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The Socialite In The Petraeus Scandal Keeps Getting Sued Over Massive Debts
The Tampa socialite who received potentially inappropriate emails from one general and threatening emails from the CIA director's mistress has her own troubled legal history.It turns out Jill Kelley —...
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Legalizing Pot In Just 2 States Isn't Really Going To Make Weed Cheaper
Now that pot is legal in Colorado and Washington, marijuana enthusiasts may think their drug of choice will get cheaper.In theory, legalization allows growers to produce pot in bulk and spares them...
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This Infographic Reveals The Most Likely Victims Of Workplace Violence
It should be no surprise that police officers, security guards, and bartenders face the highest rates of nonfatal workplace violence, according to 2009 Bureau of Justice statistics.However, it might be...
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Google Says Governments Are Trying To Spy On Citizens Now More Than Ever
Government surveillance of citizens' online lives is rising sharply around the world, according to Google's latest report on requests to remove content and hand over user data to official agencies.In...
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How Obama Could Create New Data Privacy Law Behind Congress' Back
The electorate has spoken, and there will be four more years of a Barack Obama presidency.The Democrats have retained control of the Senate, and the Republicans have a comfortable margin in the House...
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Jill Kelley's New Lawyer Is The Go-To Guy For Clients With Huge Sex Scandals
News emerged Tuesday that Jill Kelley, the "other, other woman" enmeshed in the Petraeus scandal, has hired DC superlawyer Abbe Lowell as well as a crisis PR guru.Lowell is a Beltway power broker and...
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Top Army General Demoted For Spending Taxpayer Money On A Lavish Lifestyle
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has demoted four-star General William E. Ward over allegations that he spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on a lavish lifestyle while head of U.S. Army...
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Top Legal Insider's Tweets Might Crush Your Law School Dreams
Prominent legal blogger David Lat is the definitive voice behind Above The Law and also founded Underneath Their Robes.So when he tweets, we listen.But unfortunately, he isn't tweeting good news:Don't...
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There Is One Sex Scandal In American History That Tops The Petraeus Affair
The current sex scandal involving the C.I.A., the F.B.I., the military, and possibly several private citizens isn’t the first in Washington, but it has some things in common with the huge scandal that...
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There Is One Sex Scandal In American History That Tops The Petraeus Affair
The current sex scandal involving the C.I.A., the F.B.I., the military, and possibly several private citizens isn’t the first in Washington, but it has some things in common with the huge scandal that...
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A Lawsuit Over The 'Dangling Crane' At One57 Will Investigate If It's Legal...
The first lawsuit has been filed over the "dangling crane" incident that forced residents and businesses near under-construction luxury highrise One57 to evacuate during Hurricane Sandy, and more are...
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Here's How They Sell Guns To 'Ladies' In Alabama
An Alabama firing range is reaching out specifically to the "ladies" in its area with an easy-listening, '80's FM-style radio jingle.The unforgettable song goes: "Are you ready? Are you prepared? Your...
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French 'Rasputin' Convicted Of Swindling Aristocratic Family Out Of Millions
PARIS (AP) — A man described as a modern-day Rasputin was convicted Tuesday of brainwashing three generations of an aristocratic French family for nearly a decade, swindling them of their fortune and...
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Judge Lashes Out At Porn Companies For Making Empty Lawsuit Threats
Throughout the country, judges have taken file-sharing plaintiffs to task for abusing the system, Ars Technica reports.Just last week, Judge Leo Sorokin accused two porno publishers of lacking...
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Thai Smugglers Caught Trying To Transport Thousands Of Dollars Worth Of...
The AP is reporting that Thai authorities have arrested smugglers accused of illegally transporting a pickup truck full of deadly cobras. The snakes were worth a total of about $16,500. The driver was...
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Rihanna's Shoe Designer Says Gap Stole His Designs
Charles Philip, a shoe designer with customers including Rihanna and Jessica Alba, is suing Gap for allegedly copying some of his designs.Page Six at the New York Post reports:"In papers in LA federal...
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'Fight Club' Of Corrupt Analysts Cited As Insider Trading Trial Begins
Two former hedge fund managers reaped a total of $70.8 million in illegal profits by tapping a "corrupt network" of Wall Street analysts, a U.S. prosecutor said at the start of an insider trading trial...
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The Big Task Force Launched After Trayvon Martin's Death Has Decided To...
Florida's permissive firearm laws have landed the state in the center of a national controversy but the Sunshine State is refusing to bow to pressure to reform its controversial Stand Your Ground...
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Why Legalizing Pot In The US Could Get People To Stop Smoking It So Much
When Colorado and Washington voters passed measures legalizing recreational marijuana last week, they demonstrated — probably unknowingly — a rueful familiarity with the failure of Prohibition.Guess...
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Why Legalizing Pot In The US Could Get People To Stop Smoking It So Much
When Colorado and Washington voters passed measures legalizing recreational marijuana last week, they demonstrated — probably unknowingly — a rueful familiarity with the failure of Prohibition.Guess...
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