Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, known formally as 42 U.S.C. §1983, is a federal law that allows for the suing ...

A civil lawsuit is one type of case that you can file within this legal system. ... Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author.

Unlike in criminal cases, there is no constitutional right to an attorney in civil legal matters. This can affect low-income ...

The head of the LDS Church’s online education program previously co-founded and led a company whose practices amounted to extortion and false imprisonment, according to a California judge.

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 ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday handed a major victory to Black voters who challenged a Republican-drawn electoral map in Alabama, finding the state violated a landmark law prohibiting racial ...

A Florida textbook publisher removed all references to race from a lesson about Rosa Parks, the Alabama civil rights hero, in an effort to get its books approved by a Florida committee, The New ...