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Monday, August 30, 2010

“Legal logjam leaving judges’ seats empty in federal courts; The politicized confirmation process has left nearly 1 in 8 posts empty; Republicans say it’s part payback, but they argue that Obama has been slow to nominate judges”: Carol J. Williams will have this article Tuesday in The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 10:30 PM by Howard Bashman



Pa. Superior Court reverses entry of summary judgment against plaintiffs, on statute of limitations grounds, in fourteen consolidated hormone replacement therapy breast cancer appeals: You can access today’s ruling of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania at this link.

As noted in this earlier post, I wrote plaintiffs’ consolidated appellate briefs and also presented oral argument on behalf of all plaintiffs when the appeals were argued together on July 21, 2009.

Posted at 4:17 PM by Howard Bashman



“Secret showdown set for Islamic charity”: Today at his “Under the Radar” blog at Politico.com, Josh Gerstein has a post that begins, “One of the nation’s most prominent Muslim organizations, the North American Islamic Trust, is set to face off with the U.S. government in a federal appeals court Monday.”

Posted at 11:42 AM by Howard Bashman