In a ruling that could have a significant impact on proceedings involving failed banks, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has been rebuffed in its attempt to assert a $905 million priority claim against the holding company of the failed Colonial Bank. A federal bankruptcy judge in Alabama has ruled that...

The Alabama single father's principles have inspired thousands ? and somehow become a point of national controversy in the US It's almost a cliche to say that Atticus Finch is one's legal hero, like saying you like good chocolate or high thread count sheets. Still, I am one of many...

The congressional ethics investigation of U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson is broader than previously disclosed and goes well beyond his use of $12 in per diem expense money to buy six decorative goblets in Afghanistan last year.