The E.C. deal sets a worldwide licensing rate going forward, but doesn't resolve the past conduct at issue in U.S. patent and antitrust cases. The beat goes on for Munger, Weil, Quinn, and O'Melveny lawyers toiling on Rambus cases.

Two-and-a-half years ago a jury returned an estimated $9.3 billion verdict for shareholders of Vivendi Universal SA. That verdict was slashed in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Morrison v. NAB. But it may have made all the difference in a suit accusing Vivendi of misleading Liberty Global Corp during negotiations over a 2001 deal.

A Manhattan federal judge ruled on Thursday that an Illinois pension plan could proceed with its efforts to bring a class action against General Electric on behalf of investors who purchased $12 billion of the company's stock. The plaintiff claims that investors were misled by GE and several large financial institutions about the company's exposure to subprime mortgages and other risky investments during the recent financial crisis.