“Judge Thomas Porteous’ defense motions rejected; trial begins Monday”: Bruce Alpert of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this news update.

And David Ingram of The National Law Journal reports that “Senate Prepares for Trial of Federal Judge; Proceedings would be first against a jurist in 21 years.”

“New York Times Supreme Court reporter Adam Liptak to speak at Vanderbilt”: Vanderbilt News has this report.

“U.S. court declines a review of drug patent deals”: Reuters has a report that begins, “A U.S. Appeals Court on Tuesday declined to consider a deeper legal review of patent settlements by drug companies that pay rivals to delay production of generic drugs, setting the stage for the Supreme Court or Congress to address the matter.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denying rehearing en banc, and the dissent therefrom, at this link.

“Georgia high court hears photo ID law challenge”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a news update that begins, “Georgia’s law requiring voters to show a valid photo identification at the polls violates the state Constitution and does nothing to prevent voter fraud, a lawyer told the Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday.”

“This morning, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia issued its highly anticipated ruling in a hotly contested cell phone location privacy case.” So begins a blog post by Kevin Bankston at the web site of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Judges can demand warrant for phone locales.”

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

“SCOTUSblog 4.0” has launched: You can access it by clicking here.

“States battle Asian carp in court; Court asked to block invasive fish until lawsuit is decided”: This article appears today in The Toledo Blade.

“Obama getting fewer judges confirmed than Nixon”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.