Attorneys and Pennsylvania courts have often conflated actions for abuse of process and wrongful use of civil proceedings (the Dragonetti Act). “The torts of malicious prosecution and abuse of process ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Civil courts have rapidly embraced technology, but those tools have largely benefited only those with legal representation, according to recent research. Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the ...

ATLANTA — When the Pandemic surged across Georgia last March, the Georgia Supreme Court immediately halted all jury trials on both the criminal and civil sides. As a result, thousands of cases were ...

(Reuters) - The use of technology and virtual hearings by state courts exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic, in some cases hindering the participation in civil litigation by people without lawyers, ...