A dozen Am Law firms failed to convince a federal judge in San Francisco to throw out claims that many of the world's leading consumer electronics companies conspired to fix prices for CD, DVD and Blu Ray recordable and rewritable drives.

Remember when we told you about the clever defense tactic Skadden devised for Kaiser's Neurontin false marketing case? Skadden pointed to Kaiser's own website, which recommended Neurontin for the same off-label uses for which Kaiser claimed damages. Well, give credit to Kaiser's trial lawyers. They turned Skadden's argument on its head.

Former college basketball players defeated an attempt by Electronic Arts to evade a proposed antitrust class action on Wednesday, when a federal judge in San Francisco refused to throw out claims that EA conspired to cheat the players out of payments for using their likenesses in video games and other media.

The First Circuit affirmed a $142 million verdict, revived class certification, and reinstated racketeering and state law claims in a trio of cases involving Pfizer's off-label marketing of Neurontin. The drug company relied on Skadden and Quinn Emanuel for the appeals.