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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Sixth Circuit considers round two of Victoria’s Secret versus Victor’s Little Secret: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

After the Sixth Circuit had previously decided this case, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Sixth Circuit’s ruling, and then Congress enacted legislation intended to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision.

Update: In early news coverage, The Associated Press has a report headlined “Appeals court says no secrets for Ky. store.”

Posted at 11:56 AM by Howard Bashman



“Thesis Is Window on Roots of Kagan’s Legal Creed”: This article appears today in The New York Times. And this Sunday’s issue of The New York Times Magazine will contain an essay by Lisa Belkin entitled “Judging Women.”

In today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage has an article headlined “Kagan reports assets of $1.76 million, no debts; The Supreme Court nominee submits a financial statement and two decades of writings to the Senate Judiciary Committee; Chairman Patrick J. Leahy says her confirmation hearing will be scheduled soon.”

Nathan Koppel and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal report that “Kagan Criticized the Warren Court in Thesis.”

Amy Goldstein and Robert Barnes of The Washington Post report that “Kagan releases cartons of documents to Senate Judiciary Committee.”

David Ingram of The National Law Journal reports that “Kagan Discloses She Met With Skadden Lawyers Before Nomination; The White House made use of outside legal advice during the nomination of Justice Sonia Sotomayor, too.”

At Politico.com, Josh Gerstein reports that “Elena Kagan’s thesis hints at her views.”

The Associated Press reports that “White House touts nominee, releases Kagan papers.”

At his “Washington Briefs” blog, Lawrence Hurley of The Daily Journal of California has a post titled “Kagan Really Does Think The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Is Constitutional.”

And online at Slate, Christopher Beam has an essay entitled “Youthful Indiscretions: Don’t judge Elena Kagan by her college thesis.”

Posted at 8:57 AM by Howard Bashman