Nearly 30 states require medical-malpractice plaintiffs to file expert affidavits about the strength of their case. The Supreme Court will decide whether those requirements apply in federal court in diversity jurisdiction cases. The U.S. Supreme Court is ...

For the second time in six months, a U. S. District judge has ruled in Maine that private schools that accept state funds can be required to follow state anti-discrimination rules. The case is another epilog to a Supreme Court decision declaring that the ...

The case could clear the way for more challenges ahead of the midterm elections. A majority of the Supreme Court signaled on Wednesday that it would allow candidates for federal office to more freely challenge state elections laws without having to prove ...

A federal appeals court on Thursday struck down a longstanding federal ban that prevented the sale of handguns to Americans between the ages of 18 and 20 - a landmark gun control regulation in place since 1968. The conservative Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of ...

Poland's Constitutional Tribunal infringed fundamental principles of European law and cannot be considered independent and impartial because of irregularities in the appointment of judges, the European Union's top court ruled on Thursday.

Journalists listen to Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes during hearings to decide whether former President Jair Bolsonaro is to face trial for an alleged coup attempt, as they follow from an external area of the Supreme Court building in ...

This ruling provides much-needed clarity for educators and other frontline workers across New Jersey. It affirms that the statutory presumption enacted to protect essential employees applies as written and that families like the Amatos are entitled to the safeguards the legislature intended,