Recent Updates
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Calif. court sides with Episcopals over property
Headline News 01/06/2009The state's high court ruled Monday that three Southern California parishes that left the U.S. Episcopal Church over its ordination of gay ministers cannot retain ownership of their church buildings and property.In an unanimous decision, the Californ...
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Fla. judge strikes key charge against lawyer
Headline News 12/23/2008In a ruling hailed as a victory by defense lawyers, a federal judge on Monday dismissed a money-laundering conspiracy charge against a prominent attorney accused of illegal dealings with a Colombian drug lord.The issue was whether $5.2 million transf...
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Prominent NY law firm seeks bankruptcy protection
Headline News 12/19/2008The receiver assigned to run a prominent Manhattan law firm after its founder was charged in a massive fraud says the firm will seek bankruptcy protection.In a recent letter to a federal judge, the receiver said founder Marc Dreier also may seek prot...
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Report: Justice lawyer leaked surveillance program
Headline News 12/14/2008A former Justice Department lawyer says he tipped off the news media about the Bush administration's warrantless eavesdropping program because it "didn't smell right," Newsweek magazine reported Sunday.Thomas Tamm, whose suburban Washington home was ...
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High court hears dispute over religious monument
Headline News 11/12/2008Supreme Court justices warily confronted a free speech dispute Wednesday over a small religious group's efforts to place a monument in a public park.The justices seemed reluctant to accept the arguments put forth by the religious group known as the S...
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Rail agency sues contractor over LA collision
Headline News 10/31/2008The Southern California Regional Rail Authority has filed a lawsuit against a contractor stemming from the deadly collision of one of its Metrolink commuter trains and a freight train on Sept. 12.The contractor, Connex Railroad, provides the engineer...
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Court denies appeal of judge's sentencing goof
Headline News 10/07/2008The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from an Alabama man who was sentenced to five years in prison when a judge wrongly thought the law required him to serve time.U.S. District Judge William Steele didn't want to order Patrick Lett, a ...
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Lawsuits likely over NYC mayor's bid for 3rd term
Headline News 10/02/2008Mayor Michael Bloomberg is almost certain to face a legal challenge if he tries to alter the city's term-limits law and seek four more years in office.Several lawyers and government watchdog groups said Wednesday they are mulling legal action to bloc...
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Indicted federal judge Kent will continue working
Headline News 09/02/2008U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent plans to keep hearing court cases while facing prosecution on charges he fondled a former court employee, according to the chief judge for the Southern District of Texas."The only way he doesn't receive cases is if he'...
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Detroit mayor's political future back in court
Headline News 08/29/2008Arguments are under way in a Detroit courtroom, where a judge is expected to decide whether Gov. Jennifer Granholm can hold a hearing to remove Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office.Wayne County Circuit Judge Robert Ziolkowski (zill-KOW-ski) handled oth...
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Ex-lawyer for Detroit mayor sues over unpaid fees
Headline News 08/28/2008A former lawyer for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has filed a lawsuit against the mayor claiming he's owed about $80,000 in fees stemming from his work after Kilpatrick's text-message scandal surfaced.William Moffitt of Alexandria, Va., on Wednesday...
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As demand has grown, so has Eltingville law firm
Headline News 08/21/2008Similar to a retail shop that increases its product lines to meet customer demand, the law firm of Jonathan D'Agostino & Associates, has ventured into additional areas of jurisprudence. The expansion wasn't part of the original game plan for the ...