Every lawyer in America will tell you he's an officer of the court. Ask him what that means, and he'll say something like, “Well, it means I owe a duty to the court as well as to my client.” Which sounds like an answer and isn't one. He doesn't know. Almost none of us do.
HOUSTON - A restaurant wasn’t able to slip away from a slip and fall lawsuit following a summary judgment win, as the First Court of Appeals h…
KANSAS CITY — A Missouri woman has filed a federal lawsuit against Crown Services Staffing Inc. and C.K.S. Packaging Inc., alleging she was su…
PHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania lawyer has been punished for misquoting other cases as he pursued a client’s discrimination lawsuit, with a fede…
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office has a settlement with the bankruptcy trustee for 23andMe, resolving allegations …
SAN FRANCISCO — A San Francisco federal judge has put the brakes on Paramount's planned merger with Warner Bros. over concerns the combined co…
SAN DIEGO — The state of California can't enforce a so-called "Truth in Recycling" law that would allow food producers and a broad range of ot…
PHILADELPHIA – A new lawsuit against Qatar Airways blames it for the death of a Pennsylvania teenager who suffered an allergic reaction to a s…
A new study shows that while America still leads the world in lawsuit costs, the United King…
Litigation continues over allegations that Alligator Alcatraz detainees in the Florida Everg…
CHARLESTON – Attorneys for The Greenbrier say promised $500 million refinancing is “on the v…
CHICAGO — A federal judge has sealed off a class action in which a person with visual impair…
CHARLESTON – A Gilmer County mother accuses West Virginia University‑affiliated medical prov…
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals is set to consider whether the city of South Charleston has the legal authority to pro…
BOSTON - The judge in charge of ExxonMobil’s lawsuit seeking potentially embarrassing documents about how Massachusetts failed to enforce its …
LOS ANGELES — A Central Coast winery is suing Santa Barbara County officials, alleging its c…
CHICAGO — Text messages aren't "phone calls," and can't be used to bring class action lawsui…
ST. LOUIS — A woman has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Twin Peaks Restaurant's…
HOUSTON - The 14th Court of Appeals has affirmed a ruling denying the city of Houston’s moti…
MIAMI – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a teacher at a public Miami prepara…
BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill claims a lawsuit filed against a group of state community colleges for alleged civil…
PHILADELPHIA – DraftKings, apparently in the crosshairs of officials at Philadelphia City Hall, is arguing in a recently filed complaint that …
SEATTLE – A lawsuit blaming climate change for the death of a Washington woman can proceed, …
WASHINGTON – In the wake of President Donald Trump’s address about non-citizen voting, a nat…
CHARLESTON – A Mount Olive inmate claims a former prison industries supervisor of running a …
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - A statute that limits the tort liability of local governments does not appl…
BECKLEY – A federal judge is demanding Gov. Jim Justice’s family and their Greenbrier‑relate…
