“Issue of Blagojevich jury names creates rift among judges; Justices on the appellate court in Chicago air their disagreement over juror anonymity during the former governor’s trial”: This article will appear Friday in The Chicago Tribune.

Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner‘s opinion dissenting from the denial of rehearing en banc, in which three other judges joined, can be accessed here.

The original three-judge panel’s amended ruling can be accessed here.

“Plaintiffs are three nightclubs where women give erotic dance performances wearing only g-strings and pasties.” So begins a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

The ruling rejects First Amendment, vagueness, and overbreadth challenges to Virginia’s alcohol licensing program, which allows such clubs to serve beer and wine but not mixed beverages.

Named “Litigator of the Week”: Thanks to “The Am Law Litigation Daily” blog for today naming me “Litigator of the Week” in recognition of my client’s victory before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in a decision that issued on Tuesday.

This blog’s original post about the decision can be accessed here, while press coverage of the ruling can be found here and here.

“Court upholds torture conviction of Taylor’s son”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court has upheld the torture convictions and 97-year sentence imposed on the son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“Conyers Releases Committee Interview of Torture Memo Author Bybee and Sends to Justice Department”: The House Judiciary Committee issued this news release today. The transcript of the interview, and related documents, can be accessed via this link.

In news coverage, Pete Yost of The Associated Press has an article headlined “Lawyer: Some CIA interrogation tactics not OK’d.”

“Briefs filed supporting right to protest funerals”: The Associated Press has this report.

“D.C. appeals court upholds same-sex marriage in 5-4 vote”: The Washington Post has this news update.

“Court strikes challenge to DC gay marriage law”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “D.C.’s highest court has ruled against opponents of the city’s same-sex marriage law, saying they cannot ask voters to overturn it.”

You can access today’s 5-4 ruling of the D.C. Court of Appeals at this link.

“Supreme Court upholds Internet luring conviction; Edmonton man believed that a police officer who baited him was a 13-year-old boy”: The Canadian Press has this report.

CBC News reports that “Top court upholds internet luring conviction.”

The Toronto Sun has a news update headlined “Top court sends internet predator to prison.”

And Postmedia News reports that “Top court upholds Edmonton man’s child luring conviction.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada at this link.

“Court’s decision offers some clarity on gun laws”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court upheld a ban on gun possession for a domestic violence offender in a ruling that several anti-violence advocates applauded Wednesday for providing some clarity after the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent landmark decision on gun restrictions.”

My earlier coverage of Tuesday’s en banc Seventh Circuit ruling appears here and here.

“Gay-marriage lawsuits escalate; Debate edges closer to Supreme Court as cases in San Francisco, Boston test the U.S. Constitution”: Joan Biskupic had this article yesterday in USA Today.

“2nd Circuit Seems Open to Release of Some Chevron Film Outtakes; Chevron claims the outtakes will show that plaintiffs counsel Steven Donziger, who is seeking $27 billion in damages for environmental damage, engaged in misconduct in the case”: Mark Hamblett has this article today in the New York Law Journal.

The Associated Press reports that “NY judges may limit filmmaker raw footage ruling.”

And yesterday’s edition of The Los Angeles Times reported that “Chevron and ‘Crude’s’ Joe Berlinger locked in a legal battle; As an appeals process begins over a judge’s ruling that director Joe Berlinger surrender outtakes to Chevron, documentarians worry about the chilling effect such action could have on other filmmakers.”

“N.C. judges Diaz and Wynn play Senate confirmation waiting game”: Barbara Barrett of McClatchy Newspapers has this report.

And yesterday in The Star-News of Wilmington, North Carolina, law professor Carl Tobias had an op-ed entitled “Confirm N.C. judgest to Fourth Circuit court.”

“Specter renews push to let U.S. citizens sue Saudi Arabia over 9/11”: This article appears today in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“Convicted Politician’s Attorneys Urge Federal Appeals Court to Bounce Big Brief”: Shannon P. Duffy had this article yesterday in The Legal Intelligencer.