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The Sixth Circuit appeals court, which has a GOP-appointed majority, will now decide whether to permanently halt Biden’s Covid vaccine mandate policy.

The AFL-CIO, United Food and Commercial Workers and Service Employees International unions challenged Biden’s Covid vaccine mandates in federal appeals courts.

The White House on Monday said businesses should move forward with the requirements despite the court-ordered pause.

The Connecticut Supreme Court overturned on Wednesday the convictions of a businessman charged in an alleged human trafficking ring that prosecutors said preyed on young men who were mentally ill and intellectually disabled.

The Biden administration Friday appealed a judge’s order to stop expelling migrants under a Trump-era pandemic policy that doesn’t let them apply for asylum. 

You may not always agree on money matters, but it’s how you handle those disputes that counts.

Myanmar’s ousted leaders Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint have not been given their full “pre-trial rights,” according to a lawyer representing both of them.

A spokesperson for Shell said the company “fully expect to appeal today’s disappointing court decision.”

Jury trials will resume in Connecticut, 15 months after the pandemic forced a suspension. In a statement released Monday, Chief Court Administrator Patrick L. Carroll III confirmed that the judicial branch will begin summoning residents for jury duty to restart the trial process starting on June 1. All courtrooms and buildings where trials are held will be inspected before the…

A woman who was accused with shouting a racial slur at a Black woman at a Starbucks last summer, will now work community service hours next to her victim as part of a deal reached in court on Wednesday.

A New London woman accused of killing her 4-year-old son appeared in court this afternoon for the first time since her arrest. A judge ordered that she be held on a $2 million bond.

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.

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.

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...

The courts around Connecticut helped welcome 20 children into new families on this Adoption Day.

The pandemic has changed everything, including how our local judicial system operates.