A long-running, behind-the-scenes battle between Susman Godfrey and onetime client Jack Grynberg over close to $50 million in contingency fees has burst into public view, just as it nears an end.

The government's case against Apple and and five of the "big six" book publishers is good news indeed for plaintiffs lawyers at Hagens Berman and Cohen Milstein as they pursue their own class action claims against the same crowd of defendants.

Plenty has changed in a decade of investor-state arbitration. But not enough.

A new report on law firm social responsibility moves way beyond pro bono and asks firms to hew to international human rights principles--even if it means dropping clients.