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Thursday, June 29, 2017

“Lawyerly Lairs: Justice Neil Gorsuch’s House, On The Market For $1.7 Million; This house is handsome and conservative — just like its owner, Justice Neil ‘Silver Fox’ Gorsuch.” David Lat has this post at “Above the Law.”

Posted at 11:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Stunning drop in federal plaintiffs’ win rate is complete mystery — new study”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

Posted at 10:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Law Firm Not Liable for $1.5B Loan Gaffe”: Lorraine Bailey of Courthouse News Service has an article that begins, “Entities that lent General Motors $1.5 billion before it went bankrupt cannot sue GM’s law firm, Mayer Brown, for accidentally cancelling the collateral on the loan, the Seventh Circuit ruled.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

Posted at 10:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s judicial nominee from Louisville ducks questions about his controversial blog posts”: Andrew Wolfson of The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky has this report.

Posted at 12:48 AM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court lifts Ohio executions injunction”: Jim Provance of The Toledo Blade has this report.

Eric Heisig of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that “Ohio can use three-drug combination to resume executing those on death row, appeals court says.”

Alan Johnson of The Columbus Dispatch reports that “US Supreme Court will be asked to halt Ohio executions.”

Lisa Cornwell and Kantele Franko of The Associated Press report that “Appeals court ruling opens door to Ohio resuming executions.”

And Chris Kenning of Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court lifts injunction against Ohio executions.”

You can access Wednesday’s 8-to-6 en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 12:18 AM by Howard Bashman