Court decisions

CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesA former Apple employee who swindled the company out of more than $17 million with a scheme that double-billed for parts was sentenced to three years in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $33…

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that New Jersey can unilaterally withdraw from the longstanding Waterfront Commission Compact it has with New York to police corruption in the shipping industry in the major port the two states share.All nine…

Matthew Kacsmaryk, deputy counsel for the First Liberty Institute, answers questions during his nomination hearing by the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 13, 2017, in a still image from…

A pivotal fight over the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion pill mifepristone has spurred new accusations of "judge shopping" by plaintiffs seeking a favorable audience for their litigation.The legal battle over the…

Welcome to Sisters In Law, news.com.au’s weekly column solving all of your legal problems. This week, our resident lawyers and real-life sisters Alison and Jillian Barrett from Maurice Blackburn advise about sharing custody of…

The Supreme Court refused Monday to consider the appeal of a disbarred lawyer jailed for contempt of court after he won a $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron in an environmental lawsuit in Ecuador.The attorney, Steven Donziger, was…

Immigrants keep warm by a fire at dawn after spending the night outside next to the U.S.-Mexico border fence on December 22, 2022 in El Paso, Texas.John Moore | Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court on Thursday canceled upcoming arguments on a case…

Former President Donald Trump's lawyers asked a judge to bar jurors at his upcoming civil trial from hearing testimony that he sexually assaulted two other women besides E. Jean Carroll, the writer suing him for defaming her after she…

Vaping was once seen as a miracle solution to help people quit smoking, but now experts are raising concerns about its prevalence among young people. The trend of vaping has been spreading rapidly and has become “absolutely everywhere”,…

The logo for Coinbase Global Inc, the biggest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, is displayed on the Nasdaq MarketSite jumbotron and others at Times Square in New York, U.S., April 14, 2021.Shannon Stapleton | ReutersCoinbase shares surged…