"It is said that the law is always at least several years behind the technology. With respect to the application of a criminal statute the doctrine of lenity, among other established rules, acts as ...

VANCOUVER — The Law Society of British Columbia says it has become aware of lawyers receiving extortion threats for "substantial sums of money." The legal profession regulator sent out a notice to its ...

Jay-Z is pushing forward with an extortion claim against attorney Tony Buzbee, alleging that the lawyer knowingly filed false sexual assault allegations against him. The rapper was initially accused ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A well-connected Trumpworld lawyer/lobbyist was charged with extortion after allegedly hiring an individual to threaten a former ...

A New York attorney and lobbyist with ties to President Trump was arrested in Brooklyn and charged with attempting to extort a former Rockland County client he helped secure a presidential pardon for ...

On February 6, more than a dozen members of Congress—Republicans and Democrats alike—sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi calling for robust enforcement of the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act ...

San Diego trial attorney John Gomez, who was first accused of sexual harassment four years ago, has filed a lawsuit against his most recent accuser, an unidentified woman who alleged he offered to ...