Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on Thursday announced a new policy that allows transgender individuals to serve openly in the military, effective immediately. The announcement , promised last week, lifted the ban...

The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the exclusion of farm and ranch workers from the New Mexico's Worker Compensation Act is unconstitutional. The court relied on legislative interpretation to hold that the...

A judge for the Federal District Court for Southern Indiana placed an injunction on a restrictive abortion law Thursday, just days after the US Supreme Court found similar Texas legislation to be...

In a unanimous ruling on Thursday, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected a settlement agreement between retailers and credit card issuers. Millions of retailers had reached a $7.25 billion antitrust settlement [NYT...

The Iowa Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a state law forbidding convicted felons from voting, even after serving their sentences. The American Civil Liberties Union brought suit in Griffin v. Pate on...

Volkswagen AG has agreed to spend up to $14.7 billion to settle allegations of cheating emissions tests and deceiving customers in a settlement with US regulators announced Tuesday. The company will either to buy back...

A judge for the for the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on Monday extended a permanent injunction prohibiting clerks in Mississippi from recusing themselves from issuing mariage licences to same-sex couples for religious...

On Tuesday the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari for eight new cases. In Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortgage Company , the Court is asked to determine whether the “sue or be sued” provision of...

A Norwegian court on Monday denied a request by former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden seeking a guarantee that he would not be extradited to the US if he were...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Monday held that Google and Viacom are not liable for planting "cookies" on children's computers to gather data for advertisers. In a class...