Not that anybody really cares which company ends up with all the cookies, but today's layoffs at Lexis Nexus may lead to Westlaw picking up the slack, and the future income. picked by jwrichards 2 years ago

Well not quite, but a new law makes displaying a photograph of yourself flashing a gang sign punishable by 5 years in prison. Lawyers are fighting this as unconstitutional. picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

For reasons that can only be plumbed by a team of intellectual property lawyers and psychiatrists, Jobs and his company are pathologically hostile to anyone daring to publish stories about forthcoming products. picked by kissmenow 2 years ago

It's a strange way to prove murder - but lawyers are after a 1.7m (5ft 8in) woman to stick her head down a toilet for that very reason. picked by Bornbad 7 months ago

Lawyers for the Beatles sued Friday to prevent the distribution of unreleased recordings purportedly made during Ringo Starr's first performance with the group in 1962.

Eight unreleased tracks are said to be among the recordings, including Paul McCartney singing Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues" and McCartney and John Lennon singing "Ask Me Why." picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

From the man who sued God to the man who sued TV for making his wife fat, people turn to lawyers for the strangest things. picked by kamaloo 2 years ago

A courthouse camera captures images of a moving spot of brilliant, unexplainable light that inspires sheriff's deputies, lawyers, clerks and judges to come up with theories ranging from logical to loopy. picked by VooDooPeacock 2 years ago

Site is filled with legal stories, lawsuits, photos and more. Most articles have links to pdf files of legal filings. It is basically a news wire for lawyers and those interested in legal cases.

Includes lawsuits such as one where a land owner is suing FEMA and Homeland Security for failure to pay rent on his land since June of 2007 picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

A Belgian writer has admitted that she made up her best-selling "memoir" depicting how, as a Jewish child, she lived with a pack of wolves in the woods during the Holocaust, her lawyers said Friday. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

With a divorce rate of 66%, Vienna is holding a fair where couples can come and get divorced. As well as lawyers and mediators, estate agents and DNA testers are turning up, too. picked by TheStep 2 years ago

In a landmark ruling, that most lawyers know about, and that every professor of constitutional law knows about, called Plyler vs. Doe (1982), the Supreme Court ordered Texas to make the same education available to illegal immigrants as it does to citizens picked by cb__ 2 months ago

Lawyers for the estate claim Hollywood-based New Line Cinema has failed to pay "even one penny" from the profits of the films, which have grossed some $6bn worldwide since 2001. They are also asking that NewLine be stripped of the right to make additional movies based on Tolkien's work. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Yes...we have today's "Creepy-weird" piece. A county morgue employee took posed pics of dead people with doll furniture, fruit, and other props "as part of an art project to illustrate the cycle of life from birth through death". Hilarity ensues in the lawyers' offices. picked by moe 2 years ago

After hours of lawyers popping up with similar objections and questions, a custody hearing for 416 children seized from a polygamist sect finally turned to whether they were abused: A child welfare worker said some women at the sect's ranch may have had children when they were minors, some as young as 13. picked by MeMe 2 years ago

As lawyers frantically tried to file the last-minute appeal that could have halted the execution of a death row inmate, the Texas judge who oversaw the only court who could hear it was preparing to shut the doors for the day.

"We close at 5," Judge Sharon Keller told a court staffer on Sept. 25, 2007. picked by suebe 3 months ago

Now 47, Charles Chatman is expected to win his freedom Thursday on the basis of new DNA testing that lawyers say proves his innocence and adds to Dallas County's nationally unmatched number of wrongfully convicted inmates. picked by mandolinorange 2 years ago

A planned Mythbusters special on how easy it is to hack RFID chips was canceled when credit card companies (who happen to use RFID chips) heard about it and got their lawyers involved. picked by Wingnut 1 year ago

Yes, I said "Franklin". It seems that from 1784 to 1789, there was a territory between North Carolina and Tennessee. The story of this would be state is filled with drama and politics with intrigue and more. Any state that proposed making lawyers ineligible to hold political office couldn't have been all bad. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

We all hate ATM fees, especially when you are using ones owned by a bank that you are not a member of. Sheryl Stone was really upset about a $3 charge because there was no notice of such a charge despite federal laws requiring one. Now thanks to a class action lawsuit the bank will pay out more than $90k to lawyers and customers of the ATM. picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

A German flasher stunned lawyers during his appeal hearing on a flashing conviction by stripping off in court. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago