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• Judges may take bigger role guiding pro se
• A Supreme Court memoir
• Sizing up the Supreme Court
• Lobbying Prater
• INADMISSIBLE
• Federal Circuit chief judge announces model order to limit e-discovery
• Federal Circuit reverses infringement judgment, injunction against HemCon
• Big win for Monsanto in seed patent case
• COURTSIDE: Rainy days and third Mondays always get them down
• Courtside: Katyal's path to Hogan Lovells
• COURTSIDE: Fan critiques cert petition questions
• Making more out of less
• A taxing proposal
• A question of mental health

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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.
A Supreme Court memoir	Top
Former Justice John Paul Stevens, who retired in June 2010 after nearly 35 years on the Court, has not written a formal autobiography, but instead recounts his memories of five chief justices that he knew or with whom he served.
Sizing up the Supreme Court	Top
Tony Mauro leads a roundtable discussion with four Supreme Court experts in a preview of the upcoming term.
Lobbying Prater	Top
Mark Prater, the recently chosen staff director of the powerful deficit-reduction panel, will play a key role in developing the committee's recommendations on how to find at least $1.2 trillion in savings over the next 10 years. This will make him a prime lobbying target.
INADMISSIBLE	Top
The pardon backlog; witnesses for the Constitution; pictures at an exhibition; Tompkins donates to Harvard; a Regal $6 million suit; and a new face at Vianavo in this week's column.
Federal Circuit chief judge announces model order to limit e-discovery	Top
At the 2011 Eastern District of Texas Bench Bar Conference in Irving, Texas, on Sept. 27, Rader said the Federal Circuit Advisory Council unanimously voted to adopt the proposed "Model Order on E-Discovery in Patent Cases."
Federal Circuit reverses infringement judgment, injunction against HemCon	Top
A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has vacated a $29.4 million judgment and permanent injunction against HemCon Inc. in a case about the rights of an allegedly infringing party to sell a product when the patent claim at issue was changed in re-examination.
Big win for Monsanto in seed patent case	Top
Monsanto Co. has scored a win for its genetically altered seed patents at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The decision was also a victory for Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, including leading appellate advocate Seth Waxman, the chairman of its appellate and Supreme Court practice group in Washington.
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.
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.
Making more out of less	Top
Since the recession took hold in 2008, many local firms have adopted new business practices in an attempt to limit real estate-related costs. This has led to making better use of existing space and becoming more value-conscious when considering a move to new office digs.
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.
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.

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