In the stylized Japanese cartoons known as anime, a superhero typically leaps to the rescue. But in real life, sometimes lawyers fill that role.

In Gaimz Candies LLC v. Funimation Productions Ltd., et al. , Mike Carnahan saved the day by successfully defending his three clients in a fraud suit and securing a take-nothing judgment for them, which 133rd District Judge Jaclanel McFarland of Houston signed on May 24.