An owner of a $1.35 million painting by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot filed suit after the work went missing, then withdrew the lawsuit when the criminal past of the painting’s co-owner surfaced.

Even though Herbert E. Nass and his wife, Jodi, loved their old school, Horace Mann, legal action seemed right when they found themselves in a fight over their son’s suspension.

Even though Herbert E. Nass and his wife, Jodi, loved their old school, Horace Mann, legal action seemed right when they found themselves in a fight over their son’s suspension.

Even though Herbert E. Nass and his wife, Jodi, loved their old school, Horace Mann, legal action seemed right when they found themselves in a fight over their son’s suspension.

Even though Herbert E. Nass and his wife, Jodi, loved their old school, Horace Mann, legal action seemed right when they found themselves in a fight over their son’s suspension.

The lawyers Allan E. Mayefsky, left, and Norman M. Sheresky on a trip to Puerto Rico in 2005.The demise of a legendary New York firm involved in celebrity splits promises all the passion and particulars of a messy divorce.

A federal judge, Alvin K. Hellerstein, disallowed the charges, saying the lawyers for the ground zero workers should absorb $6.1 million in legal expenses.

Some expenses passed on to clients are challenged, but firms respond that the costs are what should be expected in a case with a settlement of more than a half-billion dollars.

Jerry Speziale resigned abruptly as Passaic County sheriff this month to take a job with the Port Authority Police Department.

In hearing Jesse Friedman’s appeal of his sexual abuse conviction, a court excoriated the trial judge, prosecutors and investigators.