“Hangover Tattoo Lawsuit: Can You Copyright Flesh?” David Kravets has this post at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog.
“US appeals court upholds Fla. med. malpractice cap”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.
“Sotomayor gets nearly $1.2 million for memoir”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Senate to Move Forward on Verrilli, Mueller Nominations”: David Ingram has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”
“Roberts appoints 2 judges to seats on FISA court”: The Associated Press has this report.
“U.S. moves to dismiss appeal in TMLC v. Obama as moot”: Brad Joondeph has this post at the “aca litigation blog.”
And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “U.S. moves to end health care case; The Obama Administration urges the Sixth Circuit Court to dismiss a pending challenge to the new health care law, arguing that those who sued have lost their right to pursue the case further.”
“Judge: Corporate donations ban unconstitutional.” The Associated Press has this report.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a news update headlined “Federal judge strikes down ban on corporate giving to candidates.”
And at his “Election Law Blog,” Rick Hasen has a post titled “Federal District Court, in Criminal Case, Holds That Ban on Direct Corporate Contributions to Candidates is Unconstitutional under Citizens United.” That blog has posted the ruling at this link.
“Justices Uphold Immigrant Law; States Can Shut Firms That Hire Illegal Workers”: Jess Bravin and Miriam Jordan have this article today in The Wall Street Journal.
Today in The Arizona Daily Star, Howard Fischer reports that “Justices OK Arizona’s employer sanctions.”
And Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that “Supreme Court upholds Arizona law designed to thwart illegal workers; Federal immigration law does not preempt the 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act, the Supreme Court said Thursday; The ruling gives new momentum to state efforts to crack down on illegal immigration.”
