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• D.C. Circuit grapples with contempt dispute in Ted Stevens case
• Judge slashes 'highly unreasonable' fee request in Prius headlight case
• Court will hear alien tort, First Amendment cases
• ABA weighs fines, loss of accreditation for law schools that misreport jobs data
• Software company may maintain two separate suits against DOJ
• Ripping a critic's mask off
• Judge spurns FDA power play
• IP LAW: Lawyers brace for patent reform
• A fight over 'Libya'
• Delaware Chancery dismisses shareholder suit against Goldman Sachs over risky practices
• IP LAW: A SPECIAL REPORT
• OPINION: Patent Reform
• THE PRACTICE: Liebman's National Labor Relations Board legacy
• IN-HOUSE COUNSEL: Scanners
• THE CAREERIST: At law firms, the kids are all right
• WHO REPRESENTS CORPORATE AMERICA
• Small Firms, Big Companies: A Special Report
• THE PLAINTIFFS' HOT LIST

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D.C. Circuit grapples with contempt dispute in Ted Stevens case	Top
The lawyers representing two attorneys in the botched public corruption case against late Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens (R) today asked an appeals court in Washington to vacate a judge's order holding the prosecutors in contempt.
Judge slashes 'highly unreasonable' fee request in Prius headlight case	Top
A federal judge in Los Angeles struck down the proposed attorney fees in a class action settlement against Toyota Motor Corp. over Prius headlights, calling the $4.7 million request "highly unreasonable" for a case with "narrow, not complex" legal work.
Court will hear alien tort, First Amendment cases	Top
The Supreme Court amped up its argument docket today by agreeing to decide two contentious legal issues: whether corporations can be sued in U.S. courts for faraway human rights violations, and a classic First Amendment battle over false claims of military heroism.
ABA weighs fines, loss of accreditation for law schools that misreport jobs data	Top
The American Bar Association has announced it is drafting a rule spelling out consequences for law schools that intentionally falsify jobs data, possibly including monetary fines or the loss of accreditation.
Software company may maintain two separate suits against DOJ	Top
A software company's Lanham Act case against the U.S. Department of Justice in federal district court doesn't bar it from maintaining a separate case against DOJ in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for breach of license, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled.
Ripping a critic's mask off	Top
A former Cooley law student and anonymous blogger is locked in a court battle with the law school, which is attempting to publicly unmask and sue him for defamation.
Judge spurns FDA power play	Top
The Justice Department billed its civil case against a pharmacy as a no-frills application of long-established food and drug law. But the collapse of the closely watched case stung the FDA as prosecutors hit one snag after another.
IP LAW: Lawyers brace for patent reform	Top
The sweeping patent reform law enacted last month is expected to create new classes of intellectual property winners and losers as game-changing provisions kick in during the next 18 months.
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.
Delaware Chancery dismisses shareholder suit against Goldman Sachs over risky practices	Top
The Delaware Court of Chancery has dismissed a case that claimed Goldman Sachs breached its fiduciary duty to shareholders through a compensation structure that encouraged employees to take undue risks.
IP LAW: A SPECIAL REPORT	Top
The sweeping patent reform law enacted last month is expected to create new classes of intellectual property winners and losers as game-changing provisions kick in during the next 18 months.
OPINION: Patent Reform	Top
Practitioners sound off on the merits and drawbacks of the sweeping new law.
THE PRACTICE: Liebman's National Labor Relations Board legacy	Top
The board she chaired returned to Clinton-era precedent in many areas but also fashioned unprecedented new rules.
IN-HOUSE COUNSEL: Scanners	Top
Profile of John Ellsworth, general counsel for ScanSource Inc.
THE CAREERIST: At law firms, the kids are all right	Top
Now that everyone and his mother has weighed in about the misery of young lawyers, I'm going to propose something radical: They're not that bad off.
WHO REPRESENTS CORPORATE AMERICA	Top
For this year's survey of the law firms who represent America's largest corporations, we've chosen to highlight one example of the longer-term relationships between in-house counsel and the law firms that represent them.
Small Firms, Big Companies: A Special Report	Top
Profiles of law firms of 50 lawyers and under that represent major corporations.
THE PLAINTIFFS' HOT LIST	Top
These 20 firms are at the cutting edge of plaintiffs' work — and are giving defense players a run for their money. • Hare Wynn harvests big victory in rice row • In NYSE case, Labaton created a bull market • Whatley Drake finds healthy return in insurance fights

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