Southern California plaintiffs’ lawyer Mark Geragos sued the Los Angeles Times, alleging the newspaper defamed him in a series of stories over a $17.5 million settlement for Armenian genocide insurance cases.
The return of an 1849 anti-abortion law has propelled so much interest in an open Wisconsin Supreme Court seat that there’s been twice as much spent on advertising than in any judicial race in US history—and the campaign still has a week and a half to go.
An Indiana woman whose journey through adult guardianship was dogged by judicial scrutiny, steep legal fees and a profound sense of powerlessness has gotten her wish: freedom from the system.
My chat with litigation powerhouse Beth Wilkinson kicks off a series of conversations I’m having with female partners who are now leading major firms, and those who opted out of Big Law to go on their own.
One of the four defendants accused of bribing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (D) to advance legislation favorable to Exelon and Commonwealth Edison had unparalleled access to the legislative leader, according to Thursday testimony by one of Madigan’s senior staffers.
Disbarred attorney Thomas Girardi will undergo mental competency tests, a Los Angeles federal judge ordered in his criminal case there.
The US Senate’s Special Committee on Aging announced a hearing for March 30 on guardianships, a judicial process dogged by scattershot rules, restrictive rights, and scant oversight.
