Tennessee argued before a Sixth Circuit panel Tuesday to overturn an injunction requiring the state to give people indigency hearings before it can suspend their driver’s license for nonpayment of a traffic debt.
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A new government study shows Florida courts have a difficult job collecting fees and fines in criminal cases. Those failures now have a direct impact on the ability of ex-felons to vote in future elections after they serve their prison sentences.
Read moreA federal class action claims that Payless Car Rental, Dollar Rent a Car, Advantage Rent a Car, et al. charge a bogus $3.50 tax on cars rented at San Diego International Airport, falsely claiming the tax is required by the Port of San Diego.
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A federal judge said Monday she will issue a nationwide injunction to block a Trump administration rule that makes it harder for immigrants to qualify for waivers of the citizenship application fee.
Read moreCelebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti told a federal judge Thursday he should be first in line for money from Stormy Daniels’ settlement over the adult firm star’s arrest at an Ohio strip club last year because he is owed $2 million in unpaid legal fees and costs.
Read moreA bill to boost California’s state bar fee by 26 percent passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, albeit without “the more ambitious fee-scaling proposals” originally sought by the state bar’s trustees.
Read moreIs that a Teflon suit, Mr. Paxton? Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been under indictment since 2015 on securities fraud charges, and the prosecution suffered another setback Wednesday when the state’s highest criminal court effectively shredded three special prosecutors’ $199,000 bill for their pretrial work on the case.
Read morePushing back at the State Bar of California’s request to hike attorney dues by $430, the state auditor on Tuesday recommended the agency instead scale back a planned hiring spree and spread the increase out incrementally.
Read moreOn a cloudy Friday morning, a small group of activists met in the parking lot of a Florida state senator’s office grasping glossy placards and wearing buttons supporting a recent constitutional amendment restoring the voting rights of felons.
Read morePresident Donald Trump’s former attorney and “fixer” Michael Cohen sued the Trump Organization on Thursday, demanding that it reimburse his legal expenses from proceedings that have implicated Trump in possible criminal liability and certain longstanding embarrassment.
Read moreAfter prevailing in a copyright case, software giant Oracle USA was improperly awarded costs that went beyond those to which federal law entitles it, the Supreme Court ruled Monday.
Read moreThe Supreme Court took up a case Monday that asks whether patent and trademark challengers who appear in U.S. District Court must pay attorneys’ fees as well as other agency expenses.
Read moreHertz will no longer charge hidden fees to unsuspecting tourists who drive their rental cars across the Golden Gate Bridge under an agreement with the city of San Francisco.
Read moreVenice, a world-famous Italian city strained by mass tourism and a loss of residents, plans to begin charging tourists an entry fee this year and in the future could even ask visitors to book their trips in advance.
Read moreA lawyer who secured Social Security benefits for a client persuaded the Supreme Court on Tuesday to toss a 25 percent cap on his aggregate fee award.
Read moreNew York’s attorney general said Tuesday that the state’s largest broadband provider, Spectrum Time Warner, agreed to pay more than $174 million to settle a consumer fraud case over spurious promises of “lightning-fast” internet speed.
Read moreA federal judge on Tuesday ordered adult film star Stormy Daniels to pay $293,000 in legal fees to President Donald Trump after her bid to sue him on defamation claims failed.
Read morePresident Donald Trump’s lawyers said at a hearing Monday that adult film star Stormy Daniels should pay about $778,000 in attorney’s fees and sanctions after her defamation lawsuit against the president was tossed by a federal judge.
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