By: Jen Aswad

Veteran music business attorney Peter Paterno’s client list is dazzling enough — Dr. Dre, the Tupac Shakur estate, Metallica, Van Morrison, Blink-182, Twenty One Pilots, Skrillex, Tyler the Creator, Q Tip, Rage Against the Machine, Alice in Chains, Linda Ronstadt, Roddy Ricch, Sia, the Henry Mancini Estate, Shirley Manson, Alanis Morissette, Tori Amos and many others over the course of a 40-something year career.

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By: Jenny Gross

Tom Girardi, a former high-profile trial lawyer known for winning a record settlement for the environmental activist Erin Brockovich, has been indicted by federal grand juries in Los Angeles and Chicago on charges that he embezzled more than $18 million from clients, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

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By: Brian Baxter

Etsy Inc. has hired former Facebook general counsel Colin Stretch to be its new chief legal officer as of Feb. 14, the company announced Thursday.

Stretch, who stepped down in 2019 as the top lawyer at Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms Inc., will take over a top legal role at Etsy.

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By: Anders Hagstrom

Hunter Biden's lawyers called on federal and state prosecutors across the country to open criminal investigations into his critics on Wednesday, but denied that doing so suggested reports about the laptop's contents are accurate.

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By: Melissa Heelan

The number of mentions of inherent power to sanction in federal district and appellate court orders has fallen by a shocking 96% over the past decade, from 760 mentions in 2013 to 28 in 2022.

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By: David Mack

Prosecutors want to convince the jury that Alex Murdaugh killed his wife and son to distract from his alleged financial crimes.

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By: Mark Guarino and Doug Lantz

Attorneys for the "Rust" film armorer charged with involuntary manslaughter Tuesday said she felt "extreme pressure" to work within an irresponsible culture that resulted in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed and actor Alec Baldwin were both charged Tuesday with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in New Mexico. First assistant director David Halls has already agreed to plead no contest for the charge of negligent use of a deadly weapon.

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By: Anne Schindler

An attorney whose failure to show up for court disrupted the lives and legal equilibrium of clients is poised to give up his law license for at least five years.

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By: Andy Bustard

R. Kelly’s lawyer and one of his accusers have spoken out after a series of sex abuse charges against the singer in Cook County, Illinois were dropped.

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By: Joe Blistein

According to the BBC, Glandian appeared alongside Tate in a Romanian court Wednesday, Feb. 1. The controversial men’s rights personality again tried to appeal his preventative custody detention, which was extended until the end of February last month. The appeal was, again, rejected.

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