Jail for lawyer who stole to feed gambling habit

A former Melbourne lawyer who stole $64,000 from her law firm to feed a gambling addiction has been jailed.

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 ...

Attorney general hopefuls hold nothing back in debate

Left, Democrat Felecia Rotellini and Republican Tom Horne, right, — running for the office of attorney general — squared off in a no-holds-barred debate Wednesday night. Ted Simons, the host for KAET-TV, the Phoenix PBS affiliate, is at the head of the table. (Howard Fischer • Capitol Media Services) By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services PHOENIX — Democrat Felecia Rotellini said voters ...

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.

Overhaul law may boost health spending only slightly

WASHINGTON — The health care overhaul law will drive health care spending up only slightly over the next decade, new estimates found.

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.

Wakefield: Free legal advice at new £3m centre

Free legal advice will be on offer from next month at a multi-million pound one-stop centre in Wakefield.

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.

Federal Law Takes The Sting Out Of Debt Collectors

Federal law protects consumers from debt collectors' harassment and abusive, unfair, or deceptive tactics.

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.

Legal fees bust Fairhope budget

FAIRHOPE, Ala. - With a month and half before the end of the fiscal year, the city has spent twice as much money for legal fees than was budgeted, Councilman Rick Kingrea said this week.

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.

Legal Circus Surrounding Carl Greene

Tonight Fox 29’s Sharon Crowley reports that there are new developments on the Philadelphia Housing Authority scandal and the legal circus surrounding Executive Director Carl Greene.

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.

US Attorney Launches New Offensive Against Small-Time Wall Street Fraud

US Attorney Preet Bharara is planning a new front in the war against Wall Street fraud -- civil cases. Mr Bharara will announce the appointment of Heidi Wendel, a former New York state deputy attorney-general, to head a six-strong unit focused on taking civil enforcement action against fraud.

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

Law enforcement council to study alcohol program

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The council that certifies Utah law enforcement officers is studying a proposal to provide education and counseling for alcohol abuse. Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank suggested a more comprehensive program on Tuesday during a meeting of the Utah Peace Officer Standards and Training Council. Burbank says he sees a common theme among many officers who are brought ...

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.

Fed Lawyer: No 'Plan B' If Barclays's Lehman Buy Fell Through

Accused Somali pirate pleads guilty in DC (AP)

AP - An accused Somali pirate has pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy from a November 2008 attack in the Gulf of Aden on a Danish ship carrying cargo from a U.S. company.

UK extradition review to scrutinize U.S. requests (Reuters)

Reuters - Britain said on Wednesday it would review its extradition laws after criticism that treaty arrangements with other nations, in particular the United States, make it too easy to transfer suspects for trial there.

Polygamist Prophet Warren Jeffs: One Step Closer to a Texas Court (Time.com)

Time.com - Looking thinner and frailer, Warren Jeffs is fighting extradition to Texas but all his defense may be able to do is delay

Bob Marley's daughter pleads guilty to drug charge (Reuters)

Reuters - The youngest child of late reggae star Bob Marley has pleaded guilty to a drug charge after police caught her growing marijuana in her Pennsylvania home, her lawyer said.

NY man, 90, sentenced in wife's battering death (AP)

AP - A 90-year-old western New York man has been sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison for battering his wife of nearly 68 years to death with a hammer.

Attorney dies on North Cascades peak

MARBLEMOUNT - Seattle attorney John Arum, who died during a hike last week in North Cascades National Park, had worked for the Colville Confederated Tribes.

Clemens Lawyer Argues That McNamee's Defamation Suit Should Be Thrown Out

A lawyer for Roger Clemens urged a judge to throw out a lawsuit in which the former Major League Baseball pitcher is accused of defamation by his onetime trainer, Brian McNamee.

Lawyer Wants Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber Cartoon Strip Pulled

A lawyer for pop stars Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber has threatened legal action against comic book creators over a series of unauthorized cartoon str...