The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up the case of Francisco Castaneda, a Salvadoran immigrant who died in custody after the U.S. government delayed treatment for what turned…
A Florida lawyer has accused the local sheriff’s office of an unethical and potentially criminal practice of secretly recording—and forwarding to its own legal counsel for review—jailhouse phone calls made…
Drug courts were created 30 years ago to offer offenders with substance abuse problems an alternative to jail. But now criminal defense lawyers say the drug courts need reform in…
Neighbors of a 7,000-square-foot house in a well-to-do California community were steamed when they realized that the homeowner apparently was renting it out for wedding receptions this summer.
A Florida judge has awarded $750,000 in legal fees to the attorneys who pursued a hard-fought and much-watched citizen case that sought to hold officials in the town of Venice…
Updated: Attorney General Eric Holder plans to announce new limits on the state secrets privilege, invoked to block lawsuits because of national security concerns.
A California lawyer was within his rights as a citizen when he hired a private investigator to look into rumors of a possible affair between Morgan Hill’s then-city attorney and…
In the latest chapter of a law enforcement saga that has been ongoing for years, some 1,200 Los Angeles police officers and federal agents raided a city neighborhood this morning…
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