It's been a long and winding road for a Massachusetts research hospital seeking compensation for its researchers' contributions to a drug for blindness, but the end is finally in sight. On Monday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed the $113 million jury verdict that the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary won against the biotech firm QLT Phototherapeutics.

We don't know of any reporter as attuned to international arbitration as Am Law's Michael Goldhaber, which is why we look forward to his Arbitration Scorecard each summer. Freshfields claims pride of place as the top arbitration law firm, with an impressive 19 treaty arbitrations and an equally impressive 16 contract arbitrations.