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I’m not going to mention it. Not today. For at least 700 words of print on this page, there will be no reference at all to it. That thing. We started talking about it last year. Now we can’t stop ...

As attorneys, we strive to achieve the utmost level of clarity and organization in the legal briefs and memoranda that we file and serve. Why, then, do the fundamentals of good legal writing often fall by the wayside when we ...

White & Case, the New York-based law firm with more than 2,400 lawyers, and two other law firms said they will fire a total of 291 attorneys in response to the decreasing market for legal services. White & Case plans ...

Appeals court says judges lack discretion to give, deny credit for time served

At least 1 million Americans would be able to use bankruptcy to reduce mortgage payments under legislation approved by the U.S. House last week, part of Democratic efforts to stem a crisis that has erased more than $2.4 trillion in ...

Nationwide bankruptcy filings rose 31 percent in 2008 over the previous calendar year, according to information released last week by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Filings in the Eastern District of Missouri were up 22 percent over 2007, ...

Plaintiffs in the case involving a lake tragedy in Jefferson County were awarded $2.3 million by a jury that deliberated for 12 hours. Nicholas Harbison, 16, died, and Morgan Milfeld and Timothy Fitzpatrick, both 15 at the time, were injured ...

Do you ever wonder if the ladies and gentleman inhabiting the halls of the U.S. Justice Department want to just throw in the towel on some of the cases from the previous regime? I mean, obviously the left is going ...

As hundreds of thousands of laid-off workers sign up for unemployment each month and major employers head for bankruptcy court, many Americans would find it oh-so-nice to land a job guaranteed for life. The United States has no kings or ...

The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed an appeal from an accused al-Qaida agent held without charges in a military brig for 5 ½ years, canceling a scheduled showdown over presidential wartime powers and individual rights. The move spares the Obama administration ...

Piping and wiring sit on an abandoned housing development in Merced, Calif., last month. Photo by Kevin Thrash, Bloomberg News At least 1 million Americans would be able to use bankruptcy to reduce mortgage payments under legislation approved by the ...