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• Howrey partners vote to dissolve the firm
• Divided on discovery
• Fee fight spills into public
• Taking the Fifth? Expect to do it in person
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• Constitutional attacks on patent false-marking law gain traction
• High court allows state suits in seat belt cases
• Federal Circuit overturns $1.67 billion patent verdict against Abbott Labs
• Monday wrap-up: Court side with prisoners in DNA case
• Fallon named new reporter of decisions at Supreme Court
• Courtside: Was Katyal misquoted on prosecutors?
• Fee fight headed for courtroom
• Firm seeking payback from Abramoff pal
• Cobell attorneys seek $223 million

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Howrey partners vote to dissolve the firm	Top
Partners in the embattled Washington firm Howrey voted on March 9 to dissolve the firm, effective on March 15.
Divided on discovery	Top
The federal judiciary appears evenly split and prosecutors and defense lawyers sharply divided over a proposal to broaden criminal discovery obligations following a high-profile case of alleged government misconduct, according to a national survey.
Fee fight spills into public	Top
Sonnenschein's lawyers battled in court over whether the firm fairly compensated Douglas Rosenthal for work on two cases, including one brought by families of victims of the 1988 bombing of a Pan American World Airways jet over Lockerbie, Scotland.
Taking the Fifth? Expect to do it in person	Top
In a new opinion, the District of Columbia Bar's Legal Ethics Committee has made clear that it's generally OK for lawyers in Congress to force a witness to appear, even when the lawyers have been told that the witness will refuse to answer questions under the Fifth Amendment's right against self-incrimination.
INADMISSIBLE	Top
Barring write-in vote revelations; Howes trial continues; House to take up DOMA; Bloch sentencing in limbo; Ogletree returns to DC; and a new executive VP at Neustar in this week's column.
Constitutional attacks on patent false-marking law gain traction	Top
Constitutional challenges to the statute that lets whistleblowers sue companies for falsely labeling their products as covered by patents are heating up at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and at the district court level.
High court allows state suits in seat belt cases	Top
The Supreme Court on Wednesday opened the door to state personal injury suits against automakers in a decision involving vehicle lap belts.
Federal Circuit overturns $1.67 billion patent verdict against Abbott Labs	Top
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has overturned a $1.67 billion patent infringement jury verdict that Johnson & Johnson unit Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. won against Abbott Laboratories in a Texas federal court. The ruling reversed 2009's largest jury verdict, finding the patent at issue to be invalid based on the written-description requirement.
Monday wrap-up: Court side with prisoners in DNA case	Top
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that prisoners can use so-called Section 1983 civil rights lawsuits to make post-conviction requests for DNA testing of crime scene evidence.
Fallon named new reporter of decisions at Supreme Court	Top
Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. announced from the bench Monday the appointment of Christine Fallon as the Court's new reporter of decisions, the first woman to hold the position.
Courtside: Was Katyal misquoted on prosecutors?	Top
During arguments in Ashcroft v. al-Kidd, Neal Katyal appeared to say one thing about prosecutors in response to a question from Justice Sonia Sotomayor. But a tape of the arguments shows that he may have been trying to make the opposite point.
Fee fight headed for courtroom	Top
A $4 million jury award for a man savagely beaten outside a Washington nightclub is at the center of a rare court fight over fees between attorneys who represented the plaintiff.
Firm seeking payback from Abramoff pal	Top
Lawyers for Greenberg Traurig are demanding that Abramoff business partner Michael Scanlon make restitution to the firm to cover its losses.
Cobell attorneys seek $223 million	Top
They say the judge isn't bound by their pledge to accept $99.9 million or less.

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