“Chief Justice Roberts Sells Pfizer Shares”: Brent Kendall of Dow Jones Newswires has a report that begins, “Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. recently sold his stock holdings in Pfizer Inc., which clears him to participate in two cases involving the drug maker that are pending on the Supreme Court’s docket.”

“Supreme Court Takes Cases on Corporate Rights”: Adam Liptak will have this article Wednesday in The New York Times.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Supreme Court to consider corporate privacy rights, estate of Anna Nicole Smith.”

And David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “High court to take case that could loosen rule on illegally seized evidence; The justices will decide Kentucky vs. King, in which police searched and took evidence from an apartment that they entered by mistake; It’s among the 14 cases they will take on this term.”

“Diaz closer to confirmation for federal bench; Senate could vote this week on Charlotte judge’s appointment — if Democratic leaders push for it”: This article appears today in The Charlotte Observer.

And in today’s edition of The Washington Post, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has an op-ed entitled “Now vacant: A confirmation crisis in our courts.”

“High court will put audio of every argument on web”: The Associated Press has this report.

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro has a post titled “Supreme Court Will Release Argument Audio on Delayed Basis.”

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Order List can be accessed here.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “High court takes case on corporate privacy“; “High court will reconsider Anna Nicole Smith case“; and “High court enters legal fight over Navy plane.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “A review of ‘state secrets.’”

“Steven Hayes Case To Resume; Contempt Hearing Set”: This article appears today in The Hartford Courant.

The New Haven Register reports today that “Cheshire murder suspect’s lawyer to face judge: Donovan ordered to explain failure to observe gag order.”

And CNN.com reports that “Testimony resumes in Connecticut home invasion case.”

“Scholars debate funeral-protest Supreme Court case at KU event”: The Lawrence Journal-World contains this article today.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports today that “Lawyers ponder picketing case.”

And The University Daily Kansan reports that “First Amendment, controversial protests up for debate.”

“Law school hosts 23rd Supreme Court preview”: This article appears in The Flat Hat, the student newspaper of the College of William and Mary.

“Judges toss evidence in former legislator’s case; Prosecutors will have harder time proving fraud”: The Anchorage Daily News today contains an article that begins, “Following the lead of the U.S. Supreme Court, a panel of judges from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has thrown out evidence that federal prosecutors hoped would prove that former Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch violated his duty to Alaskans.”

And Bloomberg News reports that “Ex-Alaska Lawmaker Weyhrauch Wins U.S. Ruling on Corruption Trial Evidence.”

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

“Securities Ruling Limits Claims of Fraud”: In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Nathan Koppel and Ashby Jones have an article that begins, “The U.S. Supreme Court has given multinational companies a powerful new legal defense against fraud claims made by some of their investors.”