“Protest at military funeral ignites a test of free speech; High court to weigh claim of harassment”: Joan Biskupic has this front page article today in USA Today.

“Legal logjam leaving judges’ seats empty in federal courts; The politicized confirmation process has left nearly 1 in 8 posts empty; Republicans say it’s part payback, but they argue that Obama has been slow to nominate judges”: Carol J. Williams will have this article Tuesday in The Los Angeles Times.

In jurisprudence essays available online from Slate: Dahlia Lithwick has essays entitled “The Female Factor: Will the presence of three women really change the court in any real way?” and “The Mother of All Grizzlies: Ruth Bader Ginsburg shows how feminism is done. Again.”

“Pfizer Settles Prempro Case on Breast Cancer Before Retrial on Damages”: Jef Feeley of Bloomberg News had this report last Friday.

And in early news coverage of the ruling that is the subject of the post immediately below, Amaris Elliott-Engel of The Legal Intelligencer has a news update headlined “Superior Court Revives Future of 1,000 HRT Cases.”

Pa. Superior Court reverses entry of summary judgment against plaintiffs, on statute of limitations grounds, in fourteen consolidated hormone replacement therapy breast cancer appeals: You can access today’s ruling of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania at this link.

As noted in this earlier post, I wrote plaintiffs’ consolidated appellate briefs and also presented oral argument on behalf of all plaintiffs when the appeals were argued together on July 21, 2009.

“Third Circuit Grants En Banc Review of Panel Decision Overturning $272.5 Million DeBeers Class Action Settlement”: That is the title of a post that appears today at “The Am Law Litigation Daily” blog. A subscription is required to read the entire post.

You can access last Friday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link. My earlier coverage of the original three-judge panel’s ruling can be accessed via this link.

“Secret showdown set for Islamic charity”: Today at his “Under the Radar” blog at Politico.com, Josh Gerstein has a post that begins, “One of the nation’s most prominent Muslim organizations, the North American Islamic Trust, is set to face off with the U.S. government in a federal appeals court Monday.”