“Ed DuMont’s ‘Controversial’ Federal Circuit Nomination Continues to Languish after One Year”: This somewhat controversial post appeared yesterday at the “Patently-O” blog.

“Richard J. Lazarus appointed Professor of Law at Harvard”: Harvard Law School issued this news release earlier this week.

“Candidates reach recount deal; Some areas to get hand tally in court race”: Today’s edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel contains an article that begins, “Backing off stronger stances, Supreme Court Justice David Prosser and Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg found a courtroom compromise Thursday that called for a statewide recount, with a hand tally for ballots from the entire city of Milwaukee and other communities.”

“Charges revived against guards in Blackwater case; A federal appeals court reverses an earlier ruling about the 2007 incident in Iraq, which left 14 civilians dead”: The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court revives Blackwater shooting case.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Blackwater Guards’ Iraqi Civilian Death Case Reinstated.”

Reuters reports that “U.S. court reinstates Blackwater Iraq shooting case.”

CNN.com reports that “Federal appeals court rejects dismissal of Blackwater prosecutions.”

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Mike Scarcella has a post titled “Appeals Court Reinstates Blackwater Manslaughter Case in D.C.”

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

Programming note: Today I’ll be taking my son to look at some local colleges (such as here and here). Additional posts will appear later today.