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Tuesday, September 27, 2016

As expected, the Seventh Circuit plans to opt-out of the forthcoming FRAP word-limit reductions for appellate briefs: On Friday of last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit published these proposed changes to its local rules.

Similarly, in June 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit published amendments to its local rules that likewise will retain the current word limits for appellate briefs effective December 1, 2016, rejecting the FRAP word-limit reductions scheduled to take effect on that date.

Posted at 10:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Vivendi loses U.S. appeal in long-running investor lawsuit”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

Bob Van Voris of Bloomberg News reports that “Vivendi Loses Appeal of 2010 Securities Fraud Verdict.”

At the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “Appeals Court Upholds Verdict Against Vivendi for Misleading Shareholders; The case began in 2003 and dealt with statements about the conglomerate’s liquidity after a $77 billion buying spree.”

And Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight today has a post titled “2nd Circuit in Vivendi case: Corporations can be liable for prolonging misconceptions.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

Posted at 10:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Dancers sue to overturn Louisiana strip club age requirements”: Kevin Litten of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has an article that begins, “Three dancers have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that a law requiring performers in strip clubs be at least age 21 is unconstitutional.”

Posted at 7:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Applying Game Theory to the Supreme Court Confirmation Fight”: Avinash K. Dixit and David McAdams have this article online at the Harvard Business Review.

Posted at 7:42 PM by Howard Bashman