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Friday, May 4, 2012

“Correct the Record, Rights Groups Say After DoJ Admits Mistake”: Jess Bravin has this post at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog.”

Posted at 6:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court lifts stay; Planned Parenthood back in state health program”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has a blog post that begins, “The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today lifted its emergency stay in the legal battle over the Women’s Health Program, meaning that once again Texas is banned from excluding Planned Parenthood from the initiative.”

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Judge: Texas can’t cut funds to Planned Parenthood.”

You can access today’s per curiam order of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 6:17 PM by Howard Bashman



“Sept. 11 Suspects Face Hearing at Guantanamo”: Jess Bravin will have this article Saturday in The Wall Street Journal.

Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has a news update headlined “Accused 9/11 conspirators don’t want to plea, lawyer says; Saturday’s arraignment of the accused 9/11 conspirators means the process to hold a trial has restarted; Decisions the defendants make can alter the timeline.”

Charlie Savage of The New York Times has a news update headlined “Trying to Prove 9/11 Case, and a Tribunal’s Fairness.”

The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Khalid Sheik Mohammed, 4 others expected to be arraigned at Guantanamo.”

And The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Accused 9/11 plotters to appear in Guantanamo Bay court.”

Posted at 6:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“1st Circuit affirms $21 mln award in generic drug suit”: Terry Baynes of Reuters has a report that begins, “Generic drug manufacturers cannot use federal law to fend off personal injury suits that allege flaws in a drug’s design, a federal appeals court has ruled.”

My earlier coverage of Wednesday’s First Circuit ruling appears at this link.

Posted at 3:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Barry Bonds’ case reaches federal appeals court”: In today’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “Barry Bonds’ lawyers asked a federal appeals court Thursday to overturn his obstruction-of-justice conviction, saying he was the target of overzealous prosecutors who tarred his reputation but never proved that he lied under oath about steroids.”

In today’s edition of The San Jose Mercury News, Howard Mintz reports that “Barry Bonds urges appeals court to overturn obstruction of justice conviction.”

The Associated Press reports that “Bonds files appeal to erase felony conviction.”

And Scott Graham of The Recorder has an article headlined “Bonds’ Opening Brief: ‘Rambling Under Oath’ Not a Crime.”

The web site of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit provides free access to the Brief for Appellant in United States v. Barry Bonds, No. 11-10669, at this link.

Posted at 2:12 PM by Howard Bashman