New Jersey lawmakers urge judge to reject $225 million Exxon settlement
(Reuters) – New Jersey’s state Senate passed on Monday a non-binding resolution that asks a judge to reject Governor Chris Christie’s $225 million settlement with ExxonMobil, according to the New Jersey legislature website.
California grants posthumous law license to nation’s first Chinese-born lawyer
(Reuters) – California’s top court granted a posthumous law license on Monday to the country’s first recognized lawyer born in China, an immigrant who was denied the right to practice law in the state in 1890 because of his race.
San Francisco prosecutor to probe old cases over racist texts by police
(Reuters) – San Francisco prosecutors will study all criminal investigations conducted over the past 10 years in light of an inquiry into racist and homophobic text messages allegedly sent by four police officers, District Attorney George Gascón said Monday.
Witnesses recall accused Boston bomber’s fight with police, arrest
BOSTON (Reuters) – The accused Boston Marathon bombers tossed bombs and fired a pistol at police in their final hours on the run before a dazed and wounded Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found hiding in a drydocked boat and arrested, witnesses testified on Mond…
Kleiner partner Mary Meeker says firm didn’t discriminate
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Legendary tech analyst Mary Meeker testified she had never encountered discrimination against women as a senior partner at venture firm Kleiner, Perkins Caufield and Byers, as a trial that sparked a wide discussion about gende…
Suspect in Ferguson, Missouri shooting of police appears in court
FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) – The man accused of wounding two policemen during a protest rally outside the Ferguson, Missouri, police headquarters last week appeared in court briefly on Monday and did not enter a plea to charges that could bring up to life…
Bathroom confession critical in Durst case – legal experts
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – New York real estate scion and accused murderer Robert Durst’s bathroom muttering that he “killed them all” would likely be admissible evidence in a murder trial, legal experts said on Monday.
U.S. Ebola patient now in critical condition: NIH
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An American being treated for Ebola was in critical condition Monday, the U.S. National Institutes of Health in Maryland said.
U.S. counter terrorism official faces new charges of voyeurism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An official in the U.S. State Department’s counter terrorism unit accused of soliciting a minor faces new charges of alleged stalking and voyeurism, Washington police said on Monday.
Witnesses recall accused Boston bomber’s fight with police, arrest
BOSTON (Reuters) – The accused Boston Marathon bombers tossed bombs and fired a pistol at police in their final hours on the run before a dazed and wounded Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found hiding in a drydocked boat and arrested, witnesses testified on Mond…
