When Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff Dana Williamson pleaded guilty last month to three felonies pertaining to campaign finance fraud and federal tax evasion, the governor told Bloomberg ...

Takeaway: Class action plaintiffs often endeavor to structure their complaints to avoid federal jurisdiction. To avoid federal diversity jurisdiction, for example, class plaintiffs often will name non ...

Addressing the limits of federal jurisdiction, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of an action seeking a declaratory judgment that the fair use exception in federal ...

Where diversity jurisdiction is lacking, removal to federal court typically requires the removed case to assert a federal cause of action. An exception exists, however, where removal is proper if the ...

Federal workers are raising legal and ethical questions about a follow-up memo of frequently asked questions on the Trump administration's offer for civil servants to resign by Feb. 6. Processing ...

A products liability suit is headed back to state court after a federal judge in Pennsylvania determined that claims targeting Combe Inc.'s hair dye products were purely state-law-related. On Friday, ...

Former President Donald Trump can only appeal his Manhattan felony conviction in New York state court, legal experts say, but he could turn to the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene on federal questions ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jessica Sweet spent the federal government shutdown cutting back. To make ends meet, the Social Security claims specialist drank only one coffee a day, skipped meals, cut down on ...

A federal judge in Massachusetts issued a decision Friday halting federal agencies from asking job applicants about their favorite Trump administration initiative, concluding the essay question likely ...