Stanford lawyer not focused on case's legal circus Houston Chronicle | HOUSTON - It might not be the Greatest Show on Earth but the legal circus in the $7 billion fraud case against jailed Texas financier R. Allen Stanford is possibly making it the greatest show in court. | So far, the criminal and civil cases against Stanford have included claims of bloated legal fe...
Lawyer Calls Contractor in Crane Collapse a Scapegoat The New York Times | The crucial error that led to the toppling of a tower crane and the deaths of seven people two years ago was made well before the day of the collapse, the defense lawyer for a rigging contractor said in State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Tuesday. | The lawyer, Arthur L. Aidala, said the developer...
No word after lawyers meet in Lower Merion webcam case Philadelphia Daily News | By John P. Martin | Inquirer Staff Writer Lawyers for the Lower Merion School District and the first student to sue over its use of webcams to track laptops met Thursday with a federal judge but would not say if they were any closer to resolving th...
Lawyers, Far From Gulf, Skirmish on Spill Claims The New York Times | BOISE, Idaho — This city, more than 1,500 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, may seem like an unlikely place for lawyers to gather to argue about the fate of hundreds of federal lawsuits related to the oil spill. Related | Times Topic: Gulf of Me...
Mass. lawyer reinstated after insurance scam The Examiner Comments BOSTON (Map, News) - A lawyer from a well-known Massachusetts personal injury firm who was convicted of insurance fraud will be allowed to practice law again. | The state's highest court on Thursday reinstated the law license of Nicholas Ell...
Mass. lawyer reinstated after insurance scam The Boston Globe | BOSTON-A lawyer from a well-known Massachusetts personal injury firm who was convicted of insurance fraud will be allowed to practice law again. | The state's highest court on Thursday reinstated the law license of Nicholas Ellis. | Ellis, who was ...
Boy tells how lawyer groomed him for sex over four years Star Tribune | A 15-year-old boy raped by his friend's father said Minneapolis lawyer Aaron Biber sent him links to pornographic websites to view on his Sony PlayStation Portable and became increasingly sexual with him over a four-year period. | The boy wasn't in...
Blagojevich lawyer: Government has proved nothing Newsday | July 27, 2010 | CHICAGO - Rod Blagojevich is insecure, he talks a lot and he's a bad judge of character - but he is not a criminal, the ousted Illinois governor's defense attorney told jurors at his corruption trial yesterday during a theatr...
Fiery Blagojevich lawyer begins closing argument USA Today Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | CHICAGO (AP) An attorney for has begun closing arguments in the former Illinois governor's corruption trial. | Sam Adam Jr. could find himself behind bars even as he works to keep his cl...
Fed Member's Deflation Warning Hints at Policy Shift The New York Times | WASHINGTON — A subtle but significant shift appears to be occurring within the Federal Reserve over the course of monetary policy, amid increasing signs that the economic recovery is weakening. | On Thursday, James Bullard, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, warned that the Fed’s current policies were putting the ...
Issues of ISI links with terrorists taken up with Pak: Kerry Zeenews Washington: A powerful US Senator and a close foreign policy aid of President Barack Obama has said the issue of Pakistani intelligence agency ISI having links with terrorist groups has been taken up with the highest level of the leadership in Islamabad. | Pointing out that these allegations were not new, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Co...