Attorneys frequently have to calculate dates to determine the deadlines for trial court pleadings, appellate briefs, contractual obligations, etc.
A dozen cyclists were knocked down after a motorist appeared to deliberately plough his car straight into them.
Founder of whistleblower website wants to protect his name for use in ´public speaking services´ and ´entertainment services´.
Sixteen people enjoying a pre-Carnival street party in Brazil were killed and more than 50 injured after a live power cable fell into a crowd on a float.
The final legal obstacle was removed to Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) ending its coffee distribution agreement on March 1 with Kraft Foods Inc (KFT.N) by a U.S. appeals court ruling on Friday.
The Spanish National Court on Friday agreed to continue investigating allegations of a Moroccan man who claims that he was tortured while detained at Guantanamo Bay.
Toyota Motor Corp. won approval for a $10 million settlement with the family of a California Highway Patrol officer who together with three others died when their car sped out of control and crashed.
Christian Dior SA fashion designer John Galliano will meet the woman accusing him of anti-Semitism tomorrow in a confrontation called by Paris prosecutors to settle the matter four days after he was arrested, his lawyer said.
Johnson & Johnson was sued by a Tasmanian high school teacher over an implanted hip-replacement device that the drugmaker stopped selling in Australia in December 2009 after reports of defects surfaced.
A Brazilian judge has blocked plans to build a huge hydro-electric dam in the Amazon rainforest because of environmental concerns.
The patent system hasn´t changed much since 1952 when Sony was coming out with its first pocket-size transistor radio, and bar codes and Mr. Potato Head were among the inventions patented.
Business networking site LinkedIn says access to its services appears to have been restored in China, a day after it was blocked there.
Egypt´s ruling military council plans to hold a snap referendum next month on constitutional amendments, a lawyer who helped draft them said on Sunday.
A rape victim is slamming the controversial decision of a Manitoba judge who gave her attacker a lenient sentence on the basis she may have sent mixed signals about her sexual intentions.
Nancy Kissel´s retrial for the murder of her Merrill Lynch & Co. banker husband was adjourned today after she screamed repeatedly and said she could "see" him while being cross-examined by the prosecution.
Big Law is finally moving toward a better screening method for selecting new Cogs.
Voters will go to the polls today in an election that is set to change the face of Irish politics. More than three million people are entitled to vote in 43 constituencies being contested by a record 566 candidates.
The Mexican Senate has approved a new immigration measure that seeks protections of unauthorized migrants within its borders, as well as more services for them.
Marriage mediation a quicker, cheaper and more amicable alternative to divorce courts, says justice minister.
A 70-year-old retired lawyer in Texas who ran an oil and gas services company pleaded guilty today in Washington federal court to obstruction of justice in a securities fraud investigation.
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