When 20-year-old Lan Cai was in a car crash this summer, it was a bad situation. Driving home at 1:30am from a waitressing shift, Cai was plowed into by a drunk driver and broke two bones in her lower back. Unsure about how to navigate her car insurance and prove damages, she reached out for legal help. The help she got, Cai said, was less than satisfactory. Lawyers from the Tuan A. Khuu law firm ignored her contacts, and at one point they came into her bedroom while Cai was sleeping in her underwear.

The judge in the trial of the North Charleston police officer charged in the death of a motorist is waiting for word from the jury about which laws they need explained further. This development came after the jury told the judge late Friday afternoon a "further explanation of the law" may help them reach a unanimous verdict. Slager is charged in the April 4, 2015 shooting death of Walter Scott.

The two slumlord brothers who admitted to destroying North Brooklyn apartments in order to force out rent-stabilized tenants were sentenced today in Brooklyn Supreme Court, and were miraculously spared jail time even after pleading guilty. Joel and Amron Israel were arrested in 2015 for incidents dating back to 2013 that include sending a worker to tear out the kitchens and baths and smash thermostat and electric systems in several North Brooklyn buildings.

Why the FBI’s shiny new hacking powers should worry you.

High-risk terror offenders in Australia may now be kept in jail even after serving their sentences, under legislation passed Thursday that strengthens laws to tackle the threat posed by extremists. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull flagged the move in July, prompted by the frequency and severity of attacks around the world. It will allow Attorney-General George Brandis to apply for an extension 12 months before a sentence expires.

President-elect’s attorneys claim Stein is not entitled to a recount and describe Green party candidate’s actions as creating an ‘electoral farce’

When a wealthy businessman set out to divorce his wife, their fortune vanished. The quest to find it would reveal the depths of an offshore financial system bigger than the U.S. economy.

Consumer Review Fairness Act bans customer gag clauses, awaits Obama signature.

Donald Trump names Georgia Representative Tom Price, an orthopedic surgeon and House Budget Committee chair, as health secretary.

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This could pose a problem, legally, if action is taken by donors who feel like the money wasn't used for the states goal.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged the nation's small traders and daily wage earners to embrace digital payment channels, as a cash crunch following the government's surprise ban on high-value bank notes drags on.

What is the proper distribution of power between Parliament and the executive? It’s a question raised by the recent High Court decision in Miller v. The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union… By Frederick Wilmot-Smith.

“At a parent conference last week, one of my son’s teachers suggested my wife and I play a card game with Pasha to improve his fine motor skills. She called the game, ‘Hi-Lo.’ After hearing the description, I said, ‘oh, I used to play that as a child; we called it ‘war.’’ ‘Yes,’ she said. ‘We don’t use that word here.’” By Philip Bobbitt.

The premiere of Leah Remini’s docu-series on A&E about the Church of Scientology might only be a week away, but that doesn’t mean that the two parties aren’t still duking it out. In fact, the church has allegedly tried preventing the show from airing and communication between the two parties has gotten so bad that Remini is now demanding the church pay her $1.5 million in damages. According to reporting done by Tony Ortega at the blog the Underground Bunker, which has long kept tabs on Scientology affairs...

Organisations including the PSNI, Food Standards Agency and the Department for Work and Pensions will be able to see UK citizens' entire internet browsing history in weeks.

President Obama, speaking at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit on Sunday, said leaders from the region want to move forward with the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal.

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked an Obama administration rule to extend mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million workers from taking effect, imperiling one of the outgoing president's signature achievements for boosting wages.

America’s growing acceptance of marijuana may be reversed if Sen. Jeff Sessions is confirmed as attorney general, industry experts said Friday. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday said he intends to nominate Sessions, a former prosecutor, as the next U.S. Attorney General. Sessions is not a fan of marijuana, to say the least. Aaron Herzberg, general counsel at real estate focused marijuana company CalCann Holdings, said Sessions “is the worst pick that Trump could have picked.” Sessions has been critical of President Barack Obama and his administration’s approach to enforcing federal drug laws.

Former congressman says namesake legislation should have been more lenient on smaller banks.