“Clarence Thomas swears in Thomas R. Lee to Utah Supreme Court”: The Deseret News has this update.

“Conrad Black granted bail”: The Toronto Star has this news update.

And Financial Times has a news update headlined “Lord Black set to be freed on bail.”

“Court grants bail to jailed ex-media mogul Black”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Jailed former newspaper magnate Conrad Black was granted bail by a federal appeals court on Monday, weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court kicked his 2007 fraud conviction back to a lower court.”

And Bloomberg News reports that “Ex-Media Mogul Conrad Black Granted Bail During Appeal of Fraud Conviction.”

“Senate backs libel help for US writers abroad”: The Associated Press has this report.

Tenth Circuit issues its latest ruling in “The Howling Pig” criminal libel saga involving plaintiff Thomas Mink and his efforts to recover damages for alleged prosecutorial misconduct: Once again, Mink has prevailed on appeal. You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit at this link.

“Kagan would weigh health law recusal case-by-case”: The Associated Press has this report.

In the case of United States v. Sykes, the defendant’s bank robbery conviction is affirmed in an opinion written by Judge Sykes: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.