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A struggling mortgage lender in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case may have opened up a major new battlefield in the legal malpractice arena. Eager to put an end to a fraud suit brought by a software developer, New Century Mortgage agreed, as part of a settlement in federal bankruptcy court…

Remember that US file-sharer who lost his case after destroying the evidence on his computer? Well, he’s just been handed the verdict - a fine of $40,850. Just $350 of that is court costs, but defendant Jeffrey Howell can consider himself lucky to have not been hit with a fine as big as the $222,000 handed down to Jammie Thomas last year.

A federal judge in Atlanta has found that discovery abuse claims made by King & Spalding “are just not true” and ordered the firm or its client to pay 75 percent of its opponent’s fees to litigate the dispute. The penalty comes to about $87,000, according to the

For the second time in little over a month, contradicted testimony by a Los Angeles police officer has given a criminal defense lawyer the opportunity to take a dramatic Perry Mason approach at trial. Detective David Friedrich was a key prosecution witness in the attempted murder trial of Saul

For the second time in little over a month, contradicted testimony by a Los Angeles police officer has given a criminal defense lawyer the opportunity to take a dramatic Perry Mason approach at trial. Detective David Friedrich was a key prosecution witness in the attempted murder trial of Saul

A federal judge in Atlanta has found that discovery abuse claims made by King & Spalding “are just not true” and ordered the firm or its client to pay 75 percent of its opponent’s fees to litigate the dispute. The penalty comes to about $87,000, according to the

A federal magistrate has sanctioned three clients of Alston & Bird for discovery misconduct in a software infringement suit. U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth LaPorte of San Francisco said the defendants destroyed evidence and claimed they didn't have key documents and source code until sanctions

A federal magistrate has sanctioned three clients of Alston & Bird for discovery misconduct in a software infringement suit. U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth LaPorte of San Francisco said the defendants destroyed evidence and claimed they didn't have key documents and source code until sanctions

Robert McClendon was sentenced to prison in  for a rape of a child he did not commit. He was   convicted although there was no pyhsical evidence tying him to the crime. This man spent 18 years in prison labeled as a child pervert and probably had to fight eveyday to stay alive.

       What if you were convicted of a crime and you knew you were innocent; but, no one else knew or cared once you were convicted?  Worse yet, what if you were wasting away in prison for a crime you didn’t commit; while the real criminal was free to continue doing what you were accused of doing?  Wouldn’t you want someone to dig until they found proof of your innocence?