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• THE INFLUENCE 50
• In D.C., judges' backgrounds are changing
• A fight over 'Libya'
• Kagan bows out of 66 cases in new term
• INADMISSIBLE
• Judge sentences former lobbyist Kevin Ring to 20 months
• Federal judges seeking belated COLA increases to appear before Federal Circuit
• Conviction upheld in Congressional bribery case — with a major caveat
• Doomsday at the high court: What to do?
• COURTSIDE: Rainy days and third Mondays always get them down
• Courtside: Katyal's path to Hogan Lovells
• Rule sought for unsealing grand jury records
• Not quite ready to quit
• Judges may take bigger role guiding pro se

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THE INFLUENCE 50	Top
Our annual special report on Washington lobbying reveals the industry kept a firm hand on the tiller last year as it navigated through health care and financial reform, reporting a steady rise in revenue in 2010.
In D.C., judges' backgrounds are changing	Top
Six of Obama's nine D.C. Superior Court nominees confirmed to date have worked for the Public Defender Service in Washington. This marks a noticeable departure from the George W. Bush administration, whose nominees mostly worked in private practice or as prosecutors.
A fight over 'Libya'	Top
As violence between rebels and government forces in Libya escalated in February, the conflict found its way to an unusual place — a cybersquatting case in Washington federal court.
Kagan bows out of 66 cases in new term	Top
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan's prior position as U.S. solicitor general continues to prompt her to recuse herself in individual cases as she begins her second term on the Court.
INADMISSIBLE	Top
Name redaction; Clemens' attorneys cry foul on legal fees; here there be treasure — and lawsuits; agreeing on probation for Mahler; Ivey multitasks; a pro bono award for NLRB; and 17 lobbying hits for Google in this week's column.
Judge sentences former lobbyist Kevin Ring to 20 months	Top
Kevin Ring, a former Greenberg Traurig partner and lobbyist who worked with Jack Abramoff, was sentenced on Oct. 26 in federal court in Washington to 20 months in prison, according to a news release from the U.S. Justice Department.
Federal judges seeking belated COLA increases to appear before Federal Circuit	Top
A group of federal judges challenging Congress' denial of cost-of-living increases in judicial salaries in the mid-to-late 1990s will be back before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in December.
Conviction upheld in Congressional bribery case — with a major caveat	Top
A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a former defense contractor on charges of bribing disgraced U.S. Rep. Randall "Duke" Cunningham, but ordered a hearing on a constitutional issue that could open the door to a new trial.
Doomsday at the high court: What to do?	Top
What would happen if some or all of the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court were taken out in a terrorist attack? It's a question that the framers of the Constitution did not anticipate, and policymakers ever since have not thought much about. As a result, the answer is the same as for the departure of a single justice: the clunky nomination and confirmation process.
COURTSIDE: Rainy days and third Mondays always get them down	Top
The Supreme Court will be slightly less visible this month as it begins its new term. With little fanfare, the Court announced Tuesday that it was canceling its public session on Oct. 17, the third Monday of its October cycle of sittings. "The Supreme Court will no longer sit for a non-argument day in its October session," the Court press release stated, without offering a reason.
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.
Rule sought for unsealing grand jury records	Top
For months, the U.S. Justice Department vigorously opposed the unsealing of former president Richard Nixon's 1975 testimony in the Watergate investigation, but they lost that dispute over the summer. Now, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. is pitching a change in the rules to create tighter control over the release of historically significant grand jury material.
Not quite ready to quit	Top
Some legal public service advocates are planting seeds among senior firm lawyers that pro bono work has numerous rewards — and that they can continue on that path after they retire by starting new careers with nonprofits.
Judges may take bigger role guiding pro se	Top
Noting the rise in pro se litigants, and acknowledging that traditional legal services groups can't always meet those needs, the D.C. Superior Court is considering changes to its judicial conduct guidelines that would encourage judges to take a more "affirmative role" in ensuring that unrepresented parties understand what's going on.

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