legal

Trump election interference case returns to D.C. after immunity ruling

2:38pm August 02, 2024

by Carrie Johnson

Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan must decide what to do in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump after the U.S. Supreme Court's immunity ruling.

Former President Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial Continues In New York

Trump loses bid to lift New York gag order in response to Harris’ campaigning

2:36pm August 02, 2024

by Ximena Bustillo

Former President Donald Trump still can't speak about prosecutors in his New York criminal trial after an appeals court decision denied his attempt to lift the gag order.

Sen. Bob Menendez found guilty on all counts in bribery trial

1:02pm July 16, 2024

by Ryan Lucas

A New York City jury convicted the New Jersey senator of accepting bribes to benefit businessmen in his home state and the governments of Egypt and Qatar.

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Politics & Government

Bill Would Repeal Changes In Guilford County's Public Notice Process

1:55pm March 17, 2021

by Keri Brown

A proposed bill aims to reverse a controversial 2017 law that gives Guilford County m

Okanogan County Chief Criminal Deputy Steve Brown surveys the debris left over from an illegal pot farm that had masqueraded as a legal operation.

National

Despite Legalization, Marijuana Black Market Hides In Plain Sight

10:42am May 16, 2018

by Martin Kaste

Washington state legalized recreational pot in 2012, but the black market lives on. Pot grown legally leaks into illegal markets, while networks of illegal producers pretend they're licensed.

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Legal issues — evictions, domestic violence, or insurance claim denials, for example — all too often can cascade into problems with bad medical outcomes.

Hospitals Are Partnering With Lawyers To Treat Patients' Legal Needs

5:54pm June 06, 2017

by Michelle Andrews

Roughly 300 health care systems around the country have set up medical-legal collaborations to help patients solve legal problems that can affect their health — at little or no cost to the patients.

U.S. jurisdictions have begun to implement risk-based systems of pre-trial detention as a potentially fairer and more effective alternative to traditional money bail.

States And Cities Take Steps To Reform 'Dishonest' Bail System

8:00am December 17, 2016

by An-Li Herring

As many as a third of defendants in urban areas remain in jail because they could not post bail. An increasing number of states are changing that with risk-based systems of pre-trial detention.

The Man Who Argued Health Care For Obama Looks Back As He Steps Down

6:00am June 25, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

The day after Solicitor General Donald Verrilli announced he was stepping down, he sat down with NPR's Nina Totenberg to reflect on his five years as the government's chief advocate.

Just because you win a lawsuit after an injury doesn't mean you'll see any cash from the court award.

Ruling May Help Patients Keep More Of The Winnings When They Sue

5:11pm April 27, 2016

by Michelle Andrews

When someone's been hurt and gets cash as part of a legal decision, health plans routinely demand to be reimbursed for medical costs they covered. But a Supreme Court ruling may hinder that strategy.

Eyewitness testimony can be unreliable. But some such accounts are better than others, research shows. Can jurors be taught to tell the difference?

A Judge's Guidance Makes Jurors Suspicious Of Any Eyewitness

2:30pm January 26, 2016

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

A 2012 New Jersey law was meant to help juries discern factors that make eyewitness testimony strong versus weak. But research suggests a judge's instructions make jurors discount all such testimony.

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