Headlines • Parties to Airlines Merger Return Fire on DOJ's Challenge • Judge to Lawyers in 'Sherrod v. Breitbart': No More Games • Four Decades and 60 Exonerations Later… • Former Dodgers Owner's Ex Loses Bid to Undo Settlement • Appeals Court Ponders Citizens' Right to Tape Traffic Stops • Thompson Coburn is Latest Firm to Move into LA • My Life in Limbo Waiting for a Law License • The Not-So-Effective Vindication Decision • House Committee Approves Bill on 'Frivolous' Lawsuits • Tech Sector Floats Support for Federal Helium Reserve American Airlines and US Airways are pushing back hard against the U.S. Department of Justice, filing court papers blasting the government's bid to block their pending $11 billion merger. Read More » More than a year after the death of conservative blogger and web publisher Andrew Breitbart, a Washington federal trial judge expressed frustration on Wednesday that Breitbart's role in a defamation lawsuit remained unsettled. The judge threatened to hold lawyers in contempt unless he gets answers. Read More » The National Law Journal speaks with Rob Warden about his career, the early days of the innocence movement and the most important policy developments that have resulted from exonerations. Read More » A Los Angeles judge, relying largely on an earlier appellate decision in billionaire Ron Burkle's divorce, has denied a bid by the ex-wife of Frank McCourt, the former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, to set aside the couple's divorce settlement. Read More » A federal appeals court on Wednesday considered whether a citizen has a constitutional right to videotape police officers at a traffic stop. Read More » Thompson Coburn chairman Thomas Minogue said that the firm, which brings to the market competitive rates and low, Midwest-based overhead, will be able to better serve existing clients—including those in the transportation sector—and lure new ones by moving into Los Angeles. Read More » An undocumented immigrant has overcome all hurdles to practice law, except the most important. Read More » The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Italian Colors and its aftermath are big blow to class action bar. Read More » Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee moved forward Wednesday, over the objection of Democrats, on a bill aimed at reducing "frivolous" lawsuits. The Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2013, which the committee passed 17-10, would bring back four key sanctions... Read More » General Electric Co., International Business Machines Corp., and Intel Corp. this week raised their voices over next month's slated closure of the Federal Helium Reserve, urging Congress to move quickly to keep the storehouse's gas flowing to high-tech manufacturers. Scheduled... Read More » | 
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