Gov. Jeff Colyer signs a law banning police from having sex with people they stop for traffic violations or investigate in criminal cases.

A judge scolded Facebook Inc. for misconstruing his own rulings as he ordered the company to face a high-stakes trial accusing it of violating user privacy. By Peter Blumberg, Joel Rosenblatt.

Marchers from last year’s Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville who attacked a black counter-protester made a claim that has often worked for police officers: They acted in self-defense. By Adam Serwer.

We all know that texting or talking on the phone without a Bluetooth headset while driving is a REALLY bad idea, that could end with you or someone else being seriously injured, or worse dead. But what about if you call or text someone when you know their driving? You can’t be held responsible if they decided to answer and try to respond to you, can you?

It’s been nearly three months since many Google employees—and the public—learned about the company’s decision to provide artificial intelligence to a controversial military pilot program known as Project Maven.

US entertainment companies are lobbying and litigating in favor of pirate site blockades around the globe. In addition, they're also urging domain registries to ban pirate sites, a practice even the US authorities are helping with. These measures are needed to protect revenues, the argument goes. But if that's the case, why is there little action on their home turf, the largest pirate nation of all?

How a liberal Harvard professor became Trump’s most distinguished defender on TV, freaked out his friends and got the legal world up in arms.

Mr. Goodall wanted to die because of his deteriorating health, and he flew to Switzerland to find legal services to assist him, choosing Beethoven for his last song.

It was a different kind of radicalism that made the justice notorious.

Social media users who share or comment on racist or anti-gay postings will face jail under rules proposed yesterday. Advice for judges and magistrates recommends harsh punishments for those found guilty of stirring up hatred against racial, religious or sexual minority groups. Among those jailed should be people who post comments or share online hate speech because they have been reckless as to whether they stir up hatred, say the proposals from the Sentencing Council.

The Supreme Court will soon decide whether employers can lawfully require workers to sign mandatory arbitration agreements that include class and collective action waivers. By Heidi Shierholz and Celine McNicholas.

A new Authorization to Use Military Force, supposedly aimed at restricting presidential power, could expand it in a terrifying way. By Jon Schwarz.

Gregg Ward is a nice guy with a lousy view. His family business overlooks Detroit’s hell on earth : the hulking, pitch-black U.S. Steel plant on Zug Island

Luvcrypto has listed the best law firms dealing with ICOs, fintech, crypto, and blockchain space.

The forensic use of DNA is rightly regarded as one of the most reliable ways of establishing the identity of someone who was present at a crime scene. As technology has advanced, it is possible to use extremely small traces of genetic material to...

We're at the point in DNA technology where individuals who – having parted with $99 and a small vial of saliva – may suddenly find themselves in a criminal investigation.

A Toronto man is elated after a deputy judge ruled that a verbal contract he made with a Bell customer service agent trumps the contract the telecom later emailed him, noting prices could increase. In a judgment issued last month in a Toronto small claims court, Deputy Judge William C. De Lucia said that Bell's attempt to impose new terms after a verbal contract guaranteeing a monthly price for 24 months had been struck was "high-handed, arbitrary and unacceptable."

After nearly 30 years behind bars Anthony Ray Hinton was proved innocent – making him one of the longest-serving death row prisoners in America to be exonerated

The battle between the White House and blue states raises questions about the limits of federal authority.