“FBI agent tells Fieger trial of failed sting; Law partner didn’t incriminate himself in phone call taped for donor funds probe, witness testifies”: This article appears today in The Detroit News.

And The Detroit Free Press reports today that “Recorded call could hurt case; Effort on FBI’s behalf to trap defendant fails.”

“Court sides with MySpace in suit over sex assault”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “Federal law gives MySpace.com immunity from a lawsuit over the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl by a man she met on the social networking Web site, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Doe v. MySpace Inc at this link. Footnote one of today’s ruling helpfully explains that “The term ‘blog’ is a portmanteau of ‘Web log’ and is a term referring to an online journal or diary.”

On February 14, 2007, I had this post collecting coverage of the federal district court’s ruling that dismissed the lawsuit.

Books recently received in the mail: In today’s mail, I received a copy of Benjamin Wittes‘s forthcoming book, “Law and the Long War: The Future of Justice in the Age of Terror.” It is scheduled to go on sale on June 19, 2008.

Earlier this week, I received a copy of “Some Joys of Lawyering,” by Bennett Boskey. The book is published by The Green Bag Press.

And recently I received a copy of “Federal Appellate Practice and Procedure in a Nutshell” by Gregory A. Castanias and Robert H. Klonoff.

“Attorneys want full appeal heard; The ex-Qwest CEO’s lawyers say if the court proceeds, its review shouldn’t be limited”: The Denver Post today contains an article that begins, “Former Qwest chief executive Joe Nacchio, convicted of insider trading last year, should be allowed to present his entire appeal anew if a federal appellate court grants a government petition to rehear a portion of the case, his attorneys argue in papers filed Thursday.”

“Chief Judge Michel Speaks on the State of the Court”: Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held its judicial conference in Washington, D.C. You can view the program at this link. Chief Judge Paul R. Michel delivered these remarks at the start of yesterday’s program.

According to Chief Judge Michel’s remarks, Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner will sit by designation with the Federal Circuit in April 2009. And Chief Judge Michel has asked Congress to authorize the hiring of a fourth law clerk for all active Federal Circuit judges, which is already the norm in the other U.S. Courts of Appeals.

“Please, Somebody Sell Justice Scalia Some Stock”: Bloomberg News columnist Ann Woolner has this essay today.

“Torture’s Blowback: An alleged Sept. 11 conspirator can’t be tried because the administration thought harsh tactics were a good idea.” This editorial appears today in The Washington Post.

“Judge Sides With Red Cross Over Trademark”: The New York Times today contains an article that begins, “A decision by Johnson & Johnson, the giant health care conglomerate, to sue the American Red Cross last year for commercializing the Red Cross symbol may be turning into a bit of a disaster for the company. This week the company lost the second round in its trademark dispute against the disaster relief agency when a federal judge in Manhattan threw out most of the case.”

I have posted online at this link Wednesday’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

“Justices focus on scope of lead paint case”: The Providence (R.I.) Journal contains this article today.

“Judge again rejects foes of Barnes move”: This article appears today in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

And Bloomberg News reports that “Barnes Foundation Wins Ruling for Plan to Move to Philadelphia.”

“Posner Sees Need for More ‘Candid’ U.S. Supreme Court”: Bloomberg News recently posted online this mp3 podcast (9.11MB mp3 audio file) of an interview with Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner. According to Bloomberg’s description of the interview, “U.S. Circuit Judge Richard Posner talks with Bloomberg’s Tom Keene from Chicago about his new book, ‘How Judges Think,’ the U.S. Supreme Court, and the impact of ethanol production on food supply and prices.”