“Obama’s Lawyer Previews New Push to Confirm Judges”: David Ingram has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Panel: Girls in ‘Wild’ video to remain anonymous.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court has ruled that two underage girls can keep their names under wraps in their lawsuit against ‘Girls Gone Wild’ producer Joe Francis.”

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

“Nevada Supreme Court denies Halverson request to return to bench”: This article appears today in The Las Vegas Review-Journal.

And The Las Vegas Sun reports today that “Judge Halverson permanently removed after losing Supreme Court appeal.”

“Lokuta attorneys cite complaints against judges in new motion”: The Citizens Voice of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania today contains an article that begins, “Attorneys for Ann H. Lokuta, whose bid for reinstatement to the Luzerne County bench was blocked by the state Supreme Court last month, are now arguing that ethics complaints filed against two members of the high court have compromised its ability to give her a full and fair hearing.”

The newspaper has posted the reargument request at this link.

“An Arkansas Supreme Court justice said Monday that she won’t hear any cases involving a Texarkana attorney she is dating who has given her more than $99,000 in jewelry, trips, electronics and other gifts.” So begins this report from The Associated Press.

“Supreme Court’s divisions get messy public airing; Sniping traced back to Gableman case”: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel today contains an article that begins, “The state’s Supreme Court justices accused each other of retaliation as they sniped at each other Monday over court spending during a daylong public meeting. Two factions on the court found few areas where they agreed, but it became clear that simmering resentment over the ethics case against Justice Michael Gableman fuels much of the tension on the court. The justices spent more than an hour discussing how competing opinions were released seven months ago in that case, in which justices deadlocked 3-3.”

“Fla. judge in Obama health suit has own med story”: The Associated Press has this report.

And in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Ashby Jones has an article headlined “Contentious Clause at Heart of Health-Law Challenges.”

“Justice on the stand at U. of C. Law School; Justice Sonia Sotomayor opens up during campus visit”: This article appears today in The Chicago Tribune.

The Chicago Maroon reports today that “Sotomayor speaks at Law School; Sotomayor gave advice to Law School students at a talk Monday morning.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor advises Chicago law students to unplug, chill with friends.”