Law Firms

Britney Spears may be losing her fan base, but now, as her latest misadventures spill into Los Angeles Superior Court, the tabloids are asking: could she also lose her kids? Like many divorcing moms, Spears is trying to hammer out a permanent custody arrangement with her ex, dancer Kevin Federline, the father of her two […]

In choosing his new attorney general, President Bush departed Monday from one of his more unshakable core values: the known commodity. Instead, the White House, seeking consensus over confrontation, tapped former New York federal judge Michael Mukasey to helm the troubled Justice Department. Mukasey, 66, would take over an agency that’s seen an exodus of

The arrests of two Severna Park residents on dogfighting charges were unusual, but officials say they were not the first signs that the blood sport takes place in Anne Arundel County. Animal control officers occasionally pick up strays suffering from injuries, scars and other marks typical of dogfights, but when ownership is not clear, police

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday in the long-awaited federal trial of former superstar Miami attorney Louis Robles, who was charged with mail fraud in the alleged theft of $13.5 million in clients’ settlement money. The trial is expected to last four weeks before U.S. District Judge Alan Gold. Neither prosecutors nor defense attorneys

President Bush has decided to nominate Michael B. Mukasey, a former federal judge from New York who has presided over some high-profile terrorism trials, as his next attorney general and is expected to announce the selection Monday, according to several people familiar with the decision. Should the Senate confirm him, Mr. Mukasey (pronounced mew-KAY-see) would

1. Jack Straw Former Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary, replaced Lord Falconer of Thoroton as Lord Chancellor and Justice Minister when Gordon Brown became Prime Minister; 4616 mentions in the UK national press in the past year. 2. Lord Goldsmith, QC Former Attorney-General who attracted controversy for his advice to Tony Blair on the Iraq

Kate McCann will be quizzed by British detectives within the next 48 hours and will again be asked: Did you kill Madeleine and what did you do with the body? Kate, already under unimaginable pressure, will be grilled by officers from Leicestershire Police on behalf of Portuguese detectives. She will face detailed interrogation on the

U.S. pop star Prince plans to sue YouTube and other major Web sites for unauthorized use of his music in a bid to “reclaim his art on the Internet.” The man behind hit songs “Purple Rain,” “1999” and “When Doves Cry” said on Thursday that YouTube could not argue it had no control over which

Data storage giant EMC is facing allegations of sex discrimination by more than 40 women who worked at the company. A sex-discrimination lawsuit by two former female employees of EMC describes a men’s locker-room atmosphere at the firms sales offices and alleges women were systematically denied equal pay and forced to accompany men on company-paid