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TODAY'S NEWS Budget deal of little assistance to the federal courts Congress agreed late on March 22 to fund the government through September, heading off a threat of a government shutdown when existing budget authority expires later this week. But the legislation restored only a small slice of the $350 million in automatic cuts that hit the nation's courts earlier this month. Lawyers arguing in the same-sex marriage cases The seven attorneys arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court in the marriage-quality cases comprise court veterans as well as high court neophytes. Tony Mauro reports on the paths that led them to this historic week. Snow fails to deter marriage argument hopefuls A snowy Monday morning failed to deter nearly 200 hopefuls in line for seats at the U.S. Supreme Court's historic arguments on same-sex marriage. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT Need to transfer files from paper to mobile devices? Register today to learn more about Bridging the Mobile/Paper Gap to Increase Productivity . This informational webinar will review the trends, risks and challenges faced by law firms and corporate legal departments at the interface between mobile devices and paper. Then it will investigate the solutions designed by Canon U.S.A. to help mitigate those risks and challenges. Click here to register Court takes up another affirmative action case The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday opened another front in the long-running battle over affirmative action by agreeing to decide the constitutionality of Michigan's ban on the use of race in admissions at its public colleges and universities. Drug deals get once-over from Supreme Court The Supreme Court on Monday searched for middle ground in the ongoing antitrust battle between the Federal Trade Commission and the pharmaceutical industry over patent settlements in which brand-name manufacturers pay generic drug companies to delay entering the market. Ninth Circuit sides with Hollywood against file-sharing site isoHunt Hollywood studios have prevailed in their bid to rein in Canadian programmer Gary Fung and his company isoHunt Web Technologies Inc., with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruling that the company actively induced infringement even though it merely indexed copyrighted files already loose on the Internet. Veteran administrator takes the reins at Northern Kentucky Law Northern Kentucky University has tapped veteran Willamette University College of Law faculty member Jeffrey Standen as the next dean of the Salmon P. Chase College of Law. Energy partners bounce back to Hogan Lovells from DLA Piper Kevin Lipson, Stefan Krantz, John Lilyestrom, and Christopher Schindler have rejoined Hogan Lovells' Washington office. THIS WEEK'S ISSUE THE PRACTICE INADMISSIBLE Leaving the FCC; Kilpatrick's new D.C. leader; Leahy and Paul for sentencing changes; Chesley disbarred; Perez nominated for labor department secretary; Reich exits DOJ; and Scherman to bring new energy to Gibson Dunn in this week's column. OPINION About that 'good guy with a gun' argument... It seems probable that there have been bystanders with guns present at mass shootings who didn't stop them. 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