NEW YORK (TheDeal) -- "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joseph R. Francis will have to stay away from the adult video franchise. Judge Sandra R. Klein of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles this week verbally granted a temporary restraining order against Francis, according to Matthew C. Heyn of Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP, counsel to the Chapter 11 ...

Ibilola Ighama-Amegor, 51, of Hampton. / Photo courtesy New Jersey Office of the Attorney G TRENTON — A Hunterdon County pediatrician is facing up to 10 years in prison for allegedly overbilling the federal Medicaid program by more than $73,000 during the course of more than three years, authorities said Friday.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Three jurors in the trial of convicted Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell spoke to reporters on Wednesday, outlining their viewpoints, conclusions and reflections on the case. David Misko, Sarah Glinksi and Joseph Carroll spoke outside of the Philadelphia Criminal Justice Center, all in agreement that they made the right decision. “It wasn’t easy, [...]

BOSTON -- Chief Justice of the Trial Court Robert A. Mulligan and Court Administrator Harry Spence today announced that they have selected Edward J.

Sometimes oversharing on the internet does more than just annoy your friends. It can even land you in jail

An Ottawa police officer testified in court Thursday that Donna Jones died one day before the officer could meet with her concerning allegations of spousal abuse.

A man convicted of opening fire on police when they raided his southern New Jersey home has been sentenced to 45 years in prison.

Suspects who break into homes just to scare a victim can avoid jail time.  These types of victims are often involved in domestic violence situations. Local lawmakers told Eyewitness News they're taking action to make sure families are protected. A woman who asked not to show her face and to alter her voice said she is still afraid of her abusive estranged husband who broke into her house last ...

A suspended Massachusetts state trooper was convicted on one count of extortion by a federal court jury today, a spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz said. Members of the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on a second count of extortion brought against state Trooper John M. Analetto, said Christina DiIorio-Sterling. Analetto, 49, of Belmont, was indicted for “the use of extortionate ...

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DENVER – Colorado sheriffs upset with gun restrictions adopted in the aftermath of last year's mass shootings filed a federal lawsuit Friday, challenging the regulations as unconstitutional.

Since 2002, Dr. Ronald Hines, a 69-year-old, Texas-licensed veterinarian has provided veterinary advice over the Internet to help animals across the country and around the world free of charge or for a nominal fee. For many of the pet owners who visited his website, Dr. Hines is the only realistic option, writes Cameron Langford of Courthouse News Service. Many of the visitors to Dr. Hines ...

Over the past few months, states like Kansas and North Dakota have moved so-called "fetal personhood" measures forward as a challenge to Roe v. Wade. Friday, Alaska's Supreme Court reaffirmed that such anti-abortion laws would not hold up in this state. Listen now.

DES MOINES (AP) — A federal judge has significantly narrowed the scope of a lawsuit filed by two Omaha, Neb., men who claim the city of Council Bluffs and two former police detectives lied and hid evidence leading to their conviction on murder charges. Terry Harrington and Curtis McGhee are seeking compensation for 25 years spent in prison for what the courts have concluded was a wrongful ...

A federal court in New York has denied class certification to copyright owners in an infringement lawsuit against YouTube over unauthorized hosting of content, stating that copyright claims have only superficial similarities. Judge Louis L. Stanton of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York had earlier this year thrown out a copyright infringement complaint by Viacom ...

Wheeling residents speaking out about drug activity on neighborhood streets was a part of the driving force behind a multi-agency law enforcement operation, officials announced Monday, noting the input civilians provide at local crime watch meeting...

The Law Offices of Elizabeth R. Wellborn, P.A. today announced that Jacob Linhart joined the firm as litigation managing attorney. With nearly 30 years of legal experienc

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court has reinstated a $3.2 million malpractice verdict awarded to the estate of a Montgomery woman who died in 2005 after being treated at the Baptist East Emergency Room in Montgomery. Lauree Durden Ellison had visited the Baptist Medical Center-East emergency room, operated by the Health Care Authority for Baptist Health. She was initially released ...

By Tribune-Review A Houston man who drove shipments of cocaine from Texas to Beaver County in his tractor-trailer will spend 20 years in prison, a federal judge ...

By Mark Sherman/Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news. ...

State Rep. Jay Barnes and Sen. Will Kraus agree — they encourage Gov. Jay Nixon to sign the veterans courts bill the Legislature sent him this week.

Investigators say Maria Rebecca Ayala, 75, walked away from her house in the ... Harold Ordway, 43, appeared in District Court in Hastings Tuesday, where he was ...

SALISBURY — The last time Shawn Brown was out on bond, he left the area, said Task Force Prosecutor Patrizia Coletta during his bail review Thursday in Wicomico County Court.

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - An attorney who O.J. Simpson claims botched his Nevada robbery trial five years ago told a court on Friday that he poured his "blood, sweat and soul" into defending the former football hero, who he said had been badly tainted by his sensational 1990s murder case.        

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Attorneys in North Carolina's redistricting lawsuits will return to court early next month because a three-judge panel wants to hear more evidence before deciding on the legality of boundaries drawn by Republican legislators.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - An appeals panel has upheld the federal death penalty for 1 of 2 men convicted in the slaying of an Arkansas family as part of a plot to create a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest.

TYLER — A federal bankruptcy judge has financially penalized law firm McKool Smith nearly $40,000 for allegedly overbilling the Lon Morris College bankruptcy estate over 95 attorney hours in its final bill to the dissolved institution.

A man charged with two high-profile murders in 2011, but acquitted during the trial, is going to prison for his involvement in another case.

SPRINGFIELD -- The state is asking for more time to decide whether to appeal a Supreme Court ruling on concealed carry.

Curtis Bunnell was accused of robbing a landlord last November. He fled from custody in December, racking up another felony charge.

Jeffrey Skilling could be freed from prison a decade earlier than originally expected over his role in bringing down the energy trader, in one of the biggest corporate frauds in U.S. history.

Two guards at the California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo were attacked Wednesday morning by an inmate with a sharp homemade weapon. The attack took place in a medium-custody yard. 39-year-old William Mikeworth was identified as the suspect.

A self-described pimp was indicted Friday in Nevada state court on charges that could bring the death penalty if he is convicted in a fatal shooting and fiery crash that killed three people, including a man originally from Oakland, on the Las Vegas Strip in February.

A jury trial is set to begin next month in Solano County Superior Court for a San Francisco man who had been previously convicted of the 2008 gunshot slaying of a Vallejo teen in Fairfield.

A federal judge on Monday made the rare move to stop the foreclosure auction of an Aurora woman's house in a case that squarely takes on the constitutionality of Colorado's foreclosure laws.

BALTIMORE, MD – One prison guard getting pregnant with an inmate’s baby sounds crazy. But four officers impregnated by the same convict?! That’s the case before a judge in Maryland. In all, the Baltimore sun is reporting: 25 people face …

It has been a long, alcohol-fueled fall for Charles Seaborn. The noted underwater photographer and marine biologist plunged from a life of luxury in a Yankee Point home to prison for killing a bicyclist while driving drunk in 2007.

An attorney who O.J. Simpson claims botched his Nevada robbery trial five years ago told a court on Friday that he poured his “blood, sweat and soul” into defending the former football hero, who he said had been badly tainted by his sensational 1990s murder case.

By Emily Lane JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) - A Mississippi inmate due to be executed on Tuesday was granted a last-minute reprieve because of overstated evidence, while Texas executed a man convicted of killing another person during a robbery in 2003, authorities said. The Mississippi state Supreme Court granted a stay of execution to Willie Jerome Manning, 44, after federal authorities said ...

Volunteer Tami Kliefoth, of West Chester, Pa. uses a shaker screen to separate soil and artifacts during an archeological dig at the Courthouse Green in Eastville on Wednesday.

A Mount Kisco man has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison on a money-laundering charge in connection with an oxycodone ring which led to prison for a former Westchester County police officer.