Justice Clarence Thomas won’t see himself in the news for reacting to the president’s State of the Union speech for one simple reason: He doesn’t attend because of all the…
Apparently figuring that what is considered reasonable reimbursement for winning clients in class actions is also fair pay for their lawyers, a California state-court judge ordered that a male attorney…
Updated: The juvenile court clerk for Davidson County was properly held in civil contempt and jailed after he repeatedly violated court orders to provide needed files, a Tennessee appellate court…
In a stinging rebuke to a federal judge who sentenced a well-known former Chicago lawyer and politician to probation in a corruption case, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…
A lack of opportunity and access is restricting the number of women judges on the state and federal bench nationwide despite plenty of qualified candidates, a new study has found.
The chief justice of Israel’s Supreme Court took a direct hit between the eyes from a hurled tennis shoe during a court session on medical marijuana on Wednesday.
A family court judge who was deemed unqualified by South Carolina’s Judicial Merit Selection Commission has filed a lawsuit challenging legislators’ control of the screening body.
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor says last week’s ruling striking down restrictions on corporate campaign spending will likely affect judicial elections as corporate and union money flows into…
Judge Cinda Fox of California’s San Joaquin County tried to return to the bench after she was stabbed in the courtroom last year, but the emotional scars are making it…