A teen who says he risks death if he’s deported to his native Honduras should be released from the custody of immigration officials and returned to North Carolina so he can finish high school, supporters said at a rally Thursday. ...
Read More »Official: Bogus lawsuit filed in name of Giffords’ shooter
Two bogus lawsuits that raised eyebrows for their claims— including that Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner was framed— are being separately investigated by federal authorities. Federal authorities are investigating the phony lawsuit filed in the name of the man who ...
Read More »Why a future Apple-FBI case ma y go very differently
Although it fiercely opposes the FBI’s demand for help unlocking a San Bernardino shooter’s encrypted iPhone, Apple has never argued that it simply can’t do what the government wants. That might not be true for long. At the moment, the ...
Read More »Woman convicted of working for decade as unlicensed attorney
A former president of a Pennsylvania county bar association has been convicted of using forged documents to pose as an estate lawyer for a decade even though she didn’t have a law license. Kimberly Kitchen was convicted Thursday on charges of ...
Read More »California jury rejects graduate’s suit against law school
A jury found Thursday that a San Diego law school did not mislead a graduate who sued on the grounds she was lured to the school by false promises that her degree would land her a job after graduating. The ...
Read More »Lawyers: Children need lawyers in immigration court
Government lawyers have urged a federal judge to remove certain children listed in a lawsuit that seeks to require court-appointed lawyers for indigent children who enter the country illegally. But lawyers for the ACLU and immigration-rights groups said any child ...
Read More »Volkswagen set to provide update on fix for diesel vehicles
Attorneys for Volkswagen are expected to reveal where the company stands on a fix to bring nearly 600,000 diesel cars into compliance following an emissions cheating scandal. Senior U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer is scheduled to get an update from ...
Read More »Colleges face legal backlash from men accused of sex crimes
After years of complaints that they weren’t taking sexual assault reports seriously, colleges are finally doing so — and finding themselves slammed with lawsuits from men who say they were unfairly suspended or otherwise punished. The schools are feeling caught in ...
Read More »Court gives green light to death penalty fast-tracking
A federal appeals court Wednesday cleared the way for the Department of Justice to allow states to have their inmates’ death penalty appeals expedited through federal court. Legal organizations that challenged the DOJ’s criteria for certifying states for the fast-track program ...
Read More »Mamtek consultant to pay $100K settlement in lawsuit
A business consultant who helped sell Missouri on a sweetener manufacturing company’s project will pay $100,000 to settle bankruptcy court claims that he participated in a scheme to divert millions of construction funds to company insiders. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis ...
Read More »Judge grants woman’s request to quit Trump University suit
A judge has granted a Southern California yoga instructor’s request to withdraw from a federal class-action lawsuit against Trump University after her attorneys said the Republican presidential front-runner and his lawyers put her “through the wringer.” Tarla Makaeff’s withdrawal from ...
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