A federal judge has granted a default motion against the People’s Republic of China in a $2.2 billion lawsuit brought by a California software firm over copyright infringement.

A California judge last week certified a class of an estimated 3,000 Oracle employees who allege they were misclassified as exempt and deprived of overtime pay. Judge Steven Brick’s order certified three subclasses of technical analysts, project managers and quality assurance analysts or developers for Oracle and PeopleSoft, which Oracle bought in 2005. They say Oracle violated provisions of the California Labor Code by failing to pay overtime wages and give them off-duty meal periods.

Its dramatic merits notwithstanding, “The People’s Court” is not in fact a court of law and statements a woman made while appearing as a “plaintiff” on the show may not be later used against her in an actual legal proceeding, a New York judge has ruled.

The Georgia Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court decision tossing a suit by the widow of a deputy slain by convicted courthouse shooter Brian Nichols, who killed four people during and after his escape.

Princess Diana died 13 years ago, but litigation involving her image was given new life on Monday. A split California appeals court reinstated Franklin Mint’s malicious prosecution lawsuit against Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, the firm that sued Franklin for hawking plates and other collectibles bearing the likeness of the so-called People’s Princess