Willkie Farr, counsel to Lime Wire, urged the judge to reject the record companies' argument that they should be awarded damages for each instance of infringement. With thousands of users and millions of downloads, Lime Wire's liability could have been staggering. Instead, she held, damages should be limited to one award per work.

A record producing company can pursue its lawsuit against Universal Music Group Inc. over licensing rights to several early recordings by reggae legends Bob Marley and the Wailers, a federal appeals court ruled this week.

The agency seeks a ruling that restatements by CSK were due to "misconduct" by company employees.

A California appellate court refused to toss a malicious prosecution case against the firm, brought by a former PrediWave director who was sued by the company and its lawyers at Simpson. The firm still faces a separate malpractice case filed by its former client.

On Wednesday, the Grais & Ellsworth litigator, who's leading the charge against banks that issued deficient mortgage-backed securities, filed an investor put-back suit against Bank of America and learned that his pending MBS suit for Charles Schwab will proceed in California state court--which is just where he wants it.

New Century's shareholders were the first to file a subprime-related securities class action, but the litigation got mired in competing claims by the SEC and the New Century bankruptcy trustee. The global settlement deal announced Monday takes care of the whole kit and caboodle.

Until this week, the government's crusade against pharmaceutical pay-for-delay deals was on decidedly shaky ground. Now, thanks to Stewart and his team, drug companies may need to reevaluate part of their business model.

In a ruling for T-Mobile, San Francisco federal district court judge William Alsup notes that "perhaps regrettably" the high court rejected the plaintiff's argument that class actions provide the only practical recourse for individuals with relatively small claims.