A Tennessee physician is in critical condition after having been shot multiple times last week by his wife on their way out of his lawyer’s office, where they had both just participated in a mediation session.

As a result of a federal law enacted in October, employers may have to retire a time-honored arrangement they often enter into with departing employees. So reports Forbes.com.

If a bill pending in the Florida House and Senate passes, the Sunshine State will pay up to $44,000 toward the law-school debt of any attorney who works as a state prosecutor or public defender for a set number of years. So the Orlando Sentinel reports.

The U.S. Supreme Court last week agreed to consider two cases brought by business owners who, based on their religious beliefs, object to providing certain types of birth control coverage required by President Obama's signature health care law. So the Associated Press reports.