Legislation that would shield thousands of past court cases from public view could violate the First Amendment’s right of ...

A newly-released report, “Contracted to Fail: How Flat-Fee Contracts Undermine the Right to Counsel in California,” exposes deep systemic flaws in California’s indigent defense system, focusing on the ...

The US Supreme Court declined an invitation to consider allowing defendants to pursue attorneys’ fees in frivolous, quickly dropped copyright lawsuits for the third time this year. WC Realty Group Inc ...

Adrian HeddenCarlsbad [email protected] Democrat lawmakers in Santa Fe have less than two weeks left to pass a bill that would hike fees paid to the… ...

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By Clarissa-Jan Lim New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ criminal case should be dismissed with prejudice, according to a lawyer appointed by the judge overseeing the case, boosting the mayor’s ...

“I had no real, like, access to my funds,” he said. “I was fed up. And my lawyer wanted over, like, a quarter million to represent me for the appeal.” “So, you know, I started ...

It includes $17.9 million for Cuomo's state-paid defenses covered by the state's Public Officers Law, $11.7 million for ... payments made on behalf of the criminal or civil defense of a state ...

He is accused in the criminal complaint of directing City Attorney's Office staff and resources ... were stored avoid thousands of dollars in fees and repairs required by the Department of ...

In Val Verde County, attorney David Martinez has noticed that court-appointed criminal defense attorneys ... attorneys who offer legal services for a fee set by the county. Fewer private attorneys ...

Gabby Petito's parents cast shade on Brian Laundrie's family in a new docuseries that reveals additional details about the timing of their daughter's murder at her fiancé's hands in the ...

Stinnie, involved Virginia drivers who sued the state over a law that ... broader criminal justice reforms. Because of the law change, the case was dropped, and the drivers' lawyers asked the court to ...