Third Circuit holds that federal law does not preempt state law claims alleging that a number of statements on the labels of Snapple beverages are misleading: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

“Sotomayor Lauded as Step Toward U.S. Ideals at Reception”: The Washington Post has this news update.

The Associated Press has reports headlined “Justice Sonia Sotomayor celebrated at White House” and “Sotomayor grateful to nation for unlikely rise.”

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro has a post titled “A White House Celebration for Sotomayor,” while earlier today David Ingram had a post titled “Justices, Circuit Judges to Attend Sotomayor Event.”

Via C-SPAN, by clicking here you can view the video of today’s White House event. And the White House has posted online this transcript of the remarks at today’s event.