“Discovery Rule Exception in Hormone Replacement Cases Ruled a Jury Question”: Amaris Elliott-Engel will have this article, in which I am mentioned, in Wednesday’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer.

My most recent earlier coverage of the ruling appears at this link.

“Dallas judge’s ruling saying gay couple could divorce in Texas rejected on appeal”: The Dallas Morning News has this update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Court says gay couples can’t divorce in Texas.”

You can access today’s ruling of Texas’ Fifth District Court of Appeals at Dallas by clicking here.

“Legal group seeks to force Calif to defend Prop 8”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Khadr terror trial to resume Oct. 18 at Guantanamo”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Guantanamo trial of Canadian to resume in October.”

Just in time for the height of the Halloween shopping season: It’s not every day here at “How Appealing” that I get to link to the blog “Vampire Wire,” but today marks the official on-sale date for my wife’s first published book, “Wanted Undead Or Alive: Vampire Hunters and Other Kick-Ass Enemies of Evil.” Recently, the “Vampire Wire” blog published this interview of my wife and her co-author.

The book is on-sale in bookstores everywhere today, and it can be ordered online via links that appear at the bottom of the web page that you can access by clicking here.

All this talk about vampire hunters reminds me of the humorous characterization of appellate judges (featured as a slogan at the now-defunct blog “Have Opinion, Will Travel“) as those who “sit above the fray as the battle unfolds beneath and when the smoke clears and the dust settles, they descend from their lofty perches and shoot the wounded.”

“Full appeals court refuses to rehear Gitmo ruling”: The Associated Press has this report.

At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Mike Scarcella has a post titled “D.C. Circuit Denies Rehearing in Guantanamo Detainee Case.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Diminishing a precedent: Detainee decision pared down?”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denying rehearing en banc, along with concurring statements that total 112 pages, at this link.

A patent attorney purchases bow ties at Brooks Brothers and litigation ensues: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued this ruling today.

“In Canada’s Supreme Court, Cameras are No Big Deal”: Tony Mauro has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“The go-to guy in California’s high court headquarters: Frederick Ohlrich is clerk of the California Supreme Court — its keeper of records, its historian and its biggest fan; If you’re a lawyer preparing to address the justices, he has some tips for you.” Maura Dolan has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.