It cost a pretty penny to win an acquittal for a major corporation and its former employees in the biggest environmental crimes case ever, according to Bloomberg's take on Grace's regulatory filings. But for Grace, which was facing a $280 million fine and untold fallout from a criminal conviction, it appears to have been money well spent.

The litigation equivalent of Halley's comet is about to streak into view in Manhattan federal district court. Yes, folks, when trial in the shareholder suit against Vivendi and two of its former executives begins this week before Judge Richard Holwell, it may be your once-in-a-lifetime chance to witness a so-called f-cubed securities class action trial, involving foreign investors who bought shares of foreign companies on foreign exchanges.

In an 8-1 decision involving a patent on a deep fryer, the high court upheld a $4.65 million infringement verdict for French home appliance company SEB. But it rejected the standard for induced infringement applied by the Federal Circuit to reach the same conclusion.

For months, American Airlines has been waging a lonely fight against the companies that distribute flight fares and information. Now US Airways has jumped into the fray.

With the summer intern season heating up, plaintiffs lawyers at Outten & Golden representing unpaid interns at Fox won a ruling that could spell trouble for employers.

Right after the FDIC seized Washington Mutual, the government sold off its core banking assets to JPMorgan Chase for the bargain-basement price of $1.9 billion. This week, a two-court battle erupted between WaMu holding company JPMorgan and the FDIC over exactly what Morgan bought.