Michael Jackson's doctor may spend as little as a few months behind bars despite being convicted on Monday of involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 death of the Thriller singer.
Michael Jackson's personal doctor was found guilty on Monday of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star's drug-related death in 2009 but may not spend much time in jail.
The justices pressed a lawyer for inmate Richard Lee Pollard about why his case was filed in federal court instead of state court.
Egypt released suspected Israeli spy Ilan Grapel on Thursday, as part of a prisoner exchange between the two counties.
While Bachmann's a conception of the law as being rooted in Christian teachings may fall outside the political mainstream, it is a guiding principle at Christian law schools throughout the country
A U.S. Navy Veteran is suing the Department of Veteran Affairs after the agency denied her spousal disability benefits, citing a federal law that defines marriage as a union between only a man and a woman.
Even as Wall Street is being occupied and corporations are reviled, there is a revolution quietly raging across the country that empowers corporations to be a strong force for good. This week, California joined that revolution when Governor Jerry Brown created two new classes of corporations for businesses that seek to pursue both profit and purpose: Benefit Corporations and Flexible Purpose Corporations.
Police drained a well the day after demanding interview footage from local TV stations
The International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes has advised Crystallex International Corp. that proceedings in its $3.8 billion case against Venezuela for nationalizng gold-mining assets has begun.
Despite clashes this week in the hotly contested Massachusetts Senate race, Elizabeth Warren trails Scott Brown closely, a new poll conducted from Sept. 29 to Oct. 5 by the Western New England University Polling Institute found. Voters also determined that Warren's experience as a Harvard Law professor may actually help her candidacy.
Sheehan's court case, which ended on Thursday with a jury exonerating her of second-degree murder charges, illustrated the legal recourse available to women who defend themselves against domestic violence with lethal means.
The Massachusetts Republican U.S. senator, who once posed shirtless for Cosmopolitan magazine to pay for law school, was responding to Warren's comment that I kept my clothes on to pay tuition bills.
Consumer advocate and former Obama administration official Elizabeth Warren got into the nitty-gritty of campaigning for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts on Tuesday, facing off in her first political debate.
Tanzania's ruling party narrowly won a key parliamentary by-election after a tight race marked by low voter turn-out, pointing to a decline in popularity of the party even in regions where it enjoyed strong support.
A judge's decision to uphold Alabama's stringent new immigration law has led immigrants to flee their homes, pull their children from school and avoid farming jobs at the height of harvesting season.
Week two of the Conrad Murray trial gets underway Monday morning, and the doctor has already taken quite a pummeling.
Video recordings of the trial over California's gay marriage ban should be unsealed, a federal judge ruled on Monday.
Xu Hengrui scored 526 points in law entrance examination at Renmin University, one of China's most prestigious universities.
Michelle Obama visited the US Open on Friday at New York's Flushing Meadows to promote her Let's Move campaign which seeks to end childhood obesity in the United States
Michael Jackson's former doctor faces a tough challenge clearing himself of involuntary manslaughter charges in the pop star's death as his trial, which promises to avoid many dark aspects of Jackson's life, begins with jury selection due this week.
Michael Jackson's former doctor faces a tough challenge clearing himself of involuntary manslaughter charges in the pop star's death as his trial, which promises to avoid many dark aspects of Jackson's life, begins with jury selection due this week.
Sony hires a new security chief in the wake of the PSN hacking scandal.
