In a securities class action against IndyMac and underwriters, the panel held that the tolling rule established by the U.S. Supreme Court in American Pipe does not apply to the statute of repose.

Stephane Farouze may have thought he'd gain an advantage by pursuing a fraud and breach of contract suit against Joe Biden's son and brother during last year's presidential campaign. But Biden told his family not to be "extorted." And now the case has been tossed.

It was like a scenario straight out of John Grisham's "The Runaway Jury." A rogue juror helps convict former Jenkins & Gilchrist partner Paul Daugerdas of fraud and tax evasion for running a tax shelter scheme, and he faces more than 20 years in prison. Then Daugerdas' lawyer, Chris Gair of Jenner & Block, decimated that juror's credibility, convincing the trial judge to grant a new trial.