It's a blue Monday for two firms. Paul Hastings gets no relief from the Federal Circuit, which upheld Rule 11 sanctions against the firm and its client in a California patent infringement case. And Hogan & Hartson is blasted by a client that claims the firm used confidential information to aid one of its rivals.

When Microsoft lost two nine-figure jury verdicts last spring, we heard lots of predictions that the verdicts wouldn't hold up. There's still no ruling on Microsoft's posttrial attempt to overturn the $388 million verdict against it in Providence, but on Tuesday, Judge Leonard Davis in Tyler issued a posttrial ruling that really sticks it to the software giant.

For the second trial, Versata and its lawyers at McKool Smith changed their strategy and decided to ask for lost profits, and not just royalties for SAP's infringement. That tactic paid off.