A well-known New England law firm has announced plans to acquire a 10-attorney Providence, R.I.-based commercial and construction litigation boutique. Little Bulman Medeiros & Whitney will become part of Maine-based Pierce Atwood on Dec.
When you're arrested at a protest, what are your rights? From answering questions to videotaping police, there are certain rights every protester has when he or she is being hauled away in handcuffs.
A woman convicted of stalking a Pennsylvania judge after a harassment campaign that authorities say included repeated Twitter tweets that contained veiled threats and making false legal ethics complaints under stolen identities has been sentenced to serve time.
A former high school student injured by a band saw in shop class has filed a lawsuit -- five years after the injury. Ryan Hughes claims that in 2008, the saw snagged his clothes and then pulled him into the blade, the South Jersey Times reports. Hughes claims that there......
When Kenneth "Bryan" Goodwin was injured in a 2011 accident, his wheelchair was stolen while he was being treated at a San Francisco hospital. He made a claim against the city, resulting in a new policy requiring emergency responders to safeguard patients' mobility devices.
Keep-off-the-grass signs at a Texas courthouse really meant business this week: Rattlesnakes had been spotted basking in the sun on the lawn near tall ornamental grass.
Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Brad Paisley fell victim to a twisted "dying daughter" hoax that has been making the rounds in Hollywood. The hoax involved a woman who claimed her young daughter was dying of neuroblastoma, a severe type of childhood cancer.
The legal sector lost 900 jobs last month after three months of gains. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the legal sector had 1,129,200 jobs in October, the Wall Street Journal Law Blog (sub. req.) reports.
