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Saturday, February 28, 2015

“Menendez aides attempt to avoid testifying in grand jury probe of senator, report says”: NJ.com has this report on a non-precedential opinion that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday.

The New Jersey Law Journal reports in great detail on the ruling in an article headlined “Court Orders Hearing on Whether Menendez Aides Must Testify.” You can freely access the full text of this article via Google News.

The non-precedential opinion, bearing the legend “Under Seal,” appeared online available for public download for a short time yesterday at the Third Circuit’s web site before the court removed it.

Posted at 4:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Netflix Beats Antitrust Class Action at Appeals Court; No support for subscriber injuries from a Netflix-Walmart pact means the lawsuit falls like a collapsing house of cards”: Eriq Gardner had this post yesterday at the “Hollywood, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter.

Richard Lawler of Engadget has a post titled “Walmart vs. Netflix DVD battle snags $12 each for 1.2 million people.”

And Courthouse News Service reports that “Walmart Settlement on Netflix Antitrust Upheld.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit yesterday issued two related rulings in these appeals, which you can access here and here.

Posted at 4:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court denies latest Tsarnaev request to move trial”: Milton J. Valencia and Jeremy C. Fox have this article in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

The Boston Herald has an article headlined “Tsarnaev trial stays in Boston; Court: Media attention won’t affect fairness.”

The Associated Press reports that “Marathon bombing trial stays in Boston, federal panel says.”

Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court says Boston bomber trial can stay in city.”

And Bloomberg News reports that “Boston Bombing Suspect Loses Bid to Move March Trial.”

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

Posted at 3:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Letter of the Law: Two perspectives on the Supreme Court case that could bring the Affordable Care Act to its knees.” You can access today’s new installment of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick via this link.

Posted at 3:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Mid-air irony: 9/11 victim’s son aids stricken attorney of attack’s alleged planner.” Earlier this week, Carol Rosenberg had an article that begins, “When an attorney for the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks suddenly collapsed on a recent war court airplane shuttle, only one passenger was equipped to offer emergency care — a young man whose father was killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11. He turned first responder without hesitation.”

And yesterday, Rosenberg had an article headlined “Pentagon scraps judges’ Guantanamo move order; 9/11 case unfrozen.”

Posted at 3:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Sentence reduced for 2 Supreme Court demonstrators”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Two protesters who pleaded guilty to demonstrating inside the Supreme Court have had their sentences reduced from five days in jail to one.”

Posted at 2:55 PM by Howard Bashman