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February 18, 2010 
 
High Court Halftime: The October 2009 Term at Midpoint
Note: DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, THIS EVENT WILL NOW BE HELD ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2010

 The Hon. Dick Thornburgh
                                                          Noel J. Francisco
                                                          The Hon. Gregory G. Garre

                                                          Patricia A. Millett

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Dillon v. United States
On January 27, 2010, the Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court urging it to give federal district court judges greater latitude during re-sentencings to impose a sentence that falls outside the U.S. Sentencing...
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Textron Inc. & Subsidiaries v. United States
On January 27, 2010, WLF filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, urging it to review (and ultimately to overturn) an appeals court decision that threatens to undermine the important work-product privilege that corporate counsel have come to rely on...
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CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Gilkison
On January 19, 2010, WLF filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, urging it to reinstate a lawsuit filed against a group of lawyers and doctors accused of scheming to file thousands of fraudulent asbestos-liability claims...
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Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Limited Partnership
On January 22, 2010, WLF filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, urging it to grant rehearing in a case in which the appeals court affirmed a district court decision awarding the plaintiff more than $240 million for...
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Appelate Court Ruling Narrows Attorney Work Product Doctrine
By Richard Ben-Veniste, a senior partner, and Dan Himmelfarb, a partner, at the Washington, D.C. office of Mayer Brown LLP.
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Comments Sought on Australian Plain Packaging Bill
By Tracy-Gene Durkin, a director, and Jeremy M. Klass, an associate, at the law firm Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
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Drug Manufacturers' Defenses: Everything Is Old Again
By Gene M. Williams, the managing partner of, and Kathleen Frazier, an associate at, the Houston office of Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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Too Hot for Courts to Handle: Fuel Temperatures, Global Warming, and the Political Question Doctrine
By Laurence H. Tribe, the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at the Harvard Law School; Joshua D. Branson, a 2010 J.D. candidate at Harvard Law School; and Tristan L. Duncan, a partner with the law firm Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
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High Court Halftime: The October 2009 Term at Midpoint
The Hon. Dick Thornburgh
Noel J. Francisco
The Hon. Gregory G. Garre
Patricia A. Millett
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