Mayer Brown convinced yet another court to uphold AT&T Mobility's mandatory arbitration agreements with wireless network customers. And lawyers at Latham & Watkins representing co-defendant Apple--which wasn't even a party to the customer agreements--persuaded the judge that Apple could force claimants into arbitration as well.

A Philadelphia judge has refused to dismiss a class action suit accusing Bank of America of engaging in a scheme to use mortgage insurance premiums to fund illegal kickbacks. In his Thursday ruling, the judge directed the parties to develop a record on the issue of whether the statute of limitations should be equitably tolled based on the plaintiffs' claims.