Rejecting arguments from a virtual who's who of Big Law energy firms, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that retail consumers of natural gas can pursue state law antitrust claims stemming from Enron-era price manipulation.

Reason--and the First Amendment--have prevailed in a bizarre showdown between the litigious juice company POM Wonderful and our colleagues at The National Law Journal.

Four years after regulators began investigating alleged collusion by the banks controlling the CDS market, private antitrust litigation is finally starting to take shape.

A British court handed down a ruling in favor of billionaire brothers Sir Frederick and Sir David Barclay dismissing a suit brought by well-known Irish real estate developer Patrick McKillen. The decision capped a five-month trial to settle a power struggle over three of London's most famous and expensive hotels.

Plaintiffs' lawyers in the New Orleans multidistrict litigation over faulty Chinese drywall have faced their share of obstacles, especially due to no-show foreign defendants. But thanks to a proposed settlement negotiated by Levin and Herman, relief is in sight for property owners stuck with drywall made by a subsidiary of Germany's Knauf Group.