For the second time in three years, Schapiro and Kramer persuaded a judge to knock out Viacom's seminal copyright infringement lawsuit over thousands of video clips posted on YouTube.

In its biggest suit yet, the National Credit Union Administration claims Bear Stearns sold $3.6 billion in shoddy mortgage-backed securities to four failed credit unions. But just like the cases that the Federal Housing Finance Agency brought against a slew of banks, the NCUA suits are in limbo as federal appeals courts weigh whether the agencies waited too long to sue.