Late Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted an emergency request from the Justice Department for a stay that would allow the…
Corrected: The Obama administration asked the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday to immediately suspend the ruling overturning the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays…
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced last week that even though efforts would be “greatly complicated if Proposition 19—a California ballot measure to decriminalize marijuana—is passed, the Department of Justice…
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether former Attorney General John Ashcroft has immunity in a civil suit by a Muslim citizen who says he was unconstitutionally held…
A routine failure by the U.S. Senate to hold timely votes to decide whether or not to confirm the nominations of judicial appointees is exacerbating the problem created by more…
Apple, Google and four other technology companies have settled an antitrust probe into allegations that the companies agreed not to poach each other’s employees.
A private conversation between two former White House lawyers caught on an open microphone reveals White House tensions and the “miracle” of Attorney General Eric Holder’s survival.
It’s been 50 years since Harper Lee published her now-famous book To Kill a Mockingbird. But her fictional tale of racial injustice, focused on a Southern lawyer’s efforts to defend…
The attorney general’s office in Washington state is requiring the do-it-yourself document service LegalZoom to be a little more cautious when making cost comparisons.
The California Attorney General’s Office is suing eight current and former officials of a small working-class city in Los Angeles County, alleging that they paid themselves huge salaries.
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