“Sotomayor Misses Supreme Court Case After Failing To Get Out Of Jury Duty”: The Onion has this report.

“‘Water War’ case goes before Supreme Court Tuesday”: This article appears today in The Lake Wylie (S.C.) Pilot.

“You’ve Got Mail: Why is it illegal to blackmail David Letterman?” Lizzie Widdicombe has this law-related Talk of the Town essay in the October 19, 2009 issue of The New Yorker.

“U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear libel suit filed against The Courier; Suit previously dismissed by circuit, state supreme courts”: This article appeared yesterday in The Courier of Russellville, Arkansas.

“Penn Law students participate in Supreme Court case”: Penn Current has a report that begins, “Eight Penn Law students and their professor will be at the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 13, watching their work in action as the case Padilla v. Kentucky goes before America’s highest court.”

“NY court to hear challenge to planned arena land”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “New York’s top court will soon decide if the state has the power to seize private property to build the Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn, which includes a planned new arena for the New Jersey Nets.”

The case is scheduled to be argued Wednesday before the New York State Court of Appeals.

“Proposition 8 case headed back to court”: Today in The San Jose Mercury News, Howard Mintz has an article that begins, “The legal showdown over California’s ban on gay marriage heats up again this week as a federal judge considers an attempt to short-circuit the challenge to Proposition 8, the voter-approved law putting a halt to same-sex weddings in this state.”

“Pa. court rules trademark law ‘too vague'”: This article appears today in The Collegian, the student newspaper of Penn State University.

My earlier coverage of the ruilng appears at this link.

“A Question of When Dishonesty Becomes Criminal”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“On Judicial Elections and Judicial Recusal”: Tony Mauro has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Diversity on the federal bench: The Obama administration deserves credit for nominating large numbers and percentages of highly qualified, diverse candidates.” Law professor Carl Tobias has this op-ed in this week’s issue of The National Law Journal.

“Top German court receives Demjanjuk appeal”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Merits, Pitfalls of the Adversarial Method of Appendix Preparation on Appeal”: That’s the title of this month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column, which appears today in The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers.