“Jailhouse calls are not private, SJC rules; Conversations can be subpoenaed”: Today’s edition of The Boston Globe contains an article that begins, “In a 4-to-3 decision that could have a sweeping impact on grand jury investigations and prisoner privacy, the state’s highest court ruled yesterday that prosecutors may subpoena recordings of telephone calls made from jail by inmates and people who are being held while awaiting trial.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts at this link.

“Legal Battle Plays Out: Online Attitude vs. Rules of the Bar.” John Schwartz will have this interesting article Sunday in The New York Times.

“Blogger’s pot case fires up fed judge”: Today’s edition of The Boston Herald contains an article that begins, “A federal judge was fuming yesterday over the case of left-leaning political blogger Andrew M. Sullivan, who was busted by park rangers on a Cape Cod national beach for pot possession on July 13, only to have the federal charges tossed by prosecutors.”

And today in The Boston Globe, Jonathan Saltzman has an article headlined “Dismissed marijuana charge raises judge’s ire; US attorney gave blogger a reprieve.”

“U.S. Supreme Court says California cannot delay prison plan; A proposal to reduce overcrowding must be submitted by the end of next week”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

And today in The San Jose Mercury News, Howard Mintz has an article headlined “Prison on the brink” that begins, “It’s nearing noon inside the central wing of the California Institution for Men, and it’s not hard to find evidence of how this has become Exhibit A in California’s prison crisis.”

“Lawyers’ Sanctions Lifted, but 3rd Circuit Judge Delivers Lecture; Case has been a cause celebre among defense lawyers who contend the four sanctioned lawyers had been unfairly targeted for using common legal tactics”: Shannon P Duffy will have this article Monday in The Legal Intelligencer.

You can access this recent ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.