Courts & Law

Lawsuits against Purdue Pharma and its owners will be halted for six months in hopes of finalizing a settlement over the OxyContin maker's role in the national opioid crisis.

Jurors convicted Frank Nucera Jr. of one count, but could not reach a verdict on the most serious ones in the hate crime trial.

A Philadelphia jury heard opening statements on Thursday in the manslaughter case against Michael White, who is accused of fatally stabbing a real estate developer.

The change, which will involve new furniture and roomier cells, will test whether a less punitive prison environment will yield better-behaved inmates.

Some victims have used the program to put their fight with the church behind them. Others scoffed at the pricetag put on their trauma.

A judge's ruling that opening a place where people could use illegal drugs under medical supervision would not violate federal law could set a nationwide precedent.

If the courts now say it’s legal to operate a drug house, black folks need to file a class-action lawsuit to get back what we lost when it was us.

Jurors are still deliberating on two more serious charges: hate-crime assault and using excessive force.

The group’s Pennsylvania chapter is suing the county in hopes it will allow people on probation to use medical cannabis.

Willie Veasy's long-running appeal came to an end Wednesday morning, when a judge tossed out the murder conviction.

For the first time, N.J.’s high court is hearing a challenge to the scientific merits of the methodology cops use to spot and charge drivers under the influence of drugs.

A federal appeals court has granted President Trump a temporary stay of decision, and he will not have to turn over his tax returns to the Manhattan district attorney.

A Philadelphia judge has agreed to drop the third-degree murder charge against a 22-year-old bike courier accused of fatally stabbing a real estate developer last summer.

The Supreme Court may be eager to portray itself as an apolitical institution. But this term, political questions writ large are knocking at the high court door.

District Attorney Larry Krasner on Friday filed a motion to drop murder charges against the black bicycle courier accused of fatally stabbing a Center City developer.