Plaintiffs lawyers pressing antitrust class action claims against Apple and the big publishing houses over e-book pricing have oozed confidence since the litigation began last year. And now that the feds are reportedly targeting the companies too, they say they like their odds even more.

The high court ruled 8-0 that the Environmental Protection Agency, not the courts, has the power to regulate emissions that cause climate change.

Once upon a time, plaintiffs lawyers in the IPO securities class action had visions of billions dancing in their heads. Today, they're quite happy taking $586 million.

In back-to-back arguments in appeals of conflicting lower court rulings on Rambus's document shredding, a Federal Circuit panel pressed lawyers on when the oft-sued chipmaker should have 'reasonably foreseen' litigation and stopped destroying evidence.