“Trump’s Tweeted Transgender Ban Is Not a Law”: Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has this post online at The New Yorker.

“Chancellor urges Dela. Supreme Court to change test for second-bite derivative suits”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“Family Feud: TTAB Dismisses Opposition to EARNHARDT COLLECTION for Furniture and Home Construction.” John L. Welch had this post back in March 2016 at “The TTABlog.”

Today. a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded in a decision you can access here.

“The D.C. Circuit Breaks New Second Amendment Ground”: Joseph Blocher has this post at the “Take Care” blog.

“A Ban on Transgender Troops Is Doomed in the Courts; Trump’s tweets announcing the policy point to discriminatory intent, not a real justification”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Harold Henthorn, who shoved second wife off Rocky Mountain National Park cliff, loses appeal for a new murder trial; He was sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife, Toni Bertolet Henthorn”: Kirk Mitchell of The Denver Post has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Couple defeats government in battle over powerboat on Upper Peninsula lake”: Tanda Gmiter of MLive.com has an article that begins, “A federal appeals court has ruled that a couple who own property on a remote lake in the Upper Peninsula can use a powerboat there, scoring them a victory over the U.S. Forest Service.”

Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton wrote the majority opinion in yesterday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and Circuit Judge Bernice B. Donald issued a dissenting opinion.

“Justice Dept. Weighs In Against Protections for Gays in the Workplace”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

Erik Larson of Bloomberg News reports that “Trump Targets Legal Effort to Protect LGBT Workers From Bias.”

Daniel Wiessner of Reuters reports that “U.S. Justice Department says anti-bias law does not protect gay workers.”

Diane Ruggiero and Madison Park of CNN.com report that “DOJ files amicus brief that says Title VII does not protect sexual orientation.”

And Dominic Holden of BuzzFeed News reports that “The Justice Department Just Argued Against Gay Rights In A Major Federal Case; Lawyers under Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in federal court that a 1964 civil rights law does not protect a gay employee from discrimination.”

“Interfering with flight crew not always violent crime: U.S. appeals court.” Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Circuit Court Nominees In The Trump Administration: The Latest News And Rumor (Part 2); These highly qualified women and men should be swiftly confirmed to the federal bench.” David Lat has this post at “Above the Law.”