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• DOJ's global cash hunt
• Victims told 'don't go it alone'
• The next Lloyd Cutler?
• Red meat for defense
• INADMISSIBLE
• Court hands Microsoft loss in patent fight
• Backlog of immigration cases continues to grow, report says
• High court hands victory to Roche in case over inventors' rights
• Investors win again at the high court — but don't call it a trend
• High court practitioners: increasingly diverse
• In blow to business groups, justices uphold Arizona law on hiring foreign workers
• Fulfilling foreign judgments
• Farmers case yields big fees
• Feds say D.C. lawyer needs ethics lesson

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DOJ's global cash hunt	Top
For more than seven years, the U.S. Depart­ment of Justice has fought to control $250 million the government claims is dirty money rooted in the criminal exploits of a former Ukrainian prime minister. Now lawyers representing claimants are arguing DOJ should not be allowed to continue that fight.
Victims told 'don't go it alone'	Top
Although most criminal prosecutions are handled by government lawyers, D.C. case law has allowed private parties to bring criminal contempt actions in domestic violence and other intrafamily cases. But that process is now in question.
The next Lloyd Cutler?	Top
Former White House counsel have often been giants of Washington's legal establishment. Think names like Lloyd Cutler, C. Boyden Gray or Abner Mikva. And as the next counsel to the president, 40-year-old Kathryn Ruemmler may be a giant in the making — if she can survive the politically grueling tests she's sure to face.
Red meat for defense	Top
In the months leading up to the May 2008 raid on an Iowa slaughterhouse, U.S. District Judge Linda Reade in Cedar Rapids participated in a series of meetings with law enforcement agents and prosecutors, government memos show.
INADMISSIBLE	Top
A longtime defender puts on a new hat; Cooke for D.C. Council; Equal Justice scores a record for Summer Corps; Weiner's ethics code, revisited; Taylor's latest high-profile defense; House Judiciary to consider FCPA; and a client's crafty gratitude in this week's column.
Court hands Microsoft loss in patent fight	Top
Microsoft, with a $290 million jury verdict against it at stake, on Thursday lost a hard-fought patent battle in the U.S. Supreme Court. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, writing for a unanimous Court, held that alleged infringers — here Microsoft — who raise as a defense that the patent at issue is invalid must prove it by clear and convincing evidence.
Backlog of immigration cases continues to grow, report says	Top
The number of pending cases in federal immigration courts is at an all-time high, and those cases are remaining open for longer, according to new data that underscores the backlog facing the nation's immigration system.
High court hands victory to Roche in case over inventors' rights	Top
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Bayh-Dole Act does not give federal contractors automatic ownership of inventions that spring from their federally funded research.
Investors win again at the high court — but don't call it a trend	Top
Removing a significant hurdle for plaintiffs in securities class actions, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that investors need not prove at the class certification stage that a company's deceptive conduct caused their economic losses.
High court practitioners: increasingly diverse	Top
Last month's announcement that former acting solicitor general Walter Dellinger was turning over the reins of O'Melveny & Myers' prestigious appellate practice to Sri Srinivasan, born in India and raised in Kansas, is just the latest sign that diversity is blossoming where before there was almost none.
In blow to business groups, justices uphold Arizona law on hiring foreign workers	Top
In a ruling that could encourage states to impose their own restrictions on hiring illegal aliens, the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an Arizona law that penalizes employers who knowingly hire unauthorized foreign workers.
Fulfilling foreign judgments	Top
A new bill before the District of Columbia Council could help parties trying to collect on foreign money judgments, according to attorneys supporting the law.
Farmers case yields big fees	Top
This month, a federal judge in Washington quietly approved a $1.25 billion settlement and conditionally agreed to a fee range that could generate a $92.5 million award to be split among all the lawyers.
Feds say D.C. lawyer needs ethics lesson	Top
Defense attorney Charles Daum has been indicted on several charges, including witness tampering and perjury. But did he really risk his career on a routine drug prosecution?

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