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Friday, December 24, 2010

“Vander Plaats pushes four justices to resign”: Today’s edition of The Des Moines Register contains an article that begins, “Impeachment isn’t the best route for getting rid of the four remaining Iowa Supreme Court justices who authored the gay marriage ruling – it’s better that they resign, a conservative leader said Thursday.”

Posted at 3:14 PM by Howard Bashman



Brief filed yesterday opposing Pa. Supreme Court review of the Pa. Superior Court’s decision reversing the entry of summary judgment against plaintiffs, on statute of limitations grounds, in 14 consolidated hormone replacement therapy breast cancer appeals: You can access at this link the answer that I filed on behalf of the plaintiffs yesterday in the Pa. Supreme Court in opposition to Wyeth and Upjohn’s petition for allowance of appeal in these 14 cases.

The Pa. Superior Court‘s ruling in plaintiffs’ favor can be accessed here. My earlier coverage of this case appears in posts that you can access here and here.

Posted at 3:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“For judges, inconsistent use of ethics rules is evident”: The Washington Post today contains an article that begins, “The nation’s top federal judicial ethics panel told a judge in Maryland five years ago that his membership on the board of an anti-regulatory group violated two canons of ethics, provoking his immediate resignation from the board. But the authority’s opinion was not published until this month and three other federal judges – including one of the nation’s 13 circuit court chief justices – presently sit on the same group’s board.”

Posted at 9:02 AM by Howard Bashman



“Bruno appeal seeks to end case; Appeals court asked to toss conviction, bar retrial of ex-senator, 81”: Today’s edition of The Times Union of Albany, New York contains an article that begins, “Attorneys for former state Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno filed his appeal brief Thursday seeking to toss his conviction on honest services fraud. It also asks the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan to bar federal prosecutors from retrying the 81-year-old Republican.”

Posted at 8:52 AM by Howard Bashman



“Many Judicial Picks Aren’t Confirmed; Some of Obama’s Key Choices for Federal Slots Failed to Receive Full Senate Vote or Committee Review”: Evan Perez had this article yesterday in The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:37 AM by Howard Bashman



“Miller to decide Monday on new appeal; Legal experts say Senate candidate has slim chance in federal courts”: This article appears today in The Anchorage Daily News.

Posted at 8:25 AM by Howard Bashman



“A judge who’s used to dissent”: Today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer contains a front page article that begins, “Justice Roberto Rivera-Soto has unabashedly gone his own way over the last six years on the New Jersey Supreme Court.”

Posted at 8:20 AM by Howard Bashman