If a pimp boasts about his activities in rap videos, it seems more than fair that prosecutors be allowed to use his musical performances against him to obtain a conviction.

However, the Oregon Court of Appeals decided Wednesday that the unforgettable “Pimp’n (All I Know)” could not be shown to a jury deciding the fate of a wannabe rapper accused of promoting prostitution.

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A Kentucky attorney is probably kicking herself for fumbling her chance to serve as co-counsel in a once-in-a-lifetime class action.

Even more so since the Kentucky Supreme Court a week ago rejected her last, long-shot bid to share in the spoils.

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A Florida court has decided that lawyers were not required to withdraw from a case simply because opposing counsel inadvertently e-mailed them a confidential document.

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Those tricksters on the Mississippi Supreme Court have yet again dodged the question of whether the state’s $1 million cap on noneconomic damages is constitutional.

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An insurance company thought that by excluding coverage for “jet skis” it wouldn’t have to worry about paying injury claims arising from the operation of all sorts of personal watercraft.

It was wrong.

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The 6th Circuit righted a wrong Thursday, ending an excessive force lawsuit against an Ohio deputy sheriff who used a Taser to subdue a drug-crazed Columbus man.

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Maryland’s highest court decided yesterday that former NFL punter Tom Tupa is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for a career-ending back injury suffered in a 2005 pregame warm-up.

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Plaintiffs’ lawyers on Tuesday lost yet another bid to obtain class treatment of product liability claims over “light” cigarettes.

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Harvey and Barbara Parrish were cursed with a controlling, abusive and downright violent son.

This morning, a North Carolina court relieved the elderly couple of liability for their troubled son’s last violent act on earth.

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Anthony “Naughty Tony” Montgomery expressed his dissatisfaction with the direction his carjacking trial was headed by socking his lawyer in full view of the jury.

Even though Naughty Tony’s courtroom outburst probably went a long way in convincing the jury that he was a bad guy who needed to be put away, New Jersey courts have decided it was unnecessary for the trial judge to declare a mistrial.

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