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Monday, August 15, 2011

“State Supreme Court Partners with PCN on First-Ever Television Coverage of High Court Proceedings”: The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts issued this news release today.

As coincidence would have it, I am scheduled to argue two separate cases to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on the first day of televised oral arguments in that court. Details on those two cases can be accessed via this post.

The Pa. Supreme Court’s order issued today can be accessed here. That court’s newly adopted Internal Operating Procedure, which contains some interesting requirements, can be viewed by clicking here.

Posted at 2:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“The principal question presented in this appeal is whether the first sale doctrine applies to copyrighted works produced outside of the United States but imported and resold in the United States.” In a decision issued today, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit answers “no” by a vote of 2-to-1.

At issue in John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. Kirtsaeng was whether the defendant was properly held liable for damages on a theory of copyright infringement for having purchased textbooks overseas that he then resold in the United States. The majority opinion affirms the district court’s entry of judgment against the defendant for copyright infringement.

Posted at 12:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Threat law must use ‘listener’ guide, court rules”: Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “California’s laws against threatening a crime victim or witness are constitutional as long as they apply only when a reasonable listener would conclude the speaker was serious and wasn’t merely joking or blowing off steam, the state Supreme Court ruled last week.”

You can access last Thursday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of California at this link.

Posted at 8:47 AM by Howard Bashman



“Legal drama flares in Florida drug-law case; Two Miami-Dade judges have rejected an Orlando federal court’s ruling that the state’s drug statute is unconstitutional”: Saturday’s edition of The Miami Herald contained this article.

Posted at 8:32 AM by Howard Bashman



“Some in Lizzie Borden’s Hometown Think Her Legend Is Out of Whack; Effort to Restore Her Reputation Cleaves History Buffs; No Burying the Hatchet Now”: This article appears today in The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:23 AM by Howard Bashman