July 30, 2020
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida couple regrets ever taking in a disturbed teenager in the months before he was accused of the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. In a letter that is part of a legal …
February 21, 2020
WASHINGTON, Feb 21 — U.S. legislation will be introduced in the coming weeks that could hurt technology companies’ ability to offer end-to-end encryption, two sources with knowledge of the matter said, and it aims to curb the distribution of child …
January 9, 2020
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge is likely to approve a $215 million class-action settlement with thousands of former patients of a campus gynecologist at the University of Southern California who has been accused of sexual abuse and misconduct, The …
October 12, 2017
Two women who lived at a Florida nursing home that lost air conditioning during Hurricane Irma have died, bringing to 14 the number of fatalities linked to the home. Cecilia Franco, 90, and Francesca Andrade, 95, died from ailments suffered …
January 21, 2014
University of California, Davis Professor Donna Shestowsky has authored a new study, “The Psychology of Procedural Preference: How Litigants Evaluate Legal Procedures Ex Ante,” on the legal procedures preferred by people involved in civil lawsuits at the start of their …
September 5, 2013
At the request of Gov. Mary Fallin, the Oklahoma Legislature returned to the state Capitol on Tuesday for a special session to address changes to the way civil lawsuits are handled in the state. The House and Senate convened shortly …
December 12, 2011
The worst police scandal to roil the law-and-order town of Tulsa, Okla., in more than a generation could continue to haunt the city even after four officers sentenced on corruption-related charges this week head to prison. Tulsa still faces at …
September 29, 2011
A coalition of business groups is using an advertising campaign to try to persuade Louisiana’s legislature to limit lawsuits including over asbestos injury claims. Two organizations representing a list of business lobbying groups and others are putting $70,000 into 30-second …