Headlines • Law Schools Task Force Changes Target for Reform Pitch • Actos Bellwether Trial Scheduled to Open Next Month • Justices Deliver Major Rulings in Drug, Workplace Cases • Court: Airlines Enjoy Broad Immunity for Threat Reports • DOJ, Tech Companies Reach Deal on Disclosure of Surveillance Data • Innovations in Law Firm Technology • Torts 101 — Damages for Those Who Might Get Sick Are Nonsensical • VOIR DIRE: At Least He's Polite • State Whistleblowing Laws Provide Whopping Verdicts • BP Takes Bid to Rewrite Settlement to Full Fifth Circuit The American Bar Association's Task Force on the Future of Legal Education has released its final report, concluding that law schools in the United States are too pricey and too much alike. Read More » The first federal trial is scheduled to begin on Feb. 3 over claims that prescription drug Actos increases the risk of developing bladder cancer. Read More » Before heading off for a long winter recess, the Supreme Court on Monday issued a major decision that could affect prosecutions when a crime victim dies of multiple causes. Read More » Federal law gives airlines and their employees broad immunity from civil lawsuits when they alert transportation authorities to potential threats, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday as it reversed a $1.4 million defamation verdict against an airline that reported a pilot was "mentally unstable." Read More » The U.S. Department of Justice today announced an agreement that will allow tech and social media companies to publicly report more detailed information about government demands for customer information. Read More » The past few years have been momentous for law firms and their use of technology. In the electronic discovery area alone, innovations including predictive coding have found acceptance by the courts. Read More » New York court's decision on medical monitoring follows a basic tenet of law. Read More » Martha Hardwick Hofmeister, a partner in Dallas' Shackelford, Melton & McKinley, recalls her confrontation with Dennis Rodman. Also: a bugged hotel room in this week's column. Read More » Employers have finally started to recognize that the risks attendant to whistleblower claims in federal legislation can be enormous. But what about state whistleblower laws? Read More » BP PLC has petitioned an en banc panel of a federal appeals court to rehear a three-judge panel's recent decision upholding the fairness of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement. Read More » | 
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