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Friday, April 18, 2014

“Scalia criticizes historic Supreme Court ruling on freedom of the press”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Posted at 9:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Do online media get treated like traditional media under libel retraction statutes?” Eugene Volokh has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 5:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Teva Rejected by Supreme Court on Generic Copaxone Delay”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court denies Teva stay in Copaxone patent fight.”

The Associated Press reports that “Court declines to block drug ruling in patent case.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court won’t block Teva rivals.”

You can access at this link the one paragraph in chambers opinion that Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. issued today in his capacity as Circuit Justice for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Posted at 5:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“New Clinton Documents: How to Celebrate Confirmation of Justice Ginsburg?” Todd Ruger has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

Posted at 4:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Is This the Supreme Court’s Next Big Gun Case? The Second Amendment protects the right to armed self-defense; Does that include the right to carry guns in public?” Damon Root has this essay today at Reason.com.

Posted at 3:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Iowa court: Mother needed approval to get disabled son a vasectomy.” Grant Rodgers of The Des Moines Register has a news update that begins, “An Iowa mother appointed as the guardian of her intellectually-disabled son should not have arranged a vasectomy for him without prior court approval, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled today.”

And at “On Brief: Iowa’s Appellate Blog,” Ryan Koopmans has a post titled “The Iowa Supreme Court on vasectomies and due process.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Iowa at this link.

Posted at 1:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Aereo’s Legal Battles Rest on the Meaning of ‘Public Performance'”: Robert Levine of Bloomberg Businessweek has this report.

Posted at 12:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“Gay marriage: Openly gay judge, Michael McShane, in spotlight overseeing Oregon case.” The Oregonian has an article that begins, “Starting next week, the spotlight on the status of gay marriage in America will shift to the Eugene courtroom of U.S. District Judge Michael McShane — who finds himself in an unusual position.”

Posted at 11:33 AM by Howard Bashman



“Book: Lawyer who defended Calif. gay marriage ban plans daughter’s gay wedding.” Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 8:42 AM by Howard Bashman