Courts & Law

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny on Wednesday approved Spears hiring former federal prosecutor Mathew Rosengart to represent her.

A federal lawsuit claims forcing children to wear masks in schools is unconstitutional, and impedes learning.

An N.J. Superior Court judge ordered that Edward Cagney Mathews remain in custody until his trial on harassment and bias crime charges.

The money will go into a trust fund for remediation such as filtration systems for contaminated water, sampling, and environmental justice grants.

Musk testified in a Tesla shareholder lawsuit against him. He's the latest business celebrity to appear in Delaware Chancery Court.

The Britney Spears case in California — where adult guardianship is called conservatorship — has cast a spotlight on issues nationwide.

Here are five questions — and answers — for what might happen to the prison at Guantánamo as the conflict in Afghanistan ends.

Lawyers representing 10 Sandy Hook families in a lawsuit against Remington Arms Co. have accused the gun-maker of deliberately slowing the discovery process.

One of those companies, 3M, says it acted ‘responsibly’ and will defend its environmental record.

Edward Mathews, who had already been charged with bias intimidation, is now accused of damaging vehicles and stalking one of his neighbors.

Pennsylvania would receive $225 million to fight the opioid-addiction epidemic from a new agreement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma.

Advocates had hoped detainees would be released. Instead, ICE is transferring them. A judge declined to halt the practice.

It is the latest government assault against the immense power wielded by Google amid a wave of legal and regulatory challenges rising against Big Tech in recent months.

Body camera footage captured Byerly assaulting three Metropolitan Police Department officers, according to the affidavit.

Housing activists withdrew a lawsuit against Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration over a plan to allegedly displace people living in a Kensington encampment.