The D.C. Circuit today heard a sliver of a long-running, international legal dispute in which Chevron is trying to vacate a multibillion-dollar judgment in Ecuador over the alleged dumping of millions of gallons of toxic waste in a rainforest there.

A State Bar of Texas employee is under investigation for the alleged misappropriation of funds from a Texas Supreme Court account primarily used to reimburse lawyers who overpaid annual fees.

A federal judge has certified two classes of investors in a case that targets Greenberg Traurig and Quarles & Brady over their roles in an alleged Ponzi scheme run by real estate lender Mortgages Ltd. The investors claim they suffered $900 million in losses as a result of the alleged fraud.

Two former Edwards Wildman Palmer partners who sued the firm amid a heavily publicized dispute over compensation and the alleged actions of Edwards Wildman’s former managing partner have had their complaint sent to arbitration after a ruling that the Delaware Chancery Court is not the proper venue for the suit.

The Justice Department is urging the D.C. Circuit to strike down a ruling that said former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld can be held personally liable for the alleged torture of an American contractor detained in military custody in Iraq, arguing that the suit impermissibly intrudes on foreign detention policy and conduct in a combat zone.