Earlier this month, Samsung launched a bid to undo its recent loss to Apple on juror misconduct grounds. Now Samsung's lawyers at Quinn Emanuel are demanding to know when Apple first learned that a juror named Velvin Hogan gave misleading information during voir dire. Quinn Emanuel says that it needs the information in order to adequately respond to Apple's arguments that, despite Hogan's slip-up, the verdict should be left intact.

On Wednesday, Manhattan federal district court judge Shira Scheindlin denied motions to dismiss Alien Tort Claims Act suits brought against Ford, General Motors, IBM, UBS, and others by South Africans who accuse the corporations of aiding and abetting the country's onetime apartheid regime. The cases, consolidated in multidistrict litigation, had previously been dismissed by federal district court judge John Sprizzo, but were partly reinstated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Tuesday's ruling for CompuCredit in a battle with Visa card holders comes less than eight months after the high court emphasized the power of the Federal Arbitration Act in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, giving companies a big edge in compelling plaintiffs to arbitrate would-be class claims.

When Cerberus invoked a material adverse change clause and walked away from a billion-dollar agreement to buy 64 Innkeepers hotels, the bankrupt hotel operator's lawyers at Kirkland & Ellis claimed it was just a ploy to renegotiate the deal. Now it looks like the Cerberus may get a better price after all.