Another settlement domino toppled this week in the Heller Ehrman bankruptcy, when Greenberg Traurig agreed to a $4.9 million deal to resolve claims that one of its partners failed to disclose a conflict of interest with Heller lender Bank of America.

With class certification briefing due next month, BofA may turn out to have been smart for getting out early from this sweeping MDL, which alleges that more than a dozen banks fleeced their most vulnerable depositors by charging exorbitant overdraft fees.

The class, which includes a huge swath of U.S. industry, accuses CSX, Union Pacific, and others of fixing prices for fuel surcharges. Treble damages could run into the billions of dollars.

In a ruling that seems to put pomegranate juice on comparable footing with pharmaceuticals, the Federal Trade Commission will require juice maker POM Wonderful to conduct extensive clinical trials before it can make any claims about the health benefits of its products.