In an unusual award of attorney fees to a prevailing defendant in a civil rights case, a federal court said a Muslim family whose Virginia home was lawfully searched had…
Updated: A court of appeals retains its traditional authority to grant stays in deportation cases, despite a 1996 statute that limited the circumstances in which courts may block the removal…
President Obama quietly announced his first choice for a federal appeals seat in a press release, a stark contrast to President Bush’s 2001 Rose Garden ceremony where he announced 11…
It took two trials, but federal prosecutors have now won a criminal conviction in a case against two disbarred Kentucky lawyers accused of scamming almost $95 million from clients in…
President Obama has nominated two federal judges for elevation to U.S. appeals courts, moving to give Democraic-appointed judges an edge on one court and evening the balance on another.
Taking the stand in her own defense in a massive federal mortgage fraud trial in Charlotte, N.C., a real estate attorney said she should have paid more attention to the…
Four individuals who say they were tortured while held prisoner at the Abu Ghraib detention facility in Iraq can sue a U.S. defense contractor whose employees allegedly participated in the…
In the hotly contested world of competitive sports, high-tech materials and innovative designs can shave critical seconds off an athlete’s time. So use of certain equipment, such as the Feb 21, 2009 1:24 AM CST
A federal appeals court has struck down a 2006 federal law providing for indefinite civil commitment of sexually dangerous inmates after their prison terms end.
Onetime Air America host Randi Rhodes’ comments about a military contractor at Abu Ghraib are protected under the First Amendment, the Richmond, Va., 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled…
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