By Cheryl Miller | August 28, 2017
As California lawmakers moved Monday to shield the immigration statuses of litigants and witnesses in open court, debate continued to swirl over President Donald Trump's pardon of former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Several former federal judges offered their thoughts on the president's grant of clemency.
By Marcia Coyle | August 25, 2017
Thirteen legal scholars, in a letter to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, say U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's reassignment of 50 senior executives is illegal if the moves are part of an attrition strategy or to punish views inconsistent with the Trump administration's policies.
By C. Ryan Barber | August 25, 2017
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's internal watchdog has cleared Commissioner Michael Piwowar of claims raised from four Democratic U.S. senators that he undermined the regulator's mission while serving as interim chairman.
By Ross Todd | August 25, 2017
The threat of a split is real, with Republicans controlling both chambers of Congress and President Donald Trump, a vocal critic of the Ninth Circuit, in the White House.
By therecorder | The Recorder | August 24, 2017
Cal.Sup.Ct.; S238309 The California Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of mandate and injunctive relief. The court held that the five-year time…
By Josefa Velasquez | August 24, 2017
An Albany court on Thursday dismissed a suit against the state Board of Elections seeking to place on the front of the ballot this year's referendum on whether New York should hold a constitution convention.
By Cheryl Miller | August 24, 2017
California's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a 2016 voter-approved initiative aimed at speeding up the state's death penalty process. The five-member majority held, however, that Proposition 66's strict five-year deadline for courts handling appeals "must be deemed directive rather than mandatory."
By Andrew Denney | August 23, 2017
The New York City Bar Association has rated four of the five candidates running for Brooklyn Civil Court judge on an "insurgent" slate as "not approved" for the bench. The judicial candidates who are backed by the borough's Democratic Party, along with all but one of the six candidates in the Democratic primary for Brooklyn District Attorney, were rated "approved."
By Steven A. Meyerowitz | August 23, 2017
Deciding an issue that has divided courts across the country, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, applying Texas law, has ruled that asbestos is a pollutant for purposes of an insurance policy's pollution exclusion.
By Cheryl Miller | August 22, 2017
California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye on Tuesday pushed back against criticism of her pleas to federal authorities to stop courthouse arrests of undocumented immigrants, telling a Sacramento gathering that she's challenging arrest policies, not immigration laws.
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