Viacom International is getting a second shot at proving that YouTube massively infringed its copyrights by hosting clips from shows like "The Daily Show" and "Family Guy" without its permission. And whether Viacom and its lawyers succeed or not, they've already managed to shape the developing case law over copyrighted content that users illegally upload to the Internet.

The fight over the validity of so-called unfinished business claims in law firm bankruptcies is heating up in courts on both coasts this week.

At the Justice Department, Mendelsohn pushed to make Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases a priority. In so doing, he generating a boom in demand for FCPA defense lawyers. Now he--and his new firm--are poised to benefit from his entry into the market he created.

As Norex, the first plaintiff whose RICO case was dismissed on Morrison grounds, refashions its lurid allegations as a New York state case, a Brooklyn federal judge has cited Morrison in his dismissal of a similarly provocative RICO case against RJR.