Dickinson Wright PLLC is pleased to announce that Attorneys Barth X. deRosa and Samuel D. Littlepage have been named 2013 Washington D.C. Super Lawyers. Dickinson Wright Attorney Nicole M. Meyer has been named a 2013 Washington D.C. Super Lawyer Rising Star. (PRWeb April 30, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/DWWashingtonDCSuperLawyer/prweb10680553.htm

BRENTWOOD — The third person charged in connection with the alleged conspiracy to kill Hampton resident Amanda "Amy" Warf was ordered by a judge to be held without bail.

ROSELAND – The New Jersey State Bar Foundation’s highest award, the prestigious Medal of Honor, will be conferred on Roseland attorney Richard J. Badolato for his longtime commitment to fostering prof

The Indiana Court of Appeal has upheld a southwestern Indiana man's conviction in the fatal stabbing of his 15-year-old stepdaughter. Read more at www.WISHTV.com

LOS ANGELES -- Judy Clarke is in the business of cheating death, but she rarely talks about it.

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah’s Attorney General accepted money from a number of businesses that have faced federal or state...

Vincennes Levee worked almost flawlessly even while Wabash hit highest level since system was built

A Colorado judge found "good cause" on Monday to allow accused movie theatre gunman James Holmes, who could face the death penalty if convicted of murdering 12 moviegoers last year, to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.

More than four years after Troya Sheckles was gunned down in Shelby Park while watching her young cousin play, a jury found Steven Pettway guilty of killing the 31-year-old to prevent her from testifying in a murder trial.

Ed FitzGerald is expected to make his Democratic gubernatorial run official tomorrow.

The plaintiff’s attorney, in his closing argument, said Intuitive Surgical resembled a “car dealership” in terms of how it sought to tie sales and service for customers of its da Vinci surgical system, as Bloomberg reported. This is the first of at least 26 lawsuits to reach trial, most of which are based on allegations that the surgical robot caused harm because the company failed to ...

A previously convicted Tulsa felon was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison for physically abusing three children.

An Army sergeant has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq. One of the victims was a native of Beaufort.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) - Jury selection has begun in the murder trial of a Mason City man accused of strangling a woman to death. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports ( http://bit.ly/19pycaa ) a panel of 32 potential jurors was called Monday in Cerro Gordo County District Court from a pool of more than 50 people.

A jovial O.J. Simpson took the stand in a Las Vegas courtroom today in his bid to win a new trial, more than four years after he was sent to prison on kidnapping and armed robbery convictions.        

GROSSETO, Italy (AP) - Italian prosecutors on Tuesday rejected a plea bargain bid by the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off Italy last year, killing 32 people, defense lawyers said.

CHAMPAIGN — The killing of a Beason couple and three of their children led many in their tiny central Illinois farming community to begin locking their doors at night, and nearly four years later, their home stands as a constant reminder of their brutal deaths.

A Hobbs man, convicted of killing two women last year, will be getting another trial soon. 31-year-old Paul Lovett was charged with the deaths of 26-year-old Elizabeth Garcia and 35-year-old Patty Simon.

SAN FRANCISCO/CHICAGO ( Reuters ) - Russell Wasendorf Jr., whose father went to prison for stealing $215 million from clients of the futures brokerage they ran together for nearly 20 years, is starting over.

Road to the All American starts Friday with the Ruidoso Futurity trialsThe top-two finishers in the Grade 1 West Texas Futurity, Wr Golden Eagle and Anna Delovely, lead the 245 two-year-old hopefuls in the 25 trials to the Grade 1, $750,000 Ruidoso Futurity when the road to the Grade 1, $2.

The Covington Catholic and Notre Dame tennis teams will try to continue their dominance in the Ninth Region tournament, while the Highlands boys' and girls' tennis teams are hoping a little home-court advantage will help in the upcoming 10th Region tourna

Man who mixed LSD, booze to 'time travel' gets prison Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 1:30 pm, Thursday, May 16, 2013 Man who mixed LSD, booze to 'time travel' gets prison In September, Rudes tried to do his best Back to the Future impression by mixing LSD and alcohol and then trying ...

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BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A Charleston man has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for producing and possessing child pornography.        

The trial is about to begin in California in the 2008 murder of an aspiring actress and model from Tucson.

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today the arrest of EDWIN VARGAS, a detective with the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), for computer hacking crimes.

A man is being held at Broward's Main Jail under an initial bond of more than $300,000 following his arrest on possessing child pornography.        

A decision this week to stop the murder trial of Mario McNeill so he could be evaluated by medical professionals was unusual because of its timing, some legal experts say.

ALAMOSA, Colo. (AP) — An Alamosa home invasion last July has resulted in a 12-year prison sentence for one of the suspects. According to the Alamosa Valley Courier ( http://tinyurl.com/bgck8ry ), Joseph Ankeney pleaded guilty to criminal attempt to commit aggravated robbery and he could have received 16 years behind bars at his sentencing on Monday.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A California man accused of trying to extort several wealthy individuals, including West Virginia coal magnate Chris Cline, is expected to plead guilty Thursday in federal court.

CANFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A northeastern Ohio couple is suing a city police department and a prosecutor for what they claim was the malicious prosecution of their 11-year-old daughter on rape charges. The (Youngstown) Vindicator reports the $5 million lawsuit against the city of Canfield, some of its police officers and a Mahoning County prosecutor was filed this week in federal court. The action ...

NEW YORK -- Former Enron Corp. Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling could get a decade lopped off his prison sentence in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department.        

The financial outlook for Alabama's prepaid college tuition plan has turned around since the state's highest court ruled the program can pay tuition at fall 2010 rates rather than current rates, a financial expert said Wednesday.

EPHRATA - A third Grant County District Court judge was appointed this week.

The public safety exception, which was applied recently in the Boston bombing case, was carved out in the 1980s by the former chief judge of New York State’s highest court.        

A Minnesota man has been sentenced to one year of probation for obstructing a federal prosecutor in Iowa after his son was sent to prison in an animal terrorism case.

BLAIRSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - A western Pennsylvania man who allegedly shot a deer near a busy Wal-Mart parking lot on the first day of rifle season last year has been ordered to stand trial on reckless endangerment and state game charges.

Nathan Christopher Dwight was accused of carjacking a woman and using her car in a violent armed robbery.  But after years in prison, the case against him was overturned.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Fired West Virginia Schools Superintendent Jorea Marple will get her day in court about one year from now. In an order filed Thursday, U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston scheduled her lawsuit against the state Board of Educat...

A federal court has sentenced two Minnesota women to lengthy prison sentences for soliciting donations in the name of charity, then funneling the funds to Somali militants.

BLAIRSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania man who allegedly shot a deer from a busy Wal-Mart parking lot on the first day of rifle season last year has been ordered to stand trial on reckless endangerment and state game charges.