It took Calhoon and his partners at Baker Botts nearly a decade to get claims that Vivendi breached the terms of a multibillion deal with their client in front of a jury. But it paid off on Monday, when Calhoon won a $956 million verdict for Liberty Media Corp.

The multifront, multinational Telenor-Alfa litigation saga offers a primer in how to use arbitration and Western courts to defend against the abuse of courts in emerging markets.

Shareholders' lawyers will get to see whatever the bank has turned over to Congress, the SEC, the New York attorney general, and other investigators--including, most likely, the communications between BofA and its lawyers that have already been turned over to the government.

The legacy of Wachtell founding partner Marty Lipton was on the line in Air Products' Delaware Chancery Court challenge to the Airgas board's right to use a poison pill to fend off a hostile takeover bid. Wolinsky relied on strong Delaware precedent--and a video clip from A Streetcar Named Desire--to win a ruling upholding the validity of the poison pill.