Updated: A partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough has agreed to pay $95,000 to settle a suit by the Securities and Exchange Commission that claimed he acted as a…
The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s conservative majority has rejected a petition from a group of retired judges seeking rules requiring judges and justices to recuse themselves from cases involving significant donors…
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley resigned and pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors on Monday after the state supreme court allowed impeachment proceedings against him.
A Washington, D.C. lawyer has sued President Donald Trump for not specifically identifying his personal debts on his candidate’s financial disclosure form.
FBI director James Comey confirmed that the bureau is investigating whether there was coordination between Russian officials and President Donald Trump’s campaign during the 2016 presidential campaign.
A constitutional challenge to Virginia’s redrawing of 12 legislative districts to maintain a black voting-age population of at least 55 percent will mostly return to a federal district court as a result of a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday.
In a summary affirmance, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld disclosure requirements that require groups that sponsor issue ads to disclose their donors to the Federal Election Commission.
A West Virginia judge has been suspended for two years and fined $15,000 for a campaign flier purporting to show his election opponent partying with President Barack Obama.
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey and U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia on Wednesday questioned Jeff Sessions’ commitment to civil rights in testimony at Sessions’ confirmation hearing to…
As his confirmation hearings for attorney general began on Tuesday, Jeff Sessions departed from prepared remarks to deny what he termed “false charges” that he had a poor record on…
Six protesters were arrested Tuesday evening during a sit-in staged by the NAACP to protest Donald Trump’s decision to nominate Jeff Sessions as attorney general.
Updated: As the ABA Journal staff looked back over the past year, these were the 10 legal stories that seemed the most important and prominent. A summary of each is…