Judges dismissed and delayed federal cases after months-long attorney payment lapses. Payment gaps stemmed from system upgrades, funding caps and a government shutdown. Funding shortfall risks more ...

Judge Zia Faruqui, a former federal prosecutor, said leaders of U.S. Atty. Jeanine Pirro’s office have tarnished its reputation with how they are handling the deluge of cases. He said Pirro’s office ...

The data involve cases brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, plus lawsuits over medical malpractice, motor vehicle accidents and premises liability. The uptick contrasts with LexMachina’s 2023 ...

WASHINGTON — A D.C. man accused of assaulting and threatening National Guardsmen is out of jail after a magistrate judge denied the federal prosecutor’s request for him to be detained ─ calling it ...

WASHINGTON — Prosecutors asked a judge Thursday to dismiss the federal case entirely against a lawyer accused of threatening members of the National Guard, saying they instead intend to charge him in ...

LOS ANGELES — Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have taken a hard line against alleged violence at protests, charging nearly 100 protesters since June in cases that could result in long prison ...

As the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown moved from Los Angeles to Portland to Chicago last year, that is how federal judges described claims made by the government in court. Now, as the ...

A federal judge declined to reopen Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway's case against referendum organizers. In a decision released Monday, U.S. Eastern District Judge Zachary M. Bluestone ...

FARGO — A Fargo woman is accused of bank fraud in a newly-filed federal case which alleges she misappropriated more than $1 million from a local property management company where she worked as an ...