The Supreme Court has rejected Samsung's appeal of court rulings that it impermissibly copied features of Apple's iPhone.
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Driving offenses stemming from drug and alcohol use have continued to evolve in recent years. These cases may also involve prescription drugs, property damage, or weapons charges.
Read MoreIt’s not an overstatement to characterize the attorney-client privilege as the cornerstone of criminal law, an inviolable right that can and must withstand all manner of legal aggression.* It’s also one of the small handful of criminal procedural notions sewn directly into our pop culture fabric. Even if all your legal knowledge comes from watching Law & Order, you’re still likely aware of your Miranda rights; that law enforcement needs probable cause to search your apartment and maybe (but maybe not) your car; and most especially that when you meet with your lawyer, you can tell her the whole ugly story because she can’t be forced to testify against you or even to divulge what you’ve discussed to anyone. Period. Right?
Read MoreThe city of Grand Rapids is spending $72,216 to pay MLive Media Group's legal bills after an appeals court ruled the city was on the wrong side of the law in refusing to release phone recordings linked to police officers' handling of a suspected drunken driving crash by an assistant county prosecutor.
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On November 29, 2017, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear argument in one of the most important digital privacy cases in recent years.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear another major case on digital privacy, this time pitting the federal government against Microsoft in a battle over emails held overseas.
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"That's glaze from a Krispy Kreme doughnut!" he explained. "I get one every other Wednesday."
But officers weren't buying it. Rushing was booked on charges of possessing methamphetamine while armed with a weapon.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court dismissed a major challenge to President Trump's travel ban on majority-Muslim countries Tuesday because it has been replaced by a new version, sending the controversy back to the starting block.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court should drop its review of President Trump's immigration travel ban and wipe lower court decisions against it off the books, the Justice Department said Thursday.
Read MoreOne of the most buttoned-up institutions in the country will wrestle with the free-for-all culture of the house party as the Supreme Court hears a case set for Wednesday that began in a brick duplex in the District.
The weighty legal matters involve policing, arrests and searches in private homes.
But those issues are packaged in a case that includes a mystery hostess named Peaches, women in garter belts stuffed with cash and party guests who weren’t certain who owned the house they were in, but told police that “Peaches” was a renter who had invited at least some of them.
Read MoreThe state is opening up the medical marijuana business to big-time grow operations, according to an advisory released Thursday.
Read MoreSixth Circuit: "The government is not your nosy neighbor — the one who always pokes her head in, uninvited, to critique your garden or gossip about the couple down the street. Sure, the police, like any Girl Scout, may approach your door, knock, and ask you a question or two . . . But the Fourth Amendment draws a “firm line” at the door."
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Read MoreIn a ruling with national impact, a federal judge in Chicago on Friday blocked the Trump administration's rules requiring so-called sanctuary cities to cooperate with immigration agents in order to get a public safety grant.
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Existing medical marijuana dispensaries could be in danger of being shuttered by law enforcement if they stay open past mid-December, according to Andrew Brisbo, a top state marijuana regulator.
Read MoreU.S. officials can at least temporarily continue to block refugees with formal assurances from resettlement agencies from entering the United States after the Supreme Court intervened again Monday to save a piece of President Trump’s travel ban.
Read MoreThe trial in the June 2016 fatal bicycle crash in Kalamazoo is on hold as Charles Pickett Jr.'s attorneys prepare to take the case to the Michigan Supreme Court.
Read MoreThe 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals narrowed the scope of President Donald Trump's travel ban Thursday, ruling that extended family members such as grandparents are exempt from the ban, as well as a certain class of refugees, while the legality of the ban is under review.
Read MoreA handful of Michigan Democrats have joined bipartisan groups of current and former lawmakers encouraging the U.S. Supreme Court to recognize and invalidate political gerrymandering practices as outlined in the Gill v. Whitford case.
Read MoreA proposed $100 million-plus public-private development in downtown Royal Oak is the subject of a lawsuit in Oakland County Circuit Court saying the city is violating state law and its charter and ordinances.
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