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A bill that punishes attorneys who mislead prospective clients passed California’s Assembly with no opposition, but the state Senate won’t even consider it. So, what happened?

An attorney who won an $8.6 billion award in an Ecuadoran court against Chevron Corp. over pollution of the Amazon rain forest later found to be obtained by coercion, fraud and bribery has lost his law license.

Riding the rising tide of energy prices—and the job growth that goes with it—Texas claims the top spot in CNBC’s 2018 America’s Top States for Business rankings.

As part of an effort to stop an attorney who has filed nearly 2,000 disability lawsuits in Arizona in recent years, state Attorney General Mark Brnovich has filed a motion to intervene in a federal appeal related to what he calls the “serial litigator.”

Rhode Island’s global warming lawsuit against 21 oil companies is being coordinated with trial lawyers who stand to make millions, if not billions, of dollars on similar lawsuits across the country.

Two customers in California think part of the reason Halo Top is so “guilt-free” is because they aren’t fully filling their pints.

As Florida trial lawyers gathered last week for an annual meeting featuring an array of trending litigation seminars, another industry set up shop at the convention hall site.

A California federal judge has rejected the efforts of municipal officials who teamed with private lawyers to seek to hold the energy industry liable for the alleged future effects of climate change.

Michael Pizzirusso says in court papers that he was deceived to believe RX Bars contained “real” egg whites.

Apparently outraged by the alleged false advertising, Pizzirusso started a class action suit in New York Federal Court against the company that manufactures the popular health bar, the Chicago Bar Company, LLC.

A former attorney with offices in Arlington and McAllen, Texas was sentenced to five years in prison Friday after pleading guilty to insurance fraud and barratry, or litigation for profit, the Tarrant County district attorney’s office said.