Bankruptcy Attorney Chosen To Run Detroit In the biggest state takeover of a U.S. city in more than two decades, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Thursday named a lawyer with deep expertise in corporate bankruptcy as Detroit’s...

The judge in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case has denied post-trial motions filed by defense attorneys to get a new trial for the convicted pedophile. The Centre Daily Times reports Sandusky’s attorneys argued they needed...

Biden, NRA Set To Meet On Gun Violence Today  The Obama administration is sitting down with gun owners groups — including the National Rifle Association — as officials look at ways to curb gun violence.  CBS News...

Penn State released a statement saying it was not party to the lawsuit and reiterated its commitment to comply with the NCAA sanctions.

Banks Near Foreclosure Deal  Banks are hashing out a $10 billion settlement with federal regulators to halt a lengthy process of reviewing thousands of foreclosure cases for errors, after both sides concluded it was too expensive and...

A look back at some of the most intriguing legal stories of 2012.

A recent report from the University of New Hampshire's Crimes Against Children Research Center found incidents of child sexual abuse have been declining in the U.S. for 20 years, with some statistics showing decreases as steep as...

Judge Orders Tobacco Firms To Admit Deception A federal judge on Tuesday ordered tobacco companies to say in product warnings that the industry deceived the public about the dangers of smoking and manipulated tobacco products to increase...

Former Penn State President Graham Spanier was arraigned and released on bail at a brief court appearance Wednesday on charges he lied about and concealed the child sex abuse allegations involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky....

Former Penn State President Graham Spanier is facing chargers of perjury and obstruction of justice relating to the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal. Spanier had been the school’s president for 16 years until the scandal broke a year ago...