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• Antitrust spat tests D.C. courts' jurisdiction
• Busy first week in a big term
• A Supreme Court memoir
• Sizing up the Supreme Court
• INADMISSIBLE
• CFPB official calls mortgage servicers 'plagued' by consumer protection problems
• FHFA suits removed to Southern District federal court
• Federal Circuit vacates $1.8M verdict over extraneous evidence in jury room
• COURTSIDE: Rainy days and third Mondays always get them down
• Courtside: Katyal's path to Hogan Lovells
• COURTSIDE: Fan critiques cert petition questions
• Judges may take bigger role guiding pro se
• Making more out of less
• A taxing proposal

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Antitrust spat tests D.C. courts' jurisdiction	Top
Just because federal agencies are housed within city limits, the precedent goes, doesn't mean D.C. courts have jurisdiction to hear every case that involves contact with a federal actor. An antitrust dispute between Brazilian and U.S. producers of materials used to make steel is testing the limits of this precedent.
Busy first week in a big term	Top
In just one week, the Court heard from some of the leading lawyers of the Supreme Court bar and nationally recognized legal scholars. It was a big start to a potentially huge term encompassing health care, affirmative action, and immigration.
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.
INADMISSIBLE	Top
Obama's record of women on the bench; no cash advance for Cobell lawyers; the Ring of truth; lobbyists unhappy with new ban; Contreras would get friendly; Hogan to lead; and soon you'll know Jack in this week's column.
CFPB official calls mortgage servicers 'plagued' by consumer protection problems	Top
During a press conference call on Thursday, Raj Date, Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury for the CFPB, said the mortgage service industry was "plagued by pervasive and profound consumer protection problems," and that the new agency would make monitoring it "one of the CFPB's top priorities."
FHFA suits removed to Southern District federal court	Top
One of the more opaque moves by the Federal Housing Finance Agency when it sued 18 of the world's largest financial institutions was filing 13 of the cases in New York federal court, four in New York state court, and one for good measure in Connecticut.
Federal Circuit vacates $1.8M verdict over extraneous evidence in jury room	Top
In a unanimous multipronged ruling on Oct. 6, a Federal Circuit panel vacated a $1.8 million jury verdict of trade secrets misappropriation and breach of fiduciary duty in favor of weapons accessory maker Atlantic Research Marketing Systems Inc. because of potential jury taint.
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.
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.
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.

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