Civil contempt is punishable by imprisonment or fine, and since 2016 has become a remedy of first resort. For that reason, it can be very effective to enforce financial awards in matrimonial actions.

Rudy Giuliani’s legal morass has, incredibly, gotten even worse. On Monday the former New York mayor was found in contempt of court for failing to turn over assets to two Georgia election workers he ...

NEW YORK — Rudolph W. Giuliani was found in contempt of court Monday for failing to properly respond to requests for information as he turned over assets to satisfy a $148-million defamation judgment ...

Julius Malema and Ngizwe Mchunu are back in court after the EFF leader sought a six-month jail term, alleging Mchunu breached ...

Judge Juan M. Merchan has, in his soft-spoken but hard-nosed way, told Donald Trump something no other court has over the course of his many civil and criminal cases: He’s down to his last chance.

An appellate court reversed a contempt finding against Rep. Randy Fine, citing a procedural error by the trial judge.

The UK home secretary, Suella Braverman, is the most recent government minister to be accused of potential contempt of court. Following a decision to charge a firearms officer with murder for the ...

A High Court judge has ordered that the mother of a child rape victim be brought before the court to face allegations of ...