It remains to be seen whether Seroquel will be the product liability bonanza plaintiffs lawyers predict. But one's things for sure: In Delaware state court, the litigation has been a dud.

The carmaker gets its preferred venue. Santa Ana federal district court judge James Selna will oversee cases for economic damages, as well as personal injury and wrongful death cases.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has weighed in once again on the elements required for patent holders to prove induced infringement, this time in a fight over online mapping technology for real estate hunters.

It's becoming clear that patent wars over smart phone technology are going to spread revenue to Am Law firms like manure over undernourished soil. Kirkland has filed the latest smart phone suit--Apple's infringement case against the phone-maker HTC--but it turns out that K&E has quietly been representing Apple in the Nokia case as well. Plus: a rundown of all the firms involved in the smart phone litigation to date.