A south Georgia judge accused of meeting with litigants outside of court and engaging in ex parte communications has decided to put down his gavel and hang up his robe.

With a showdown shaping up between incumbent Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai and former San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg, the county judge’s seat is in a spotlight it doesn’t normally hold.

What you need to know: Through colonialism, Britain generously exported many things to Uganda—railways, English names, tea, and without consulting us, judicial wigs. Walk into a Ugandan courtroom on a formal day and you may momentarily wonder whether you’ve wandered into a 17th-Century British theater production.

Judge Judy’s television courtroom legacy is officially being handed to the next generation. CBS Media Ventures announced it is adding “Adam’s Law,” a new courtroom series starring Adam Levy, the son of iconic daytime TV Judge Judy Sheindlin, to its ...

DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Stacey K. Hydrick plans to put down her gavel in support of her "desire to be of greater service to the Jewish community."