Federal district court judge Cormac Carney had tossed the agency's civil cases against four former Broadcom executives last year. Although he allowed the agency to refile charges, he suggested it should not. The government complied.

The plaintiffs want to have it both ways, alleging state law fraud claims as well as violations of the federal securities laws in a new New York state supreme court filing.

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.

There were precious few bright spots in the newly released Am Law 100 numbers. But speaking parochially, we're happy to report that what good news there was, came, in the main, from firms with strong litigation practices.

Morgan Lewis & Bockius client ActiveVideo prevailed in a three-week patent infringement trial, but there's another beneficiary too: ActiveVideo client Cablevision, which continues to battle Verizon over related patents at the ITC.

After the Federal Circuit allowed TS Tech to transfer out of the supposedly plaintiffs-friendly Eastern District of Texas last year, the defense transfer motions poured in. In a pair of recent rulings, the Federal Circuit confirmed that sometimes defendants can exit the Lone Star State--but not always.

Google Inc. subsidiary Motorola Mobility Inc. has been dealt another setback in its patent battle with Apple Inc. at the International Trade Commission, prompting speculation that Google's $12.5 billion Motorola acquisition may have been a bust.

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.