“Federal Circuit Tosses Out $104 Million Patent Verdict in DirecTV Case”: law.com provides this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued today.

“States React to Court’s Lethal Injection Ruling”: This audio segment (RealPlayer required) appeared on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

Programming note: I will be in court this morning on a client matter. Additional posts will appear here this afternoon.

“Capital punishment common sense: The Supreme Court didn’t end capital punishment, but it may have started the U.S. down that road.” This editorial appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Chief Justice Weighs In at Columbia Moot Court”: Joseph Goldstein has this article today in The New York Sun.

The Associated Press reports that “Chief Justice Roberts presides at Columbia moot court.”

And Columbia Law School has issued this news release about the event.

“Tapes Not Part of Court Order, C.I.A. Insists”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an article that begins, “A records search by the Central Intelligence Agency has found no evidence that the agency violated a judge’s order when, in 2005, it destroyed videotapes that showed harsh interrogations, the C.I.A. said in a court declaration this week.”

“Professor in Deadlocked Terrorism Case Could Face a New Indictment”: The New York Times today contains an article that begins, “Sami al-Arian, a computer science professor imprisoned for more than five years after pleading guilty to a single terrorism-related charge when his trial deadlocked, is back in legal limbo this week. He faces either deportation or a new indictment that could extend his incarceration for years.”

“Justice Stevens Renounces Capital Punishment”: Linda Greenhouse has this article today in The New York Times.

“Scalia, long shy of news media, now more open; Justice’s views of law to go out to wider audience”: Joan Biskupic has this article today in USA Today.