The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to declare unconstitutional a system that technology companies, including Apple Inc. and Google Inc., have used to invalidate hundreds of patents and head off litigation.

The U.S. Supreme Court said a California county must let five churches hold indoor services, adding to a line of orders that have curbed the power of government officials as they battle the spread of the coronavirus.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. failed to convince a California appellate court Friday that Covid-19 health concerns justify putting off a trial that has been pending for nearly seven years.

California will hold its two-day bar exam remotely in late July, becoming the most recent state to change test-taking procedures as the coronavirus pandemic stretches on.

Members of the Oregon State Bar who say the organization violated their freedom of speech and association by publishing statements denouncing racism, racist violence, and discrimination had one of their claims revived by the Ninth Circuit on Friday.

An Iowa man who had his sexual abuse conviction overturned due to ineffective assistance of counsel can’t use that win to automatically establish that his attorney breached his duty to him in a legal malpractice case, the state’s highest court said.