Brunswick Superior Court Chief Judge Amanda F. Williams announced her retirement Monday, ending a wide-ranging ethics investigation by Georgia’s judicial disciplinary agency but leaving open the possibility that she could still face criminal charges.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether Arizona’s tough anti-immigration law can be enforced or is in fatal conflict with federal immigration law.

One of Hong Kong’s major lures as a base for international companies doing business in Asia has been recourse to its British-established common law courts. But recent Hong Kong rulings have raised the possibility that government parties may have legal immunity from claims — and in Asia it’s not always obvious which companies are controlled by governments.Visit International News

A federal judge has denied class certification in a suit over the marketing of Arizona iced tea as “100% Natural” because the plaintiff hired her lawyers seven months before buying the product.

The chairman of a new judicial pay commission has raised the possibility of incremental pay raises for New York judges — an idea that, if adopted, is considered unlikely to satisfy judges who have not had a raise since Jan.