Under cross examination from David Boies, Frank McCourt admitted that key language in a marital property agreement was altered, possibly without his wife's knowledge. He said he doesn't recall if the change was his idea or the idea of Bingham's Lawrence Silverstein, who then represented the couple.

Cite as: Chevron Corporation v. Salazar, 11 Civ. 3718 (LAK) (JCF), NYLJ 1202509654652, at *1 (SDNY, Decided August 3, 2011)Judge James C. Francis IVp

In the enormous Bank of America securities class action, plaintiffs lawyers seeking the appointment of lead counsel are starting to make the case for themselves--and against their rivals.

A consolidated antitrust class action against four Chinese vitamin C makers case got smaller--but no less interesting--when one of the defendants agreed to a $10.5 million settlement. "This is the first shoe to drop in a Chinese cartel case, and it's a $10 million shoe," said William Isaacson of Boies Schiller, co-lead counsel for the direct purchaser class.

With a complete defense verdict for Google in a $600 million infringement case, Verhoeven proved once again that East Texas juries can be tamed.

In a jurisdictional muddle, a New Orleans judge ruled that Allan Kanner's client can't proceed with claims against Allstate because another whistleblower got there first--even though the other whistleblower's claims were not only different, but were also voluntarily dismissed.