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Monday, February 27, 2012

“State Supreme Court opts to close some meetings”: The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, via the Wisconsin Law Journal, has a report that begins, “A sharply divided Wisconsin Supreme Court voted Monday to end its longstanding practice of discussing court administrative matters in open conference.”

Posted at 10:10 PM by Howard Bashman



To complicate matters further, Judge Jury now serves in an appellate capacity: I just received news that last week the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit issued a decision agreeing with the outcome that my friend and colleague Peter Goldberger and I argued in favor of in an amicus brief that we filed in May of 2011 on behalf of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys.

Among the more interesting things one might learn upon receiving a ruling of the 9th Circuit’s BAP is that one of the judges on that court is Meredith A. Jury (additional details available here). I have noticed various judges over the years with the last name Judge or Justice, but this is the first Judge Jury whom I have noticed. Appropriately, she now serves on an appellate court.

Posted at 6:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“FBI Turns Off Thousands of GPS Devices After Supreme Court Ruling”: Julia Angwin had this post Saturday at WSJ.com’s “Digits” blog.

Posted at 3:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme court prepares for battle over human rights liability of corporations; Most significant case since Citizens United ruling will tackle whether corporations can be sued in civil courts as individuals”: The Guardian (UK) has this report.

Posted at 1:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to weigh torture lawsuits against corporations; Can international companies be sued in the U.S. over ties to foreign regimes that commit human rights abuses?” David G. Savage has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 7:35 AM by Howard Bashman