All-stars of the plaintiffs bar make their pitch for a place on the plaintiffs' steering committee in the BP oil spill MDL.

Intuit Inc. has agreed to settle an antitrust lawsuit accusing the company and other Silicon Valley tech firms of conspiring not to poach each other's high-value employees.

A federal judge in Spokane took Robbins Geller to task last month over the firm's request for $2.1 million in fees and expenses related to a $7.5 million class action settlement, questioning whether two partners should be sanctioned or referred for disciplinary proceedings for overstating their expenses. The firm apologized Tuesday but defended much of its request.

With a new class action filing against the ratings agencies, Cordray is strengthening the case that he's the Midwest's answer to Andrew Cuomo.

In one case, a federal judge in San Francisco has already postponed motions on class certification in a lawsuit by customers against U.S. Bancorp after its lawyers at Reed Smith moved to compel arbitration.