stopped its executives from lavishing expensive meals, chauffeur-driven cars and foreign trips on themselves.
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Gourmet meals, masseuses, 500-thread-count sheets and private rooms with a fireplace and a view of one of the city's most exclusive beaches. It sounds like a high-end resort and it is &#151; for the rich and famous looking to kick an addiction.
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Although it can be had free, rest is becoming a luxury item.
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The bill is coming due for years of generous benefits bestowed upon the nation's public employees, and it's a stunner: hundreds of billions of dollars over the next three decades, threatening some local governments with bankruptcy and all but guaranteeing cuts in services like education and public safety.
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When Brad Clarke purchased his 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee on eBay three years ago, he never expected a $3,000 rebate. But even more surprising to Clarke was who provided extra cash - New York state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.
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Legislation that would increase retirement benefits for more than 5,000 assistant U.S. attorneys -- putting their pensions on par with federal law enforcement officers -- has been introduced in Congress.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Most of the 250 lawyers assembled in the Wyndham Philadelphia hotel ballroom listened intently yesterday as fellow attorney Barry Hill showed off an extensive collection of trinkets and product samples emblazoned with the logo of the now-withdrawn drug Vioxx.
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The case appears to be focused on whether hospitals are fraudulently overcharging Medicare and other programs for goods.
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This year, those with tens of millions to spend found some pricey properties from Santa Barbara to South Beach.
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Â· Increase to fund consular service, says Foreign Office Â· Bill is underwriting cost of ID cards, say opponents
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By Edward Fitzpatrick; Journal Staff Writer  This week's ruling restores the agency's ability to collect court- awarded legal fees.
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For the first time in its history, Medicare has begun to systematically make payments for new and expensive treatments and diagnostic tests conditional on agreement by companies or other groups
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the division that caters to the ultra-rich â-fter regulators discovered &quot;serious violations of laws and regulations
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Some of IT's biggest profits are found in the courtroom.
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The credit-card company offers a hybrid rewards program for savers.
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Free personal and nursing care appears to be costing much more than expected, according to executive figures.
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Justice Antonin Scalia was the Supreme Court's most frequent traveler last year with 24 expense-paid trips that took him as far as Ireland, Italy, Turkey and Australia.