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Friday, December 4, 2015

The audio of today’s D.C. Circuit net neutrality oral argument is now available online: You can access the audio in two parts, here (issue one; 37.7 MB mp3 audio file) and here (issues two through four; 43.6 MB mp3 audio file).

Posted at 3:57 PM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in five cases, two of which have been consolidated for purposes of consideration and oral argument.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “High court takes up Puerto Rico debt restructuring case.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court agrees to hear Puerto Rico restructuring appeal.”

Greg Stohr and Michelle Kaske of Bloomberg News report that “Puerto Rico Gets Supreme Court Hearing on Debt Restructuring.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court to rule on Puerto Rico debt-relief options.”

Posted at 2:13 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Johnson Retroactivity Circuit Split Plot Thickens . . .” Steve Vladeck has this post today at “PrawfsBlawg.”

Posted at 1:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“AG crisis could end up before U.S. Supreme Court”: Northampton County, Pennsylvania District Attorney John Morganelli recently had this letter to the editor in The Express-Times of Easton, Pennsylvania.

Posted at 1:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Net neutrality rules to be argued in court”: Mike Snider of USA Today has this report.

Reuters reports that “U.S. court to hear challenge to net neutrality rules.”

Today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition” contained an audio segment titled “FCC Attorneys Will Be Back In Court To Defend Net Neutrality.”

And on Wednesday, Jon Brodkin of Ars Technica had an article headlined “AT&T says it shelved a ‘bunch’ of ideas because of net neutrality rules; VP says it takes 15 lawyers to figure out what a net neutrality violation is.”

Posted at 12:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“That Feeling When You Win a Supreme Court Case . . . and Get Nothing; Plaintiffs get their names associated with landmark decisions but often little else”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

Posted at 11:55 AM by Howard Bashman



“The 2015 Ames Moot Court Competition — Final Round”: Harvard Law School has posted this video online at YouTube.

Judging the final round were (in order of the seniority in which they were arranged on the bench) U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, Second Circuit Judge Debra Ann Livingston, and D.C. Circuit Judge Robert L. Wilkins.

Earlier, Harvard Law Today published an article headlined “HLS teams compete in the showdown round of the Ames Moot Court Competition.”

Posted at 9:46 AM by Howard Bashman



“Successful Practice in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals”: The Seventh Circuit Bar Association has posted this video online at Vimeo (via the home page of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit). Although I have not yet watched the entire video, chances are good that many of the suggestions therein would also be useful to attorneys handling appeals in other courts.

You can access all of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association’s other videos posted at Vimeo via this link.

Posted at 8:20 AM by Howard Bashman