Law

The city of Philadelphia and advocates report “significant progress” toward settling a suit that claims city sidewalks violate the Americans With Disabilities Act.

In a court filing, the agency says that ads claimed TurboTax was "Free Guaranteed," but many people end up paying for the software to file their taxes.

The board members voted in August to mandate masks after Pa.’s state of emergency ended. A parent filed for their removal. The district didn’t respond.

The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act is named after the Black teenager whose killing in Mississippi in the summer of 1955 became a galvanizing moment in the civil rights era.

The federal case against Johnson hinges on a claim that bribe money was funneled through his wife, who collected fees from the co-defendants.

As several red states pass restrictive laws on abortion, progressive legislatures are passing their own policies aiming to protect the right to the procedure.

The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reportedly urged former President Donald Trump's top aide to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

It alleges that Trump, as a result of defendants' actions, has sustained losses of at least $24 million.

In emotional comments at Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing, the N.J. Democrat also expressed shock at the questioning she faced from some of his colleagues.

The testimony from the American Bar Association and other legal advocates came after two days of questioning from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

She declared at her confirmation hearing on Wednesday that she would rule “without any agendas” if approved as the high court’s first Black female justice.

Barring unexpected developments, Democrats hope to wrap up Jackson’s confirmation before Easter, though Breyer is not leaving the court until after the current session ends.

Jackson, 51, addressed the Senate Judiciary Committee at the end of her first day of confirmation hearings.

Next week the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson, the federal judge President Biden has tapped as his Supreme Court nominee.

The class-action suit claims Philly’s broken curb cuts and dilapidated sidewalks violate the ADA. We may know by the end of March if a deal can be struck.