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4 years in, Madoff trustee still pursuing assets
When he was first told in 2008 about Bernard Madoff's epic Ponzi scheme, attorney David Sheehan had a response that now sounds inconceivable.
Florida Court Says Insurer Can Go After Ex-Fiancée For Lost Ring Worth $206,000
Marie Stoyanovich will have to do better than tell the court she doesn't know where her costly engagement ring went. Applying the breakup guidance of etiquette mavens on ring returns to an insurance case, Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that Chubb Indemnity Insurance Co. has a right to pursue negligence and breach of contract claims against the former fiancée.Kansas abortion provider killed at his own church
WICHITA, Kan. AP - Services were just starting Sunday morning at Reformation Lutheran Church when members heard a pop. Someone thought it sounded like a balloon bursting.A gunman's single shot had mortally wounded Dr. George Tiller, an usher at the church and one of a few U.S. physician performing late-term abortions.
Judicial Council Will Ask For 14 Percent Budget Increase
Georgia courts will ask the state Legislature for an extra $1.7 million, a 14 percent budget increase, for the next fiscal year to pay for more judicial education, bolster accountability courts, extend the statewide e-filing program and shore up the retirement fund for judges.Execs speculate on effect of market's turmoil on demand
Executives at companies from General Motors Corp. to Domino's Pizza Inc. and Novell Inc. say Wall Street's upheaval may stunt demand as a credit crunch ripples through the U.S. economy. The cost of borrowing in U.S. dollars surged to the highest level since 2001 following Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s collapse, Merrill Lynch Co.Claim sheds light on fees in Prudential suit
When hundreds of Prudential Life Insurance Co. employees who accused the company of bribing their lawyers to keep their employment claims out of court settled last November, the terms were kept secret, including the amount of legal fees to be paid to their lawyers.But a fight over those fees has spilled out into the open, as a bank that loaned money to one of the lawyers, with his contingent fees as collateral, tries to enforce a $10.Paul Weiss partner discusses the future of DOMA
The Justice Department's announced decision on Wednesday that it will no longer defend the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act in two cases challenging the act sent shockwaves throughout the legal and political world. Section 3 of DOMA, which was signed into law in 1996, defines marriage to be "a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife.DA Party Switchers Could Shift Democrat/GOP Ratio
Rachel Tobin [email protected] Democratic district attorneys have turned their backs on the their party and will seek re-election as Republicans, continuing a statewide political realignment that began with the 2003 election. After Augusta's Daniel J. Craig and Coweta's Peter J. Skandalakis switched to the GOP early last week, five other DAs followed by Friday: Griffin Circuit's William T.No Warrant Needed For Cellphone Site Data, Fifth Circuit Says
Legal authorities do not need a warrant to obtain records detailing a cellphone's location, a federal appeals court in New Orleans has ruled, overturning a trial judge who said subscribers enjoy a Fourth Amendment privacy interest in the data.Trending Stories
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