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Friday, October 27, 2017

“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: ‘Substantially For the Reasons Set Forth . . . .'” Aaron Nielson has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

Posted at 11:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why Roy Moore’s Law-School Professor Nicknamed Him Fruit Salad”: Charles Bethea has this post online at The New Yorker.

Posted at 10:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Ginsburg on Public Interest Law: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg talked about her life and legal career at an event hosted by Equal Justice Works in Arlington, Virginia.” C-SPAN has posted this video online of an event from earlier today.

Posted at 9:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Erasing AUSA John Wortmann”: At his “Simple Justice” blog, Scott H. Greenfield has this post about amendments the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit made last month to an opinion issued in August 2017.

I have a feeling these changes are not something that a Ninth Circuit panel on which Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski was serving would have approved. Moreover, it is rather odd that these sort of changes were made via a so-called “Errata Sheet.”

Posted at 9:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Common sense (and the Constitution!) win in Comic Con gag order appeal”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

Posted at 5:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘Comic Con’ Gag Orders Vacated By Appeals Court; The organizers of the Salt Lake Comic Con couldn’t discuss a trademark case on social media and were restricted from sharing court documents; The 9th Circuit rules this is unconstitutional”: Eriq Gardner has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Ninth Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

Posted at 1:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ohio Supreme Court upholds conviction for failing to disclose HIV status”: Jim Provance and Jennifer Feehan have this front page article in today’s edition of The Toledo Blade.

Randy Ludlow of The Columbus Dispatch reports that “You still must disclose HIV before having sex in Ohio.”

And Laura A. Bischoff of The Dayton Daily News reports that “People with HIV must alert sex partners, Ohio Supreme Court rules.”

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

Posted at 1:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court weighs challenge to California’s abortion disclosure law: Does it violate free speech?” David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Posted at 12:27 PM by Howard Bashman



“There’s no free speech right to refuse wedding cakes to gay couples”: Dale Carpenter has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy” about an amicus brief that he and Eugene Volokh have submitted in this case.

Posted at 11:38 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court justices let down their robes at Harvard”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.

Michael Levenson of The Boston Globe reports that “Supreme Court justices reminisce about their Harvard days.”

And Brett Milano of Harvard Law Today has a report headlined “All rise! At HLS, a conversation with six Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.”

Harvard Law School has posted on YouTube a video of the event titled “HLS in the World | A Conversation with Six Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.”

Posted at 10:05 AM by Howard Bashman



Next week — plenty of traveling, lots of CLE credits: On Monday, I will be traveling to Pittsburgh, where on Tuesday I will be a panelist at a Third Circuit-sponsored event titled “Judges and Journalists: Accuracy and Access.” As Matthew Stiegler has noted at his “CA3blog,” “3 Third Circuit judges will speak at Judges and Journalists program in Pittsburgh.” The cost to attend the event is free, although there is a small fee if you wish to receive Pennsylvania CLE credit for attending. In order to attend, you must RSVP via this link.

After returning home from Pittsburgh late Tuesday, on Wednesday I will be flying cross-country to Los Angeles, where midday on Thursday the 2017 Appellate Judges Education Institute Summit gets underway in Long Beach, California. I consider this to be the nation’s premier annual appellate-related CLE event. Apparently one can still sign-up to attend via this link (scroll down). If attending the 2017 AJEI Summit just because I think you should isn’t motivation enough, then do it for Justice Brian M. Hoffstadt of California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal. He is the event’s lead organizer.

If you are a “How Appealing” reader who will be attending either event and happen to see this guy (caution, Twitter profile pic ahead), please do say hello.

Posted at 9:42 AM by Howard Bashman