“Norfolk’s sign law is legal, federal court says”: The Virginian-Pilot has a news update that begins, “City officials did not violate the First Amendment almost three years ago when they cited a business owner for hanging a large banner critical of the government’s attempted use of eminent domain, a federal appellate court ruled Tuesday.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

“Divided Federal Circuit Affirms Finding of Willfulness in Long-Running Bard v. Gore Litigation”: Thomas F. Cotter has this post at his “Comparative Patent Remedies” blog discussing the ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued today.

“2015 Already Promises to Be Memorable for Appellate Developments”: This month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column appeared in today’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily news paper for lawyers.

You can freely access the full text of my column via Google News.

“5 Years After ‘Citizens United,’ SuperPACs Continue To Grow”: Peter Overby had this audio segment on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“Meet The Lawyer Who Could Save Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Life; Judy Clarke is one of the most sought-after defense attorneys for the most reviled criminals; If Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is convicted, would she be able to convince a jury considering the death penalty that he deserves to live?” Mike Hayes of BuzzFeed has this report.

“Supreme Court Gathers To Watch Baby Justices Hatch”: The Onion has this report.

“The Obama Justices: Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan represent conflicting styles of liberalism — or are they complementary?” Law professor David Fontana has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“US judges review broad surveillance of Muslims by NYC police”: The Associated Press has this report on an oral argument that took place today at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

When the oral argument audio becomes available online, I will link to it.

Update: You can access the oral argument audio via this link (17.0 MB mp3 audio file).

In other coverage, Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court hears case on NYC police surveillance of Muslims.”

And Bloomberg News reports that “Muslim Groups Seek to Revive New York Police Surveillance Suit.”

“Appeals court hears Arkansas, North Dakota abortion cases”: The Associated Press has this report on oral arguments that took place today at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

When the oral argument audio becomes available online, I will link to it.

Update: You can access the oral arguments via this link (Arkansas) and via this link (North Dakota).

And in other coverage, Reuters reports that “North Dakota, Arkansas ask court to allow abortion curbs.”

“Supreme Court seeks middle ground on job bias cases”: Sam Hananel of The Associated Press has this report.

Access online today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued two rulings in argued cases.

1. Justice Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Jesinoski v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., No. 13-684. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. And Justice Scalia also delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Whitfield v. United States, No. 13-9026. You can access the oral argument via this link.

“Justices Seem Unsettled by Ordinance Restricting Arizona Town’s Signs”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes has an article headlined “At Supreme Court, signs are clear that justices have doubts about Ariz. town’s law.”

In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin has an article headlined “Supreme Court Hears Church Fight Over Arizona Town Sign Law; Ordinance Barred Church’s Signs That Directed the Public to its Temporary Locations.”

Cheryl Wetzstein of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court justices laugh at Arizona town’s church sign laws.”

The Arizona Republic reports that “U.S. Supreme Court appears to favor Gilbert church over sign law.”

The East Valley Tribune reports that “Supreme Court hears arguments on Gilbert sign case.”

Cronkite News reports that “Gilbert sign ordinance comes under scrutiny by Supreme Court justices.”

And on yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “In Battle Over Church Signs, Is Ariz. Town Being ‘A Little Unreasonable’?”

“Federal judges question Arizona ethnic studies ban”: This front page article appears in today’s edition of The Arizona Daily Star.

Roque Planas of The Huffington Post reports that “Arizona’s Mexican-American Studies Ban Questioned By Appeals Judges.”

And Courthouse News Service reports that “Ariz. Raked Over the Coals in 9th Circuit for Banning Ethnic Studies.”

You can access the video of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link. Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky argued the appeal for the challengers of the ban.