Fifteen banks asked the Second Circuit to intervene in their mammoth legal battle with the Federal Finance Housing Agency, the conservator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, arguing that U.S. District Judge Denise Cote is unfairly determined to cripple their defense.

The state of Vermont has struck out a second time in its two-year effort to halt the relicensing of its aging Yankee nuclear power plant.

Clients from Intellectual Ventures to LinkedIn want their outside counsel singing from the same hymnal.

Patent reform is coming to Europe. The E.U. is establishing a new patent regime that will allow inventors to file for a single patent valid in almost all of its member states, and that will set up a new patent court with venues in London, Munich, and Paris.

The ruling spells the end of efforts by the Lehman estate and creditors to squeeze billions from Barclays for its alleged secret deals with Lehman insiders. But the news wasn't all good for Barclays: As much as $4.8 billion in disputed cash held in Lehman accounts at the time of the asset sale will return to the estate.

Now that an appellate court has reversed more than half of a $310 million judgment against Mattel, Bratz doll manufacturer MGA Entertainment, its insurers, and its former law firm are fighting over the leftovers.