By Greg Land | February 17, 2015
A Fulton County jury awarded $1.5 million to a girl who suffered a skull fracture and other injuries when the car she was in was struck at a red light by a pickup truck whose driver was texting.
By Kathleen Baydala Joyner | February 17, 2015
In his order denying Sneiderman's request, Judge Gregory Adams wrote that the evidence presented at her 2013 trial "was more than sufficient" to support her convictions.
By Samantha Joseph | February 17, 2015
Judge Peter Weinstein says his third term will be his last managing the state's second-largest circuit court system.
By Joel Stashenko | February 17, 2015
Federal district court judges must evaluate job discrimination claims made under New York City Human Rights Law separately from those under parallel federal and state statutes because city laws may afford employees stronger protections, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | February 16, 2015
A pediatric psychiatrist testified in the Risperdal trial Feb. 13 that the drug was the best option for treating the plaintiff's autism-related outbursts and that the risks of gynecomastia were adequately stated in the drug's warning label.
By Saranac Hale Spencer | February 16, 2015
A company can fire its employees and offer them their jobs back as independent contractors under the condition that they relinquish any claim they may have had against the company, including discrimination claims, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled.
By Joel Stashenko | February 13, 2015
A unanimous Court of Appeals ruled that people who feel they were unfairly named in a protective order should have the chance for their appeals to play out, even after the expiration of the order, because of the "severely deleterious" legal repercussions and indirect implications on such things as their chances for future employment.
By Ben Bedell | February 13, 2015
The Manhattan District Attorney's office and the New York Attorney General's Office filed briefs Friday opposing a petition by seven news organizations requesting access to sealed records in the trial of Pedro Hernandez, the accused killer of Etan Patz.
By R. Robin McDonald | February 13, 2015
The former probate judge of Hancock County was sentenced this week to serve 21 months in federal prison for embezzling funds—including money to pay her defense lawyer—from the county probate court, according to Michael Moore, the U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Georgia (above).
By R. Robin McDonald | February 13, 2015
The chief judge of the federal court for the Southern District of Georgia will hold a hearing on a defense lawyer's request for extensive information…
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