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Monday, April 26, 2010

“Justices to Consider Law Limiting the Sale of Violent Video Games”: Adam Liptak will have this article Tuesday in The New York Times.

In Tuesday’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes will have an article headlined “Supreme Court to enter fight over violent video games.”

And in Tuesday’s edition of The Los Angeles Times, Ben Fritz and David G. Savage will have an article headlined “Supreme Court to hear case on violent video games; The high court agrees to decide whether California and six other states can forbid the sale to minors of video games that show images of humans being maimed, killed or sexually assaulted.”

Posted at 10:46 PM by Howard Bashman



Three-judge Federal Circuit panel vacates notable attorneys’ fee award that Senior U.S. District Judge Richard P. Matsch had entered against lawyers from McDermott, Will & Emery in the Medtronic v. BrainLAB case: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit at this link.

Judge Matsch’s imposition of sanctions, which the Federal Circuit has now set aside, received much press coverage. The Denver Post reported that “Judge makes lawyers pay for frivolity; With the verdict overturned, two attorneys must pay the others’ fees.” The Recorder, via law.com, reported that “Federal Judge Blasts Top IP Litigators; Ruling comes in patent fight between medical device companies Medtronic and BrainLAB.” And WSJ.com’s “Law Blog” had a post titled “Judge Matsch Drops the Gavel on McDermott Lawyers,” which linked to the trial court’s sanctions ruling.

In an earlier ruling on the merits of the case, the Federal Circuit upheld Judge Matsch’s decision setting aside the jury’s verdict in favor of Medtronic and granting judgment as a matter of law in favor of BrainLAB.

Posted at 6:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to hear case on violent video games; The high court agrees to decide whether California and six other states can forbid the sale to minors of video games that show images of humans being maimed, killed or sexually assaulted”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

The San Francisco Chronicle has a news update headlined “Violent video-game ban for kids to get hearing.”

Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers reports that “Supreme Court to review ban on sale of violent video games to minors.”

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that “Supreme Court to take up sale of violent video games to minors; The Supreme Court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of a ban on the sale of violent video games to minors by the state of California.”

Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “High court accepts case over violent video games.”

James Vicini of Reuters reports that “Top court to rule on California video game law.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Violent Video Game Law Gets Top U.S. Court Hearing.”

And at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, David Kravets has a post titled “Supreme Court Takes on Video Game Sales.”

Posted at 5:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“Once-ousted Bush prosecutor promotes Guantanamo war court”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has a news update that begins, “For hearings on whether U.S. forces tortured confessions out of a Canadian teenager accused of killing an American soldier in Afghanistan, the Pentagon Monday unveiled a new face to advocate military commissions: Fired former Bush-era prosecutor David Iglesias, a key figure in the so-called Attorney-Gate scandal.”

Posted at 4:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“High Court Faces Blockbuster Cases as Stevens’ Retirement Nears”: Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has this report.

Posted at 4:43 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court: Wal-Mart to face massive class action suit.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A divided federal appeals court in San Francisco says Wal-Mart Stores Inc. must face a massive class-action lawsuit that claims the world’s largest private employer discriminates against women workers.”

Reuters reports that “U.S. court lets Wal-Mart gender bias suit proceed; Appeals court backs class-action for injunctive relief.”

And Bloomberg News reports that “Wal-Mart Workers Can Sue as Group in Gender Bias Case.”

You can access today’s 6-5 ruling of an 11-judge en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 2:08 PM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court has posted today’s Order List at this link.

The Court granted review in two cases and called for the views of the Solicitor General in one case.

At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court to rule on violent video games.”

And in early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “Court to decide if state can regulate video games“; “Court to hear appeal in guard’s sexual assault“; and “Court stays out of Asian carp dispute.”

Posted at 10:04 AM by Howard Bashman