A lawyer whose objection to a settlement in the Bluetooth hearing-loss litigation prompted a federal appeals court to reject the deal has renewed his protest, arguing that the deal continues to demonstrate self-dealing between plaintiff attorneys and the defendants.

The owners of the New York Mets have settled their dispute with trustee Irving Picard over his attempt to claw back some $300 million in profits from Bernard L. Madoff’s ponzi scheme.

Facebook has won a suit that accused Power Ventures of accessing and storing users’ login data without their permission.

Seyfarth Shaw and partner Richard Alfred have won a malpractice case brought against them by former client PCG Trading, which claimed the defendants didn’t do enough to protect it from court judgments in employment cases filed against Converge Inc. after PCG bought Converge’s assets.

Seven people and two companies have been charged with running one of the largest online piracy rings in the world, the Justice Department has announced. Officials said alleged members of the conspiracy, which operated Megaupload.com, generated more than $175 million in revenue and cost copyright holders $500 million. On Thursday, authorities in New Zealand arrested four of the defendants, including the alleged founder of Megaupload, Kim Dotcom.See related story: DOJ, Universal Music Websites Targeted After Piracy Arrests