Ted Frank's purchase of a Grand Theft Auto video game eventually led him to quit his fellowship at the American Enterprise Institute and devote himself to objecting to class actions settlements that he believes are orchestrated mainly to enrich plaintiffs lawyers.

After cycling through nine sets of his own lawyers, Paul Ceglia, the man claiming to own at least half of Facebook, wants a judge to exile Facebook's lawyers at Gibson Dunn and strip them of their fees. Facebook's lawyers, meanwhile, want a judge to force Ceglia to turn over a letter from Kasowitz Benson they say shows once and for all that he's a fraud.