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[IMAGE]   Anthrax Scare Shuts Down U.S. Supreme Court Building  American Lawyer Media The anthrax scare reached the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, shutting the building down and prompting the justices to take the historic step of moving their oral argument session today to another courthouse for the first time since 1814. The extraordinary move was triggered by the discovery Friday morning that an air filter removed from the Court's remote mail processing facility tested positive for anthrax.   Full Text     New Search Law Likely to Provoke Fourth Amendment Challenge  The National Law Journal Among the new terrorism-inspired laws likely to be challenged is a provision that broadly expands the authority of federal law enforcement officers to conduct covert searches, according to Fourth Amendment scholars and groups across the political spectrum. Unlike other provisions in the package, this one does not have a "sunset" or time limit attached that would allow lawmakers to rethink its necessity at a later date.  Full Text     House Proposal Would Strip FERC of M?Review Power  The Deal While the adoption of energy legislation by Congress this year is uncertain, one developing bone of contention in the debate is the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's role in reviewing energy mergers. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, has written a controversial legislative proposal that would strip FERC of its merger review authority over energy deals, which Democrats in both chambers of Congress strongly oppose.  Full Text    Texas High Court Turns Back Employees' Stock Option Suit  Texas Lawyer The Texas Supreme Court held that former employees of a subsidiary of St. Louis-based Monsanto Co. lost the right to buy company stock at favorable prices after Monsanto sold the subsidiary, Fisher Controls International. Over 100 Fisher employees filed suit after Monsanto refused to honor their stock options. The employees accused Monsanto of fraud, breach of contract and breach of duty of good faith. Full Text    ADVERTISEMENT  50% Savings from ALL-STATE LEGAL!  Find the perfect holiday card you need to reach out to clients to express sincere thanks for business and well wishes for the year ahead with ALL-STATE LEGAL  Legal-Specific, Patriotic and traditional holiday cards with 50% OFF!!On behalf of your firm, we will donate 5% of the proceeds of your holiday card purchase to your choice of either the American Red Cross or the September 11th Fund.   Click here .   Cigarette Makers Must Disclose Product Recipes, 1st Circuit Rules  The National Law Journal A Massachusetts law that effectively requires tobacco companies to disclose trade secrets would not cause any uncompensated takings, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held. Philip Morris Inc. and nine other tobacco manufacturers sought to enjoin enforcement of the state's Tobacco Ingredients and Nicotine Yield Act, which requires the companies to disclose tobacco product additives in descending order of quantity. Full Text    [IMAGE]  Avoid Computer Snafus, Even on the Road    American Lawyer Media More attorneys are going mobile -- ditching the desktop PC for a laptop. Clients expect us to be lean, mean, mobile lawyering machines, able to pull smoking documents out of the ether at a moment's notice. But what happens when things fall apart on the road? Fortunately, an array of products and services is at your disposal -- if you plan ahead.  Visit the Automated Lawyer Spotlight   State of the Art: Computers in Litigation    Legal Times Litigators, like artists, face the problem of perspective: how to make judge and jury see the picture as a whole when it is just a collection of points. Computer technology has come along to make the lawyer's task easier, and the pictures more powerful. But using such technology starts well before lawyers reach the courtroom.  Visit the Automated Lawyer Tech News   New Estate Planning Software from CCH  Law Office Technology Review Benjamin Franklin said nothing is certain but death and taxes. We have yet to eliminate death, but Congress recently eliminated what it called the tax upon death. They also passed the Economic Growth & Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001. Newly updated estate planning software can help you wade through the changes and determine which estate planning alternatives may result in the lowest Federal Estate Tax for your clients.  Visit the Automated Lawyer Tips and Reviews   [IMAGE]   Up From the Ashes  Corporate Counsel Cantor Fitzgerald, well known on Wall Street as one of the biggest bond traders, became perhaps better known as one of the companies hardest hit by the WTC twin towers' collapse, with about 700 employees missing and presumed dead. In the wake of the September terrorist attacks, general counsel Stephen Merkel must rebuild his department. But the law department that is gone is what most colleagues and friends continue to think about.  Visit In-House Counsel    ADVERTISEMENT  NameEngine Offers .name IP Protection  Protect your trademarked company, brand, fictional character and celebrity names in the new  .name domain using NameEngine's DotProtect service. Block trademarks with Standard or Premium Defensive Registrations, and monitor valuable names with the NameWatch Service. The deadline to file Defensive Registrations is November 9, so don't delay. For DotProtect order forms, timelines and more information, visit NameEngine  now!   Number of Minority Law Clerks for U.S. Supreme Court Justices Declines  American Lawyer Media After reaching a record high last term, the number of minority U.S. Supreme Court law clerks has gone back to levels that were typical before the issue first gained national attention in 1998. The new numbers are triggering protests from minority bar and civil rights leaders, and a range of possible explanations from those involved at various stages of the pipeline that feeds clerks to the nation's highest court. Full Text     The Best of Both Worlds  Texas Lawyer Law school can be a killer, but a handful of students take on an extra load by studying for another graduate degree simultaneously. Nancy Rapoport, dean of the University of Houston Law Center, says joint degrees, especially those that combine law and business administration, are increasingly useful. Dual-degree holders leave school with a double dose of knowledge that can give them an edge in the job market. Full Text    [IMAGE]   Cultural Workout  The Deal For bankruptcy attorney Richard Miller, things have changed a lot since his days practicing in New York's garment district in the late 1970s, when things were done with a handshake. Nowadays, the field has become much more professional and increasingly global, with international bankruptcies now highlighting the need for a uniform, international bankruptcy code. Full Text Visit the Corporate Law Practice Center    ADVERTISEMENT  Check out RealLegal!   RealLegal Application Solutions RealLegal, the applications division of law.com, offers comprehensive practice and matter management applications for law firms, corporate legal departments, courts, and court reporters. Our technology products & services help legal professionals manage the complex world of law by working smarter, not harder. 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