Allen Easley, dean of the University of La Verne College of the Law, resigned unexpectedly Monday, citing personal reasons. The shakeup came eight months after the school lost provisional accreditation from the American Bar Association because of concern over its bar passage rates.

Volkswagen’s CEO said Monday that a proposed merger with fellow German automaker Porsche isn’t possible due to legal obstacles and tax issues that have cropped up since the companies announced merger plans in 2009. Volkswagen plans to explore alternative approaches to completing the tie-up.

What was billed as a possible Supreme Court showdown over the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act instead turned into a narrower debate Monday over how the redistricting of Texas legislative districts should proceed.

Exxon Mobil rang in the New Year by announcing that it won a nearly $908 million award in an international arbitration over Venezuela’s nationalization of its oil operations. But on Monday Venezuela’s state oil company touted its “successful defense” against Exxon’s claims.

The entertaining grammar lesson that Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. included in his decision in FCC v. AT&T did not just help win him unanimity among his voting colleagues