Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre has announced the completion of its merger with Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis.

The sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers, coupled with his $130 million divorce settlement, could help winnow any damages in a malpractice claim by team owner Frank McCourt against Bingham McCutchen, the law firm that drafted an invalid marital agreement at the heart of his divorce.

More than $3 million in disputed legal bills are at the heart of the racketeering indictment of James Harper, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney in Atlanta, who spearheaded an international investigation for Glock. Harper said the charges are “Duke Lacrosse II without the girls.”

Lawyers for Facebook have filed papers asserting that they’ve found “smoking gun” evidence that disproves the authenticity of the purported contract at the heart of Paul Ceglia’s suit claiming he owns 84 percent of the social networking behemoth.

Gregory Zappala, owner of the juvenile detention facility at the heart of Pennsylvania’s “kids-for-cash” scandal, suffered a setback this week when a federal judge ruled his insurer has no duty to defend him in a spate of civil suits. Prosecutors have never charged Zappala with any wrongdoing, but the civil suits allege he was part of a RICO conspiracy and was aware kickbacks were being paid by his former partner to judges in order to guarantee youths would be sent to a facility owned by Zappala’s company.