Last week, we learned that Justice Amy Coney Barrett, whom the GOP put on the Supreme Court in the dying days of Trump’s presidency, will be paid a $2 million advance for a book about how judges are ...

Attorney General Catherine Hanaway’s chief litigator on Sunday accused the state Supreme Court of adopting “a legal fiction” when it ruled that putting the state’s new congressional map to a ...

July 25, 2023 - A new 5-4 decision from the U.S. Supreme Court holding registration to do business in a state is sufficient for personal jurisdiction even if the subject of the lawsuit has no ...

It is only a matter of time before the issue becomes ripe for Supreme Court review. Until then, counsel on both sides of the class action bar will have to carefully follow developments as they ...

A federal court’s authority to hear a case is often referred to legally as “subject-matter jurisdiction,” or simply “jurisdiction.” In a federal tax case, numerous courts have jurisdiction to hear and ...

State courts split on laws requiring companies to accept jurisdiction Plaintiff seeking to revive lawsuit over asbestos exposure April 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case ...

In Hooten v. Collins, a dispute arose between the trustee of a Texas trust and a beneficiary who resided overseas regarding the distribution of trust assets, which primarily consisted of real estate ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments today on a legal theory that holds that state courts cannot review their legislatures’ rules for federal elections, even when the rules violate the state constitution ...

The UCCJEA guides child custody jurisdiction in New York, focusing on the child's "home state," usually where they've lived ...