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.

A bench trial begins on Monday in San Jose in a suit that accuses five major corporations of creating a public nuisance by manufacturing and promoting lead-based paint despite knowledge it was harmful. Ten cities and counties in California are demanding nearly $1 billion in cleanup costs.

We answer three key questions: Who's representing whom? What's going on with judicial recusals? And are cases moving in advance of the MDL panel's July meeting?

The fight over the validity of so-called unfinished business claims in law firm bankruptcies is heating up in courts on both coasts this week.