It’s tempting these days to conclude that the judicial system in our country is failing to keep its house in order. Cases, civil and criminal, seem to bog down with multiple disruptions and delays, despite the fact that the judicial system controls its ...

In Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc., the California Supreme Court jump-started 2024 with a boon to employees, ending trial courts’ inherent authority to dismiss unmanageable claims under the Private Attorneys’ General Act (PAGA). The ruling ...

A Women’s Court is being newly formed in Kona. The Conversation spoke to a couple of people who are making the new court happen.

Minnesota's Judicial Branch is trying to make sure that he who represents himself in court has a tool for his client. The state is installing self-help workstations in 57 counties, including St. Louis and Carlton counties. They consist of a computer, a ...

On June 20, 2024, a federal court vacated key portions of regulatory guidance on the treatment of information collected by online tracking tools. At issue was the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights’ (OCR) March 2024 ...

Most Americans do not want to ban abortion. About 60 percent believe the procedure should be legal in all or most cases, the Pew Research Center reported last year. Should the Supreme Court indeed overturn Roe v. Wade, as a leaked draft of the majority ...