Williams, Weisberg & Weisberg dba Diamond Court Reporters sued California in superior court, claiming its Assembly Bill 5, effective Jan. 1, unconstitutionally prevents it from retaining the services of court reporters as independent contractors.
Read moreA federal judge skewered the Trump administration Thursday in advancing a lawsuit over the 1,700% increase in civil arrests that New York courthouses have seen as the government flouts a centuries-old tradtition of common-law privilege.
Read moreWashington state sued the Department of Homeland Security in federal court for its “unlawful, unconstitutional, and deeply harmful policy of co-opting Washington state courts to carry out federal civil immigration arrests.”
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Citing “constant reports of assaults,” Presiding Judge James Rogers closed the main entrance to the King County Courthouse in Seattle Tuesday.
Read moreAt its business meeting Thursday, the Judicial Council of California gave its stamp of approval to a list of 80 courthouse construction and renovation projects it hopes the Legislature will fund in the coming years.
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The U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday to reduce the number of operating divisions in the Eastern District of Arkansas from five to three in a rare realignment of judicial lines, which was spurred by the 2017 closure of the only two federal courthouses in the two axed divisions.
Read moreReporter Matt Stroud sued all the judges in Pittsburgh Municipal Court for barring any sort of recording of bail hearings, including by court reporters, in federal court.
Read moreThe Judicial Council of California has rearranged its priorities for 80 planned courthouse construction and renovation projects, after public comments came pouring in from communities around the state.
Read moreBlasting courthouse immigration raids as antithetical to public safety, New York prosecutors announced a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Department of Homeland Security.
Read moreFake gunshots rang out through a North Carolina courthouse Friday as part of an active shooter training simulation that prevented non-employee visitors from entering the building for several hours.
Read moreIn his latest dispatch, Courthouse News’ western bureau chief visits a small railroad town with a beautiful historic courthouse with a scandalous past.
Read moreThe Judicial Council of California approved new priorities for 80 courthouse construction and renovation projects across California on Thursday, a move sure to draw both congratulations and criticism depending on where courts fall on the list.
Read moreA former Virginia Beach magistrate brought a federal complaint this weekend detailing what she describes as rampant substance abuse and sexual misconduct among court staff.
Read moreRoundly ignoring conspiracy-theory bait by Republicans, former special counsel closed out his testimony before Congress on Wednesday with pointed criticism of President Donald Trump’s penchant for praising WikiLeaks.
Read moreA court security officer shot a man armed with a knife on Tuesday outside a federal courthouse in Los Angeles.
Read moreTackling the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade, the House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that will raise the wage to $15 an hour by 2025.
Read moreDallas police took a suspected shooter into custody at the downtown federal courthouse early Monday morning after exchanging gunfire, with no injuries of bystanders reported.
Read moreWeb servers in the Philadelphia courts remained down indefinitely Tuesday, with the internet outage entering its third week due to what court officials called a “virus intrusion.”
Read moreHer Royal Majesty’s courts are disappearing — and going online. Sold-off Victorian courthouses have become swanky cocktail bars and high-end cafés. Less appealing concrete-clad courthouses are simply gone — razed to the ground and replaced by new developments. Others have been turned into apartments, and people sleep and eat where once judges, solicitors and court recorders worked.
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