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The Judicial Council of California introduced on Jan. 1 a revised Request for Dismissal form (CIV-110), which now includes an ...

In a historic decision on the 80th anniversary of the Port Chicago explosion, the U.S. Navy exonerated 256 African American sa...

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The Los Angeles wildfires mark the first large-scale test of recently enacted California insurance regulations designed to pro...

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Federal Indian law reflects a complex interplay between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. governme...