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• Federal judges seeking belated COLA increases to appear before Federal Circuit
• Judge won't let BP fast-track appeal on punitive damages
• Another barrier to law school: an unsavory digital trail
• ABA president Robinson urges attorneys to dedicate themselves to pro bono work
• A big gift for Bybee
• Doomsday at the high court: What to do?
• Rule sought for unsealing grand jury records
• Not quite ready to quit
• ENERGY LAW: This energy watchdog has sharp teeth
• ENERGY LAW: REITs may be an answer to the transmission deficit
• ENERGY LAW: Industry unfazed by revised Marcellus yield estimates
• ENERGY LAW: Battle lines form over hydraulic 'fracking'
• THE PRACTICE: Courts divide over DNA sampling of arrestees
• OPINION: Don't extend 'war on terrorism'
• THE CAREERIST: Tell daughters about Anita Hill
• Protect innovators, not copyright lawyers
• IP LAW: A SPECIAL REPORT
• WHO REPRESENTS CORPORATE AMERICA
• THE PLAINTIFFS' HOT LIST

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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.
Judge won't let BP fast-track appeal on punitive damages	Top
The federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has refused to allow BP PLC to immediately appeal his ruling allowing a large number of plaintiffs to seek punitive damages.
Another barrier to law school: an unsavory digital trail	Top
A poll by Kaplan Test Prep found that law school admissions officers are far more likely to investigate applicants' digital trails than are those handling undergraduate or business school admissions.
ABA president Robinson urges attorneys to dedicate themselves to pro bono work	Top
During an Oct. 24 address at the National Pro Bono Summit in Washington, American Bar Association president William Robinson III urged attorneys to continue dedicating themselves to pro bono work "because it is what elevates us as a profession."
A big gift for Bybee	Top
From 2007 to 2010, 9th Circuit Judge Jay Bybee accepted legal and consulting help totaling $3.4 million as he fought off allegations that he authorized torture, according to financial disclosure reports obtained by The National Law Journal.
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.
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.
ENERGY LAW: This energy watchdog has sharp teeth	Top
Michael Bromwich has shown he's got the bark — and the bite — to oversee the creation of three new agencies to replace the disgraced Minerals Management Service following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.
ENERGY LAW: REITs may be an answer to the transmission deficit	Top
They offer a private alternative to public financing for infrastructure improvements.
ENERGY LAW: Industry unfazed by revised Marcellus yield estimates	Top
Two agencies delivered sharply contrasting views of the richness of the resource.
ENERGY LAW: Battle lines form over hydraulic 'fracking'	Top
Both sides are positioning their troops across the legislative, executive and judicial theaters.
THE PRACTICE: Courts divide over DNA sampling of arrestees	Top
Some view it as just a modern version of fingerprinting; others say it's far more intrusive and requires a balancing test.
OPINION: Don't extend 'war on terrorism'	Top
National Defense Authorization Act would likely allow military detention of U.S. citizens and others arrested here.
THE CAREERIST: Tell daughters about Anita Hill	Top
As bad as sexism might be today, it was far worse back before Anita Hill shined a glaring light on it. Thanks to Anita Hill, my daughter will have to put up with a lot less nonsense.
Protect innovators, not copyright lawyers	Top
If Viacom succeeds in having last year's judgment in favor of YouTube overturned, it will be a crushing blow for small startups — the YouTubes, Facebooks and Googles of tomorrow.
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.
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.
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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