Before Boudin, Selya and Howard, Circuit Judges.Defendant-appellant Henry Fernández-Cabrera pleaded guilty to one count of illegal re-entry into the United States. Eschewing the parties'

In a 6-1 decision, the Florida Supreme Court preserved findings from a defunct class action against tobacco companies and rejected their claims that they were denied due process by trial rules and jury instructions. The decision is the court's first significant review of its landmark 2006 ruling in Engle v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco.

You could practically feel the wave of relief that washed over the litigation department at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett on Tuesday, when a New York state appellate court upheld a $420 million summary judgment ruling that the firm won for Travelers unit United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company back in 2010.

The tobacco industry can exhale. It won't be shut out in post-Engle trials taking place in Florida. On Wednesday a jury in St. Petersburg delivered a defense verdict for Altria and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco.

Who's afraid of Florida state court? Not Big Tobacco--after going five for five in the most recent Engle progeny cases.

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz's John Savarese must have learned something about secrecy from UBS. The Swiss bank has been under investigation for many months of whether it helped U.S. clients avoid paying taxes, but its lawyer appears to have kept out of sight. Until now. Savarese was a signatory to UBS's deferred prosecution agreement with the government filed on Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale federal court.