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Victims and the families of those killed in the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis in 2007 agreed Friday to settle their lawsuits against a construction company that was resurfacing the span at the time.
It's been almost three months since Michael Jackson's shocking death, and while Los Angeles police are close to wrapping up their investigation, the decision on whether to bring criminal charges is at least weeks and perhaps months away, legal experts say.
Federal regulators ruled for the first time Thursday that campaign funds can be used to help pay the legal bills of current and former congressional staffers.
State Street Corp. says a legal reserve of about $625 million it established two years ago may not be enough to cover claims and potential penalties related to fixed-income investments that included subprime mortgages.
Dell Inc. said Friday it has agreed to settle a federal gender-discrimination class action lawsuit brought by former employees for $9.1 million.
The largest group of victims from the Interstate 35W bridge collapse two years ago filed lawsuits Thursday against two companies that worked on the structure, saying the rush-hour disaster in downtown Minneapolis was "entirely avoidable."
In more than 16 years as a federal judge, Sonia Sotomayor has often sided with people claiming discrimination in education and employment. She's backed police and prosecutors over defendants. She's upheld assertions of free speech and religion.
Radovan Karadzic has been a psychiatrist, a poet, a leader of Bosnia's Serbs and a fugitive disguised as a new age guru. Now he has assumed yet another persona — a lawyer defending himself against charges of genocide and mass murder.
New financial disclosures show that former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens spent at least $1 million on legal bills defending himself against charges that he failed to report gifts as required.
Prosecutors dropped charges on Tuesday against a former inmate who spent two decades on Tennessee's death row before the U.S. Supreme Court questioned his guilt.
Three Bush administration lawyers who worked in an elite Justice Department unit face further scrutiny over their advice on how to conduct tough interrogations of terror suspects, but criminal prosecution remains only an outside possibility.
In an April 19 story about a poll finding public support for government-paid legal services for the poor, The Associated Press misidentified the poll's sponsor. The survey was commissioned by the American Bar Association, not the Legal Services Corp.
The Justice Department was considering whether to prosecute a Somali pirate in Washington or New York, U.S. officials said following the rescue of a U.S. hostage and the apprehension of his only surviving captor.
A man has established a Web site soliciting donations for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to pay more than $500,000 in legal fees, but a spokeswoman for her political action committee says she can't accept the money.
They had more in common than unleashing carnage — nearly every gunman in this monthlong series of mass killings was legally entitled to fire his weapons.
Seventeen more victims from the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis in 2007 are suing a consulting firm that studied the structure and a contractor that was resurfacing it.
Testing has again failed to find DNA from a man who spent more than two decades on Tennessee's death row on evidence that will be used to retry him for a woman's murder, a lab report shows.
Legal analysts are divided over whether the Supreme Court would re-examine expert witness rules if former Qwest Communications chief Joe Nacchio appeals his conviction on $52 million worth of illegal stock sales.
DNA from key evidence in a Tennessee woman's slaying does not match the man who spent more than two decades on death row for killing her, according to new FBI lab tests.
Now that he's been ousted from the governor's office, Rod Blagojevich is pinning his hopes of staying out of prison on a father-and-son duo of defense attorneys, one of whom grabbed the limelight at R&B superstar R. Kelly's sex tape trial.
British insurance company Legal & General PLC posted a better-than-expected 3 percent rise in new business in 2008, but its shares dropped nearly 10 percent Thursday after it failed to reassure investors about its capital position.
A conservative watchdog group has sued the Senate for refusing to immediately seat Roland Burris as the new senator from Illinois.
An engineering firm that analyzed the Interstate 35W bridge and a construction company that was resurfacing the span when it collapsed have asked a judge to dismiss parts of four lawsuits from victims.
Spitting is now OK in Sarasota. City commissioners voted Monday to abolish a law dating back to 1908 that banned spitting. They argued the law was unenforceable. Lawyers said it was used to target those in lower income neighborhoods.
All 11 teams challenging for the next America's Cup have called on American syndicate BMW Oracle Racing to drop its legal fight with cup holder Alinghi.
"Hit The @!$%#" Game Is Supposed to Deter Domestic Violence??The website was set up by a Danish anti-violence advocacy group, and ostensibly has a good message: making clear to men that domestic violence is unacceptable.
Charlie's Diary: Imbecileswas trying to think of something coherent to say about the Digital Economy Bill published this week, but I'm too damned angry right now.
Man sues after all of his teeth were removed A Thompson man set to have all his upper teeth removed claims he awoke from surgery to find dentists didn't stop there and extracted all his lower teeth as well. All of them!!! That sure gummed up the works, dontcha think? - H2
Peter Cundall arrested at pulp mill protestABC gardening personality Peter Cundall has been arrested outside Tasmania's parliament during a protest against Gunns' Tamar Valley pulp mill.
Viacom's top lawyer: suing P2P users "felt like terrorism"Michael Fricklas, Viacom's general counsel, tells a group of Yale Law students that he's a huge fan of fair use, doesn't want to take down your YouTube mashup, and has no plans to start suing P2P users in federal courts—but he still loves DRM and "three strikes" laws.
Security agencies can withhold 'secret government information' in civil casesMI5, MI6 and the police will be able to withhold evidence from defendants and their lawyers in civil cases for the first time, the high court ruled today.
Father Of Drowned Scuba Diver Tina Watson Says Her Death Was A Copy-Cat MurderThe father of drowned honeymooner Tina Watson believes his daughter may have been the victim of a copy-cat murder.
EU closes 54 Web sites for consumer law violationsThe European Union published findings of an 18-month investigation Tuesday finding that 301 Web sites that sold mobile phone ringtones, wallpapers and other services had "serious breaches of EU consumer law," according to a statement.
Pirate Bay Ship Hijackers Let Logo Hostage GoAfter discovering the Pirate Bay logo hadn't been registered with the patent office, a Swedish company took the opportunity to claim it as their own in order to commercially exploit it.
Senator goes after Web membership clubsThe U.S. Congress needs to take action to protect consumers tricked into signing up for membership clubs that charge a monthly fee when they buy products or services from other Web sites, the chairman of a U.S. Senate committee said Tuesday.
Gang sentenced for UK bank trojanA British court has sentenced four men to prison after they admitted they used sophisticated trojan software to steal almost £600,000 from bank accounts and send it to Eastern Europe.
'Shaman' fails in name suppression bidA ST KILDA man purporting to be a ''North American Indian shaman healer'' with the power to cure cancer has failed in a Supreme Court bid to stop the Health Services Commissioner naming him in a report to State Parliament.
Man's Alleged Sexual Assaults Date Back To Age 11A 38-year-old man has been arrested over a string of alleged sexual assaults dating back to when he was 11 years old.
Couple 'posted boy's sex assault on internet'A Sydney couple will face court today, accused of sexually assaulting a nine-year-old boy and posting images of the alleged attack on the internet.
Two German Killers Demanding Anonymity Sue Wikipedia's ParentWolfgang Werlé and Manfred Lauber became infamous for killing a German actor in 1990. Now they are suing to force Wikipedia to forget them.
Stalker in bolt gun murder jailedA "delusional" killer has been jailed for life for murdering a mother with a bolt gun, hours after she had phoned police expressing fears about him.
Rapist jailed years later with DNA evidenceA man has been jailed by the District Court in Adelaide for at least seven years for a violent rape and home invasion more than two decades ago.
Doctor uses wrong man's sperm to produce twinsHundreds of women have trusted him with their bodies and their dreams of motherhood. Many depend on him as their doctor today.
Honour killing girl 'taken away'An alleged "honour killing" victim was taken to stay with an uncle on the day she was allegedly murdered and then ran away, the Old Bailey has been told.
Man Accused Of 'Killing' His Wife By InactionTHE husband of a millionaire Melbourne businesswoman is accused of killing her by ''complete inaction'' because he did not get medical treatment for her after complications from dental surgery days before her death.
Brooklyn teenager Rodney Bradford's Facebook message serves as alibi in robbery casePass the syrup -- this lucky guy is eating breakfast at home instead of on Rikers Island. A Brooklyn teen's playful Facebook message to his pregnant girlfriend about pancakes sprung him from jail and helped him avoid years in prison for a holdup he didn't commit.
Xbox console ban is 'permanent'Thousands of Xbox 360 owners who have been cut off from Microsoft's Xbox Live service will have to buy a new console if they want to play online again.
Wife posed as girl to trap her paedophile husbandA WIFE posed as a teenage girl to trap her paedophile husband on the internet. Former pub licensee David Anthony Roberts, 69, sat in front of his computer webcam thinking there was a 14-year-old child looking at him.
California Cities Ban Cat DeclawingIn Northern California, the Berkeley City Council voted unanimously yesterday to ban the declawing of cats within its city limits. The news was shared with me just after the vote by Anthony Sanchez, Chief of Staff for City of Council member Jesse Arreguin.
Stop and search laws pass Lower HouseLegislation proposing greater search powers for police has passed the Lower House of State Parliament after a lengthy and fierce debate.
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