Chancellor William B. Chandler III, predicted last year, in urging the parties to settle their differences, that neither eBay nor Craigslist would be pleased by his ruling in the case, reportedly saying, "I have an uncanny ability to make everyone unhappy."

Hon. Vice Chancellor Leo E. Strine, Jr., carved up the parties' discovery motions and a motion to amend Thursday in KFC National Council v. KFC as KFC and its franchisees crossed the road toward a September 20 trial date that would determine which side would 'rule the roost' in allocating chicken marketing dollars.

Hon. Judge Kenneth Cory declared a mistrial in Yago v. Toyota, a case considering whether the Golden Nugget hotel and casino in Las Vegas had taken adequate steps to ensure the safety of the guard rails in its elevated self-parking structure. It turned out that the judge's son was represented by the plaintiff's firm in an unrelated lawsuit.

In Bosetti v. US Life Insurance, an assistant principal asserted that the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District's long-term disability insurer should have covered her disability claim based on degenerative back disease and depression.

Jones Day's Kevin Boyce convinced a Fort Launderdale jury that although Leonard Budnick died of lung cancer caused by smoking, an addiction to smoking was not the legal cause of Mr. Budnick's death; instead, Mr. Budnick smoked because he wanted to.