Chinese blind activist lawyer released from prison

Blind activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng returned home Thursday after a four-year prison stint to find that very little had changed — he was cut off from communication, monitored by security agents, his family still harassed and intimidated.

Law forces car show to move to North Carolina

An obscure South Carolina law is going to prevent Myrtle Beach from hosting a classic car auction at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center this weekend.

Lawyer for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools suspended

The Winston-Salem Forsyth County school board voted Tuesday night to suspend the school system's lawyer pending the results of an investigation by the SBI. District officials voted unanimously to suspend Drew Davis for 90 days.

Attorney for Britney Spears' ex calls bodyguard's child abuse claims 'baseless'

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An attorney for Britney Spears' ex-husband called child abuse claims leveled at the singer by a former bodyguard baseless and motivated by money.

Attorney Charged In Property Mortgage Scam

A local attorney has been charged with wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering in connection with a multi-year, multi-property mortgage fraud scheme in Dorchester and Roxbury.

Attorney for Superior mother accused of smothering baby points to SIDS

BOULDER — An attorney for the Superior mother accused of suffocating her baby by putting plastic bags and blankets over his face pressed the deputy coroner Wednesday about whether the

Law forbidding gay adoption ensnares couple in politically charged Miami courtroom battle

Nolo and Cornell Legal Information Institute Team up to Provide More Free Legal Information Online

Two great legal information publishers collaborate online to enhance access to free legal information.

Further legal proceedings against Spain's 'star judge' Garzon

Madrid - Legal proceedings against Spanish top judge Baltasar Garzon widened Thursday as the Supreme Court ordered police to investigate his income in connection with corruption allegations against him.

N.L. lawyer calls for separate offshore safety agency

A lawyer for the families of those who died in a helicopter crash off Newfoundland says a separate offshore safety agency should be considered.

Michigan legal group fights panel ruling

The watchdogs of Michigan's legal ethics argued Wednesday that Wilson Copeland III should not have been cleared of wrongdoing in the text message scandal that toppled ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.

More Legal Highs Outlawed

More so-called ’legal highs’ have been outlawed in Jersey.The Health Minister has classfied all cathinone derivatives as a Class B substance.That includes naphydrone that is found in NRG.Mephedrone, methcathinone (similar to amphetamine) and butylone and methylone (similar to ectasy) are aslo covered.The ban has been worded to apply to known compounds and variations that could be developed in ...

Law student found guilty of killing dad

LAW student guilty of murdering his father, dismembered his body and burying him in the family's backyard.

Attorney submits summary citing misuse of federal grants

September 9, 2010- Attorney J.K Hage submitted an executive summary of a report that is over 1,000 pages long, citing misuse of federal grant funds by GroWest, as well as lack of oversight.

Law Enforcement Explorer Post 3775 begins new season

After a success 2009-10 season, the Maple Grove Law Enforcement Post is eager to begin a new year. The Explorers a group of young men and women between the ages of 14 to 20 who have chosen to "explore" a career in the law enforcement profession.

Law Society blocked documents connected to sex scandal

The Law Society of Manitoba blocked all public access to allegations of sexual impropriety against a Manitoba judge and her lawyer husband five years before the secret finally exploded last week.

Lawyer to file new motion to declare Mladic dead

The lawyer for the family of Europe's top war crimes fugitive, Ratko Mladic, will file a new motion to declare him officially dead, after a previous bid was rejected for procedural reasons.

Law firm sues HRT for unpaid fees

A law firm has commenced legal action against Formula One team HRT. According to Sport Business, the major international firm DLA Piper is pursuing the struggling Spanish outfit for unpaid legal fees dating back more than a year.

Law firm sues Hispania

The international law firm DLA Piper has revealed that it is taking action against Hispania Racing over unpaid legal fees stretching back over a year.

Attorney for former prison guard applies for ARD

The attorney for a former Fayette County Prison guard accused of assaulting an inmate last year filed for admission to a pretrial diversionary program on Wednesday. If a judge admits Joseph Yeagley, 35, of Uniontown to the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) program, he will serve a probationary term, at the end of which his record will be expunged. Participation in the program does not ...

Law Firms 'Shrinking Toward Profit Growth' in Midyear Survey

The 2010 midyear data reported by 187 U.S.-headquartered firms to the Law Firm Group at Citi Private Bank may best be described as "shrinking toward profit growth." During the first half of 2010, revenue was virtually flat, and demand was down slightly, compared with the same period in 2009.

Attorney Francis Chester pays fine

STAUNTON — A local attorney has paid court-ordered sanctions of $2,000, ending his legal tug-of-war with an Augusta County circuit judge who reprimanded him in December.

Law student Mark Alexander murdered father and buried body in garden

A high-flying law student who battered his pushy father to death and buried him in the back garden was facing life behind bars yesterday.

Lawyer from Framingham faces federal fraud charges

A Framingham lawyer was charged in federal court yesterday with wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering for his part in a mortgage fraud scheme involving properties in Roxbury and Dorchester.

Appeals court lets government halt torture lawsuit (AP)

AP - A sharply divided federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit challenging a controversial post-Sept. 11 CIA program that flew terrorism suspects to secret prisons.

Islamic charity trial goes to Oregon jury (AP)

AP - A jury will have to determine whether a man's failure to disclose $150,000 on federal tax forms was an effort to smuggle money to Muslim fighters in Chechnya or just an oversight by an accountant.

Man convicted of torching Calif. woman over drugs (AP)

AP - One of four men accused of kidnapping and burning a California woman to death over a pound of pot has been found guilty of murder.

MTV's `Snooki' fined $500 for bothering beachgoers (AP)

AP - Calling her "a Lindsay Lohan wannabe," a judge fined "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi $500 on Wednesday and ordered her to perform community service after she pleaded guilty to disturbing others on a beach in July.

Court won't order California to defend Prop 8 (AP)

AP - California's highest court on Wednesday refused to order Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state's attorney general to appeal a federal ruling that overturned the state's gay marriage ban.

Legal advocate asks court to side with Arizona's alien law

The Washington Legal Foundation asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco on Wednesday to reject a challenge by the Obama administration to Arizona's new immigration law, calling it a "well-designed effort" to provide enforcement assistance to federal immigration officials. "State and local governments have ...

CIA rendition: US court throws out torture case, citing state secrets (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit seeking to hold a government contractor partly responsible for a secret CIA program to whisk terror suspects to undisclosed prisons overseas for brutal interrogations.

Jurors told to disregard part of nanny testimony (AP)

AP - The judge in Anna Nicole Smith's drug conspiracy trial told jurors Wednesday to disregard part of a former nanny's testimony because he did not consider it reliable.

US court dismisses CIA rendition lawsuit against Boeing unit (AFP)

AFP - A US court dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday against a Boeing subsidiary for allegedly flying terror suspects to secret CIA sites for interrogation, saying the case could have exposed state secrets.

Attorney joins Casey Anthony defense team

Dorothy Clay Sims, an attorney specializing in cross-examining medical expert witnesses, will appear in the Casey Anthony case.

LowCountry Legal Aid to prepare wills for free

LowCountry Legal Aid, a nonprofit organization offering legal help to local residents, will begin a

Legal Aid for Immigration: BENNU Gains Recognition as Innovative Nonprofit

BENNU Legal Services, a multicultural legal aid provider, gains recognition as a new, innovative nonprofit that helps victims of domestic violence and other serious crimes.

Serial killer stalks teens in `Fever of the Bone' (AP)

AP - "Fever of the Bone" (HarperCollins, $14.99), by Val McDermid: When serial crime fiction is done well, readers can drop into any installment and within a few chapters, understand nearly everything about the primary characters and their relationship with one another.

Attorney: Immigrants held illegally in Tenn. jails

A Nashville attorney says immigrants are being held illegally in Tennessee jails for days and even months after they have served their sentences.

`Pretty Little Things' is tale of sexual predators (AP)

AP - "Pretty Little Things" (Vanguard Press, $25.95), by Jilliane Hoffman: Jilliane Hoffman takes the standard "To Catch a Predator" plot — adult male sex offender ensnaring unsuspecting teens by various online chat rooms or social networks — and escalates it to a thoroughly creepy serial killer level.

Law Professor Discusses Marriage Equality

Columbia Law School professor Suzanne Goldberg is much more than just a litigator. As director of the Law School’s Sexuality & Gender Law Clinic, which she founded in 2007, she helps students use the law, legislative drafting, public policy advocacy and media commentary as ways of securing rights related to gender and sexuality.