Caplan's guilty plea sets the stage for an Oct. 3 sentencing and disbarment proceedings in New York.      

American Airlines alleged the union and its members engaged in a campaign that canceled 644 flights, caused 270 maintenance delays and disrupted travel for more than 125,000 people.      

“I will exercise my discretion not to prosecute women and doctors for exercising their constitutional rights, Macon DA David Cooke said. “It's unfortunate that this law may turn a miscarriage into a crime scene and I will not allow that to happen on my watch.      

Can the class-action dynamo break Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey's four-decade streak in Congress?      

Caplan's guilty plea sets the stage for an Oct. 3 sentencing and disbarment proceedings in New York.       

Law, like other elite professions, is built on the myth of meritocracy in which only the best and brightest get admitted into its pearly gates. But under the surface of that myth is the unspoken belief that diversity is somehow antithetical to quality.       

Can the class-action dynamo break Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey's four-decade streak in Congress?       

Robert Katz spent the last 18 years building a significant M&A practice at Shearman & Sterling.