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Thursday, February 1, 2018

“Ruling rejects Austin’s old fundraising window. What about the new one?” Elizabeth Findell of The Austin American-Statesman has an article that begins, “Former City Council Member Don Zimmerman’s mixed victory in his fight against Austin campaign finance rules will stand, an appeals court ruled Thursday.”

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

Posted at 10:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals Court: ISPs Don’t Get Copyright Shield Without Enforcement of Meaningful Repeat Infringer Policy; The 4th Circuit issues a huge piracy ruling and wipes out a $25 million verdict against Cox Communications because of erroneous jury instruction.” Eriq Gardner has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter.

And Wendy Davis of Digital News Daily reports that “Court Reverses $25 Million Copyright Verdict Against Cox Communications.”

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

Posted at 10:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Case Appealed to U.S. Supreme Court Asks If All 50 States Must Comply with U.S. Constitution’s Excessive Fines Clause; Indiana Supreme Court Ruled It May Impose Excessive Fines in Forfeiture Cases Until the U.S. Supreme Court Says It Can’t”: John Kramer of the Institute for Justice issued this news release today.

Posted at 9:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito Butt Heads Over the Fourth Amendment, Again; Gorsuch advances another property rights theory of the Fourth Amendment that Alito rejects”: Damon Root has this post at Reason.com’s “Hit & Run” blog.

Posted at 9:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“Getting their dues: Will the Supreme Court deal a blow to trade unions? The court will consider whether unions can require non-member workers to help pay for collective bargaining.” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

Posted at 4:02 PM by Howard Bashman