A gag order has been issued by a federal judge who has been brought in from Florida to hear the criminal case against U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent of Texas,…
A federal court has asked the Kansas Supreme Court to weigh in on a question of state law: Can state judges ethically fill out questionnaires that ask them about their…
A New Jersey judge’s insistence that a respondent should remove his sunglasses in her courtroom has put the outcome of his civil commitment hearing in doubt. Her focus on his…
Pakistani lawyers clashed with riot police in Islamabad as they protested dozens of appellate judges’ continued absence from the bench. The judges were ousted last year when former President Pervez…
Seeking to put a stop to a serial killer that authorities say has been operating in the Los Angeles area for some 23 years, the L.A. City Council today approved…
Sixty-four law firms have obtained top scores for their treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees and clients, according to an index compiled by the Human Rights Campaign.
In a move that has raised the hackles of the ACLU, the attorney general of Utah has publicly posted on his newly redesigned website additional photographs and other documentary material…
Officials who have for years turned a blind eye to public nudity in an isolated area of San Onofre State Beach, unless someone complained, can’t change that enforcement policy now…
Yesterday, attorney Barack Obama made history by becoming the first African-American ever to be nominated by a major party as a candidate for president of the United States. It was…
A federal appeals court has ordered a trial judge to award Morrison & Foerster reasonable attorney fees for its work in a civil rights case and overturned a sanction against…
There were some 60 appellate judges removed from office in November last year by the president of Pakistan after he declared a state of emergency criticized by the legal community…
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