Intuit Inc. has agreed to settle an antitrust lawsuit accusing the company and other Silicon Valley tech firms of conspiring not to poach each other's high-value employees.

A federal judge in Spokane took Robbins Geller to task last month over the firm's request for $2.1 million in fees and expenses related to a $7.5 million class action settlement, questioning whether two partners should be sanctioned or referred for disciplinary proceedings for overstating their expenses. The firm apologized Tuesday but defended much of its request.

With a new class action filing against the ratings agencies, Cordray is strengthening the case that he's the Midwest's answer to Andrew Cuomo.

In one case, a federal judge in San Francisco has already postponed motions on class certification in a lawsuit by customers against U.S. Bancorp after its lawyers at Reed Smith moved to compel arbitration.

Lawyers for consumers scored a huge victory in their effort to limit the application of the Supreme Court's recent ruling in Concepcion v. AT&T Mobility. Miami federal district court judge James King held that courts must still scrutinize arbitration agreements on a case-by-case basis to determine if they're enforceable under state law.

In a legal profession populated by the risk-averse, litigators stand out as an intrepid lot. So it should come as little surprise that each year a handful of high-profile practitioners opt to leave the comforts of large, established law firms to strike out on their own.

Laugh all you want at the prospect of 50 state attorneys general trying to keep their political aspirations in check in order to work together: This "robo-signing" scandal is big and getting bigger every day.