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DA Says Day Care Workers Locked Up For Sexual Abuse Are Innocent

No evidence was ever found to support three children’s 1992 claims that Dan and Fran Keller videotaped sex with children, […]

Navy Files First Criminal Charges In “Fat Leonard” Scandal

An active-duty commander has been formally charged by the Navy with heading up a massive fraud scheme. The Navy has […]

Sessions Latest To Retain Personal Lawyer

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, one of President Trump’s earliest supporters, is the latest member of the administration to retain a […]

Ballard Spahr Attorneys Get A Grandmother’s House Back

Civil forfeiture has been a lucrative revenue source for law enforcement in some U.S. jurisdictions for decades, surviving a drumbeat […]

Keep Your Third-Party Communications Privileged

In crises ranging from a cyber breach to allegations of bribery, companies have become increasingly reliant on third party forensic […]

Feds May Block Pacer To Protect Snitches

In the last three years, nearly 700 witnesses and informants have been threatened, wounded, or killed, leading the federal judiciary […]

SCOTUS: Social Media A Constitutional Right

A 2008 North Carolina law preventing registered sex offenders from accessing social media sites violates the First Amendment, the U.S. […]

Supreme Court Upholds Trademarks’ Right To Offend

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office cannot deny trademarks they deem “disparaging,” the Supreme Court ruled this week. The Court […]

Fugitive Lawyer’s Clients Targeted In Scam

First, his clients watched Kentucky lawyer Eric Conn flee the country to avoid sentencing in a fraud scheme. Then they […]

California Supreme Court Considers Private Attorneys General Act Limits

Supreme Court Limits Where Companies Can Be Sued

The Supreme Court has again ruled to limit plaintiff venue-shopping, ruling that state courts cannot hear claims against companies that […]

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