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Thursday, January 12, 2017

“San Diego concealed weapons case appealed to U.S. Supreme Court”: Kristina Davis of The San Diego Union-Tribune has an article that begins, “The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether law-abiding citizens need to provide law enforcement with a specific reason to be able to legally carry a concealed weapon for self-defense.”

Posted at 10:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“Special education: The Supreme Court considers what states owe to disabled students.” Steven Mazie has this post today at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

Posted at 10:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Lawsuit charging Apple with iPhone app monopoly gets go-ahead”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

Stephen Nellis and Dan Levine of Reuters report that “U.S. appeals court revives antitrust lawsuit against Apple.”

Kartikay Mehrotra of Bloomberg News reports that “Apple Must Face Consumer Lawsuit Over iPhone Apps Monopoly.”

And Stephanie Condon of ZDNet reports that “US appeals court reopens lawsuit against Apple for alleged App Store monopoly; The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a group of iPhone owners may proceed with their class action suit, alleging anti-competitive behavior.”

My earlier coverage of today’s Ninth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

Posted at 9:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump SCOTUS Short-Lister Gruender: Five Things to Know.” Patrick Gregory and Kimberly S. Robinson of Bloomberg BNA have this report.

Posted at 1:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court Documents Appear To Confirm The FBI Is Using Best Buy Techs To Perform Warrantless Searches For It”: Tim Cushing of Techdirt has this report.

Posted at 1:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“How Barack Obama Transformed The Nation’s Courts: He filled two SCOTUS seats and made the judiciary more diverse than ever; But the GOP stopped him from doing more.” Jennifer Bendery of The Huffington Post has this report.

Posted at 11:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“Just say no to Comcast”: Today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer contains an editorial that begins, “Mayor Kenney shouldn’t cave to media giant Comcast’s dire yet unspecified warnings of litigation if he doesn’t weaken a pay equity bill.”

My earlier coverage of this matter can be accessed here.

Posted at 11:38 AM by Howard Bashman



“3rd Circuit allows ‘subgroup’ of older workers in ADEA lawsuit”: Daniel Wiessner of Reuters has a report (subscription required for full access) that begins, “A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday became the first to hold that federal age bias law offers protections to ‘subgroups’ of older workers, saying three courts that ruled otherwise improperly restricted the scope of the law.”

And at his “CA3blog,” Matthew Stiegler has a post titled “Third Circuit issues major ADEA ruling creating circuit split.”

You can access Tuesday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

Posted at 11:30 AM by Howard Bashman