Courts & Law

Under Florida's stand your ground law, a person in fear for his or her life is justified in using deadly force to stop an attack.

The federal complaint accuses the company of harassing and retaliating against a longtime employee because he is black — and favoring white employees over black employees.

As many as 463 parents may have been deported or have voluntarily left the U.S. without their children

Attorney General Jeff Sessions laughed at a "Lock Her Up" chant and repeated the words during a speech Tuesday at a high school leadership summit.

In eviction cases, research has found, the vast majority of tenants do not have access to lawyers, while the vast majority of landlords do.

Typically, all it takes is 30 to 120 days notice to terminate these agreements. ICE's contract with Philadelphia can be called off with just 30 days notice.

Cosby is scheduled for sentencing Sept. 24. A message was left with his lawyer.

New Jersey's attorney general has announced an immediate adjournment of all marijuana cases in municipal courts statewide.

To date, New Jersey has charged 220 people with Sandy-related fraud and recovered more than $2 million.

The Justice Department charged Butina on Monday with conspiring to defraud the United States and acting as an unregistered foreign agent. She faces up to 15 years in prison.

The officials had been waiting to see whether federal prosecutors would bring criminal charges but decided to move forward.

A contractor convicted of scamming dozens of New Jersey homeowners out of nearly $2 million following Superstorm Sandy has been sentenced ...

President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer secretly recorded Trump discussing a potential payment for a former Playboy model's account of having an affair with him.

The so called "refugee convention" was hammered out after World War II and originally applied only to refugees from that conflict.