The folks left out of the money in Washington Mutual Inc.'s proposed reorganization plan tried to exclude huge chunks of the testimony supporting a $7 billion settlement between WMI, JPMorgan, and the FDIC, arguing that it was based on privileged materials they weren't allowed to see. They get credit for trying--but not for succeeding.

Pointing to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on class actions, a federal appeals court in Washington on Friday struck down the certification of thousands of businesses pursuing a large-scale antitrust case against four major freight rail companies.

After a last-minute counsel switch last October, Smith had just three days to prepare to convince the Second Circuit to revive Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement suit against YouTube and Google. But it was enough for Smith, who along with Sims persuaded the court to pull Google back into the ring.

Why anyone would want to recreate anything relating to baseball styles from the 1970s is beyond us, but Topps is claiming Upper Deck's new line of baseball cards infringes its card designs from the seventies. The cards do look similar, but last week a Manhattan federal judge denied Topps's request for a TRO.

The inimitable Gwen Stefani and her bandmates alleged that Activision breached their contract when the video game maker permitted No Doubt's digital avatars to perform other bands' songs in the Band Hero game. Activision put up a First Amendment defense, but the state appellate court slapped it down.

Facing the prospect of Rule 11 sanctions, Milberg and two other plaintiffs firms say they had every reason to trust confidential informants who told their investigator Sony knew about problems with its televisions. They also say they withdrew the allegations as soon as they questioned that trust.

We like to compare high stakes litigation to Hollywood dramas. This one actually made it to the silver screen, but on Monday the Ninth Circuit cut the lights on the Winklevosses' battle to undo their $65 million Facebook settlement.

Following a ruling last month dismissing a mortgage-backed securities suit against Countrywide, another Manhattan federal district court judge refused to toll the three-year statue of repose for securities claims in a class action involving Lehman Brothers.