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• A taxing proposal
• Carlyle Group's mortgage jam
• Growing appeals
• The big federal gamble
• INADMISSIBLE
• Jury finds naval officer guilty of 9/11 fraud
• Growers can sue government over grape patents
• In notable post-'Bilski' ruling, Federal Circuit finds software patent invalid
• Courtside: Katyal's path to Hogan Lovells
• COURTSIDE: Fan critiques cert petition questions
• COURTSIDE: Newest justices join cert pool
• A question of mental health
• How similar is too similar?
• Lobbying for reform

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A taxing proposal	Top
President Barack Obama last week delivered a reminder to financial industry lobbyists: The battle over a special tax rate affecting private-equity and hedge-fund managers isn't finished.
Carlyle Group's mortgage jam	Top
New class actions filed against the investment firm allege it deliberately misled investors.
Growing appeals	Top
When the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ends its summer recess on Sept. 12, a range of complex issues await the judges, including cases that examine securities fraud enforcement, U.S. Department of Justice leaks and the subpoena power of federal trade regulators.
The big federal gamble	Top
In its upcoming term, Congress will be weighing a variety of gambling-related measures, including some that would spur that growth and others that might slow it down.
INADMISSIBLE	Top
Brinkmann goes to bat for health care; freedom to spray and sell; round two on retaliation suit; Grosso to run for council seat; legal diversity council makes progress; Patton Boggs the go-to firm for foreign countries; and a coat reunion in this week's column.
Jury finds naval officer guilty of 9/11 fraud	Top
A Washington federal court jury on Monday found a U.S. naval officer guilty of submitting false claims to a Sept. 11 victims' fund.
Growers can sue government over grape patents	Top
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled on Aug. 24 that the Administrative Procedure Act enables the plaintiffs "to pursue equitable relief against the USDA on its patent law claims."
In notable post-'Bilski' ruling, Federal Circuit finds software patent invalid	Top
In a closely watched case about business method patentability following the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Bilski v. Kappos, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found broad software patent claims invalid because they attempt to capture "unpatentable mental processes."
Courtside: Katyal's path to Hogan Lovells	Top
When Neal Katyal left the Justice Department as acting solicitor general in June, he was feted by Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. On Tuesday Hogan Lovells, the firm where Roberts himself made his name as a top appellate advocate in the 1990s, announced it had hired Katyal, in a sense, as a successor to Roberts.
COURTSIDE: Fan critiques cert petition questions	Top
At its best, a well-formulated question is the shiny object that attracts the attention of a law clerk or a justice with a concise statement of an intriguing dilemma that the justices will want to solve. At its worst — and many are awful — the question presented can be a turgid, off-putting pack of run-on sentences that look like the result of a committee's hasty, last-minute compromise.
COURTSIDE: Newest justices join cert pool	Top
The U.S. Supreme Court's two newest justices have decided to remain in the Court's so-called "cert pool," leaving Justice Samuel Alito Jr. as the only justice whose law clerks screen incoming cases for just one member of the Court.
A question of mental health	Top
A case now before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals is raising fundamental questions about when doctors in Washington can forcibly commit someone who already has voluntarily agreed to seek help.
How similar is too similar?	Top
An important False Claims Act case is set for argument Sept. 16 in the D.C. Circuit. Millions of dollars can be at stake for the whistleblower who first jumps into the fray to allege wrongdoing.
Lobbying for reform	Top
Washington lobbyists are gearing up to make their cases to Congress this fall for lobbying reform. With several proposals crafted or in the works, including one on Capitol Hill, it looks as though they'll have a lot to discuss.

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