A retired former justice of the Montana Supreme Court is temporarily serving as a justice of the peace in Lake County, after her longtime predecessor on the Polson court seat…
In recent years, government officials in California and elsewhere have increasingly turned to court injunctions to try to keep known gang members from running the streets.
In a long-awaited ruling (PDF) that could add another $60 million to the $120 million the state of California previously got from other insurers, the California Supreme Court…
A federal statute enacted after a California actress was murdered by a stalker who got her address from state motor vehicle records also applies to parking tickets, a federal appeals…
A Nevada attorney and his 23-year-old client are both facing felony charges after a claimed jailhouse sexual encounter that authorities say was captured on camera.
The State Department can not engage in age discrimination, even if the employee resides in a country that condones the behavior, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of…
The Obama Administration on Monday sought court permission for military and government agencies, rather than , to control Guantanamo prisoners’ access to lawyers, SCOTUSblog reports.
A resolution passed by the ABA House of Delegates on Tuesday urges federal agencies to pursue regulatory cooperation with relevant foreign authorities.
A coalition of public interest groups and two law professors are supporting a call for en banc review of sanctions imposed on an Arizona pro bono attorney in a blistering…
Blinded and requiring a face transplant after a 2009 attack by a neighbor’s pet chimpanzee that also cost her the use of her hands, a Connecticut woman is trying to…
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