American courts are facing perhaps their worst crisis in decades. When the recession kicked into high gear, courts already besieged with heavy dockets found themselves taking on even more cases…
James Duff, who heads the administrative office of the United States Courts, has announced that he plans to resign his job of five years to join the Freedom Forum as…
An Oklahoma judge facing fraudulent claims charges concerning the twins she and her husband adopted last year has lost her bid to have the district attorney removed as the prosecutor…
Those black boxes used to hide redacted information in court documents filed with Pacer don’t always work, according to a study that suggests tens of thousands of the online filings…
A British author’s appeal of a contempt finding and six-week jail sentence for writing a book critical of the Singapore justice system has been unsuccessful.
James Taylor didn’t sing. But he attended a drug court graduation in Pinellas County, Fla., yesterday to support a longtime backup singer he’d helped get through rehab.
Jared Lee Loughner, the suspect in the slaying of Arizona’s chief federal district judge and the wounding of congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords during a spree shooting earlier this year, has been…
Jim Martin, a New Mexico judge who was questioned about allegations that resulted in bribery charges against a fellow state court jurist, was recently removed from hearing criminal cases, to…
A 68-year-old judge who flipped the bird, used vulgar language and made insensitive racial and sexist jokes must retire or face a six-month unpaid suspension, the South Dakota Supreme Court…
A Boston criminal defense lawyer has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for an outburst during jury selection that a judge ranked as the worst he’s seen in 20…