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While Connecticut’s family services courtrooms have never fully closed amid COVID-19, court officials say their condensed capacity is causing cases to pile up.

Throughout the pandemic, family court continued to receive and conduct in-person hearings on applications for temporary restraining orders and emergency orders of custody, but some other types of cases were delayed.

President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats are vetting civil rights lawyers and public defenders to nominate as judges, embarking on a mission to shape the courts after Republicans overhauled them in the last four years, according to senior party officials and activists. Democrats have a wafer-thin Senate majority that gives them control over appointments, NBC News reports. They believe they have two...

A new report from Pew Charitable Trusts finds that the number of debt collection cases has risen significantly, but getting consumers to fight these cases in court is uncommon. Many people are unaware of the lawsuits and fail to respond, which can have major consequences.

Enemies and allies of President Donald Trump agree about his legacy on courts: Americans will be feeling the impact of Trump’s judicial appointments for decades to come

The judge’s decision is a crippling blow to Trump’s long-shot bid to invalidate enough ballots in multiple states to reverse Biden’s victory.

Courts around Connecticut welcomed 20 kids into their forever homes Friday.While COVID-19 had slowed court access for adoption finalization, the state’s Department of Children and Families said staff and the community have stepped up to keep kids feeling safe and loved. On what’s called Connecticut’s Adoption Day, a New Haven family celebrated the finalization of Leeland, who turns 2...

A U.S. district judge has ordered a new delay in federal executions, hours before the first lethal injection was scheduled to be carried out at a federal prison in Indiana

Family court cases where the parties have an agreement can now be resolved remotely, the Connecticut Judicial Branch announced Thursday. Under the new procedures made possible through one of the governor’s executive orders, family cases with full written agreements can request approval of those agreements without having to come to a courthouse for a hearing. This can include final...

Attorneys and judges in U.S. immigration courts are trying to protect themselves from the coronavirus with borrowed masks and hand sanitizer.

It’s been an ongoing saga here in Old Saybrook for a couple of years now. A back and forth battle between the CT Cancer Foundation and the zoning commission over zoning regulations. But the main point of contention now – is the foundation’s patio made from commemorative bricks.

Lawyers for some state and local governments say the deal being offered by companies in a sweeping national settlement over the toll of opioids isn’t enough

A federal appeals court on Friday dismissed Democratic lawmakers’ lawsuit against President Donald Trump alleging he has violated the emoluments clause of the U.S. Constitution on technical grounds, NBC News reported. In their unsigned ruling, the judges cited Supreme Court precedent, noting the 215 lawmakers on the lawsuit are not the majority of Congress, and that they might have had standing...

A Plainville contractor has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $3.3 million from hundreds of his employees through phony administrators’ fees on their pension plans.

The founder of an Arizona pharmaceutical company was sentenced in Boston’s federal court Thursday for his role in a bribery and kickback scheme that prosecutors said helped fuel the opioid crisis.

One of the two University of Connecticut students caught on video shouting a racial slur outside a campus apartment complex has been granted a special form of probation that could result in dismissal of the charge. A judge on Tuesday accepted Jarred Karal’s application for accelerated rehabilitation. Karal, 21, of Plainville, was placed on six months of probation and ordered…

A Wethersfield man learned his fate inside a New Britain courtroom Thursday after a jury found him guilty of manslaughter. Noah Hendron was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his involvement in the shooting death of his friend, Vincent Basile. The shooting dates back to November of 2017. Investigators said then 18-year-old Noah Hendron and Vincent Basile were hanging…

Amid intense focus on impeachment and year-end deals on spending and trade, the Senate hurtled this week toward a less-heralded accomplishment: confirming another batch of conservative judges.

The Milford Superior Courthouse continues to be a controversial place for ICE enforcement activity. Immigration advocates are again pushing for that to change after another incident there Thursday. NBC Connecticut was shown cell phone video of an interaction between a New Haven woman and what appeared to be ICE agents inside the court house Thursday morning.   In the video,…

Immigration advocates are upset after they say ICE agents were profiling people at the Milford courthouse on Thursday.