John Edwards Returns to Personal-Injury Law, Personal Baggage and All
Before the presidential campaigns and the tabloid drama, John Edwards was the closest thing to a rock star the North Carolina Bar had ever seen. In the 1980s and ’90s, Edwards won tens of millions of...
View ArticleEmpire State Building Sues Photographer Over Topless Shoot
The Empire State Building has given photographers 1.1 million reasons not to do illicit, topless photo shoots at the famous tourist attraction. New York photographer Allen Henson is being sued by the...
View ArticleMan Paralyzed in Porta Potty Prank Gets $5 Million
A Pennsylvania man who was paralyzed from the neck down after relatives tipped over the Porta Potty he was using has won a $5 million settlement in a lawsuit over the prank gone wrong. Douglas Adams...
View ArticlePolice Eye Google Glass as Surveillance Tool
A few months ago, an officer for the Byron Police Department in Georgia made a routine traffic stop equipped with an unusual piece of technology: Google Glass. The wearable computer allowed the officer...
View ArticleThe Law of Finders-Keepers and What Happens When You Find Buried Treasure
A California couple was out walking the dog around their property last year when they stumbled across eight buried cans—with an estimated $10 million worth of gold coins inside. A year later, the rare...
View ArticleMan Pretends to be Brother of Coma Patient, Takes Him Off Life Support
A family from DeLand, Fla., is suing a hospital for taking their relative off live support on the authority of a friend who claimed to be his brother. In May 2011, Roger MacKinnon, a Navy veteran,...
View ArticleKentucky’s Attorney General Explains Why He Won’t Defend Gay-Marriage Ban
Calling laws against same-sex marriage the last vestige of widespread discrimination in America, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway told TIME on Tuesday he refused to continue defending his state’s...
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