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Lindsay Lohan in trouble again

She is tangled in an assault case with a staffer at Betty Ford Center

Obama admn. faces resistance from states in Florida over new healthcare law

Lawyers for 20 U.S. states and Obama administration sparred in a Florida court over the constitutional challenges of the new healthcare law that requires all Americans to have medical insurance before 2014 or face a fine.

Ex-William Morris CEO Wiatt sues law firm, former partner for helping Starr execute Ponzi scheme

A former head of a talent agency has sued Jonathan Bristol, a former law firm partner of Winston & Strawn LLP, and the law firm, and is holding them accountable for the $2 million allegedly misappropriated from his investment account.

A general view of the building where Kenneth Starr resides in New York and (inset) Kenneth Starr and Diane Passage

Former law firm partner charged with helping Starr operate Ponzi scheme

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Jonathan Bristol, a former law firm partner, with aiding and abetting Kenneth Ira Starr's Ponzi scheme by allowing Starr to use his attorney trust accounts as conduits for transferring the funds stolen from Starr's clients to Starr and his two companies for personal use.

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George Canellos, Director of the SEC's New York Regional Office, speaks in New York, March 2, 2010.

Lawyer charged in investment scam

The lawyer for indicted former financial adviser Kenneth Starr was himself charged today for assisting in Starr's multi-million dollar fraud, the Securities and Exchange Commission said.

Lawyer cannot resign to avoid embarrassment of disbarment: Court

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago has ruled that lawyers cannot resign to avoid the embarrassment of disbarment.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange looks out of the window as he arrives by prison van at the High Court in London December 16, 2010

Wikileaks founder Assange granted bail after London High Court turns down appeal

London's High Court, on Thursday, upheld a decision to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has earned the ire of the U.S. government for releasing secret diplomatic cables, on bail.

Twitter takes WikiLeaks subpoena public; Google, Facebook under scrutiny

Ohio judges can be social media friends but should be discreet: Opinion

Judges in Ohio can be a social media friend to lawyers appearing in their courtrooms but should be careful not to violate ethics rules, the state's apex court has opined.

Judge Camp's judicial decision-making process could have been impaired by drugs or racial bias, suggest prosecutors

Former senior U.S. District Judge Jack Camp's judicial decision-making process could have been impaired by drugs or racial bias and aggrieved defendants could request re-sentencing, federal prosecutors have suggested.

Assange's UK lawyer says half of bail cash raised

A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Wednesday his backers had raised around half of the 200,000 pounds ($317,400) cash he needs to secure bail after he was accused of sex crimes in Sweden.

Birther faces court martial

The court martial of Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, who disobeyed orders because he believes Barack Obama is not the legal President of the United States, begins today at Fort Meade in Maryland.

Coroner rules Wang Xiaopeng was justified in his actions for killing burglar who was assaulting his wife

Legal sector struggling, reports suggest

A significant drop in jobs in the legal sector over the past two months and a sluggish rise in billing rates in 2010 indicate that law firms are still struggling to overcome the economic slowdown.

Bernard Madoff will not attend son's funeral: lawyer

Convicted swindler Bernard Madoff will conduct a private service in prison in memory of his son, Mark, who committed suicide on Saturday, Madoff's lawyer Ira Lee Sorkin said on Monday.

2G spectrum scam: India's Supreme Court directs govt to table copy of complaint against Radia

India’s Supreme Court on Monday directed the government to table a copy of the complaint in the court in a sealed cover against corporate lobbyist Nira Radia that led to tapping of her telephonic conversations with a host of people including political leaders, corporate honchos and journalists.

Austrian banker Sonja Kohn was Madoff victim: lawyer

Austrian banker Sonja Kohn, accused in a U.S. lawsuit of being Bernard Madoff's criminal soul mate, was instead a victim of the man behind the biggest fraud in financial history, her lawyer in Vienna said.

TerreStar, Creditors Spar In Bankruptcy Court

TerreStar Networks will have to wait a bit longer before it can move forward with its hotly contested bankruptcy plan, losing a bid to get its disclosure statement approved quickly.

Kutcher lawyers threaten to sue Vivid Entertainment

Ashton Kuthcer's lawyers threaten legal action for using his name to sell sex tape

1. The US is in a weaker fiscal shape than Europe.

Law firms' year-end bonuses come with strings attached

The much-hyped year-end bonuses offered by Cravath Swaine & Moore and other U.S. law firms are not all that great as they come with conditions attached.

Florida court reverses conviction of school principal accused of child porn

A three-judge bench of the Second District Court of Appeal in Lakeland, Florida, has ruled that pasting of face photos of 11- and 12-year old children over the heads of nude adult women doesn't amount to child pornography.

UK court refuses bail to WikiLeak's Assange

Julian Assange was refused bail by UK's Westminster magistrates court on Tuesday, where the charges were read out to him a short while ago, setting off a judicial process leading to his possible extradition to Sweden.

Concorde air crash: French court holds Continental, mechanic guilty

A French court on Monday ruled that debris from a Continental Airlines plane had caused the tragedy that killed 113 people outside Paris 10 years ago while holding Continental Airlines and one of its mechanics guilty of involuntary homicide.

Cleary to launch Hong Kong practice, hires Norton Rose's Freeman Chan

International law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton plans to launch Hong Kong practice and wants Norton Rose's China corporate finance head Freeman Chan to lead the new team.

Anonymous, HBGary, US security firms cross swords in the name of WikiLeaks

Wikileaks website 'killed' Worldwide

Whistle-blower site Wikileaks has been killed Worldwide. Servers in the United States have killed the site's domain name after they claimed mass attacks. The withdrawal of the domain name implies that the website has been shutdown across the World. A twitter message of the website posted on Friday confirms the reports.

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