Opinion: The Texas Supreme Court’s latest amendments to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 166a represent an important step forward for summary-judgment practice in Texas.

Judge rules prior settlement does not bar claims in new lawsuit alleging separate assault at Rikers BROOKLYN, NY – A federal judge has denied the City of New York’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed ...

A Mitchell-area farmer is suing his neighbor, alleging that chemical spraying killed dozens of his cattle. Matthew Baker ...

Failure to produce documents required during a court case is just one way a judge can impose a penalty on an attorney.

As many law students learn in their civil procedure course, when a plaintiff files suit in state court asserting a claim over ...

Stay of criminal proceedings refers to the issue of not proceeding with a criminal case until a formal judicial order reopens it because the matter is sub-judice or pending in another court. The ...

Opposes "muscular" approach to debt recovery; calls blocking ID cards as unreasonable as cutting off water or electricity.

The Supreme Court has declared that blocking a citizen's Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) to enforce a money decree is unlawful, ruling that such action exceeds the powers granted to ...

A federal judge has rejected a motion for summary judgment filed by Phillipsburg Patrolman William Lance and the Phillipsburg Police Department, ...

A Honolulu family suing Kamehameha Schools over its Native Hawaiian admissions policy is asking a federal judge for one basic protection: to keep their names off the public record. Their lawyers say ...

A lawsuit filed by the State of Texas in the Dallas-Fort Worth area seeks court intervention barring Churchill Downs Inc. and ...

The recent decision in United States v. Heppner, No. 25-cr-00503-JSR (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 10, 2026), underscores the need for ...