Is it just us, or are international arbitration litigants particularly good at spinning a mixed result? In this case, a World Bank tribunal ruled that it didn't have jurisdiction to reinstate an award to a Turkish contractor, but it said Jordan's courts didn't have further say in the matter either.

Sanofi-Aventis lost another battle to generic manufacturers, this time over its cancer drug Taxotere.

It's not just the verdict against Wells Fargo, delivered by Judge William Alsup with withering contempt, that's a problem. It's the ripple effect Judge Alsup's ruling will have in a Florida MDL that raises similar allegations against most of the biggest banks in the land.

If the fight over U.S. rights to the famed Stolichnaya trademark were a vodka martini, you could consider it both shaken and stirred by an appellate ruling reviving a case that Russia considers a matter of national pride.

The case is a prime example of why ATS litigation is frustrating on both sides. The plaintiffs' lawyer says he can't identify his clients because he fears for their safety. Chiquita, meanwhile, is forced to defend against non-specific--but heinous--allegations.