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More Jobs Lost As The Government Decides To Have Military Uniforms Made By...
Small businesses are struggling to stay afloat because they have to compete with super cheap prison labor. Federal Prison Industries (FPI), a corporation owned by the federal government, employs more...
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Judge Says It's Not Her Job To Protect Independent Book Stores From Amazon
A federal judge on Thursday approved a settlement in a case accusing publishers of conspiring to raise e-book prices over protests the deal could devastate bookstores, the Wall Street Journal reported....
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Songwriter Sues Warner Music Claiming Band 'Muse' Stole The Idea For Their...
Muse frontrunner Matt Bellamy may find himself in a "Supermassive Black Hole." Songwriter Charles Bollfrass claims the British band stole his idea for its epic three-part symphony "Exogenesis" featured...
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Phony Plastic Surgeon Pleads Guilty To Disfiguring Unsuspecting Patients
A "plastic surgeon" pleaded guilty Friday to performing unlicensed cosmetic surgeries on women, the New York Attorney General's office said. Carlos Arango and William Ordonez, who are not licensed...
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OJ Simpson Prosecutor Says The Juice's Lawyers Tampered With Infamous Glove
Alan Dershowitz – who went to bat for O.J. Simpson – and prosecutor Chris Darden traded barbs Thursday as part of an awkward attempt to deconstruct the trial of the century. Eighteen years after Nicole...
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VIDEO: Fashion's Night Out (Of Control)
It's Fashion Week in New York City, meaning models have taken to the streets, wearing clothing that even Cruella De Vil would call eccentric. But Thursday night, dubbed Fashion's Night Out, seemed more...
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RadioShack Manager And Captor Emerge From Store Unharmed
A RadioShack manager and his apparent captor emerged from the store unharmed after a more than six-hour standoff, 9 News Denver is reporting. The suspect was holding the manager of a Denver RadioShack...
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The 18 Largest Ransoms Ever Paid
You hear in movies how authorities "don't negotiate with kidnappers," but the truth is that ransoms often get paid. We've ranked the biggest ransoms of the modern era (adjusted for inflation). Wealthy...
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Six Law School Dropouts Who Went On To Become President
You may remember Clint Eastwood's speech from last week's Republican National Convention. You know, the one where said he didn't think a lawyer would make a good president. Well, perhaps Mr. Eastwood...
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Steve Wynn Is Suing Porn Mogul Joe Francis For $12 Million
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Porn producer Joe Francis should be forced to pay Steve Wynn more than $12 million for claiming that the casino mogul threatened to kill him and bury him in the desert, Wynn's...
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Here's What The Supreme Court Justices Did On Their Fabulous Summer Vacation
It's September, and while most people are going back to work after a three-day weekend, the Supreme Court justices are still enjoying their summer. The three-month recess gave justices the time to...
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Why It Matters That Both Presidential Candidates Are Lawyers
Do lawyers make better Presidents? It is a surprisingly common debate around election time, with those in the “yes” camp pointing out that 25 of our 44 Presidents were lawyers, including John Adams,...
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How My Polaroids Of The Sept. 11 Attacks Led Me Into America's Secret Court...
This year will be the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. On the day of the attacks, I lived directly across the Hudson...
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RadioShack Hostage Suspect Says He Just Wants To Get Out Of Jail And See His...
In a jailhouse interview with Colorado's 9News, a man suspected of keeping the manager of a RadioShack hostage inside the store said "one thing led up to another and life spiraled" during the incident....
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Trenton Mayor And His Top Campaign Contributors Have Been Arrested In...
Trenton, N.J.'s mayor, his top campaign contributor, and six others were arrested by the FBI early Monday as part of a longtime investigation into allegations of nepotism and reckless spending in the...
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The 10 Worst Law Firms To Work For
The American Lawyer surveyed 5,638 mid-level associates to find out what they really think of their firms. All the firms were ranked on a 5-point scale. We picked out the bottom 10. We then headed...
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The Best States To File A Lawsuit
According to the in-house lawyers of America’s biggest companies, the court system is making things easier for them. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform (ILR), a lobbying group...
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JP Morgan Could Be Staring At A Money Laundering Probe
NEW YORK (AP) — Regulators are investigating whether several major U.S. banks failed to monitor transactions properly, allowing criminals to launder money, according to a New York Times story. The...
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The 10 Most Important Law Professors In America
John Yoo – the ex-Justice Department official who wrote the infamous "torture memos" after 9/11 – is back in the news. Yoo and James Cleith Phillips, both professors at the University of California,...
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Actually You CAN Escape Student Loans Through Bankruptcy
The mantra is repeated over and over: You can’t discharge student loans through bankruptcy. However, while it’s reality for most indebted people, the conventional wisdom isn’t quite true. In a...
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