“Pa. Supreme Court to allow cable TV cameras”: The Philadelphia Inquirer has this news update.
The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has a news update headlined “State high court allows cameras.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Pa. high court allows TV cameras to tape arguments.”
My earlier coverage appears at this link.
“Obama healthcare law: two justices may decide fate.” James Vicini of Reuters has this report.
And Politico.com reports that “Lawsuits hit faster track to Supreme Court.”
“Sauk County DA named special prosecutor in alleged state Supreme Court fracas”: The Wisconsin State Journal has this news update.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a news update headlined “Special prosecutor named in Prosser/Bradley altercation.”
And Bloomberg News reports that “Wisconsin Prosecutor to Probe Pre-Labor Law Ruling Fight Between Justices.”
“State Supreme Court Partners with PCN on First-Ever Television Coverage of High Court Proceedings”: The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts issued this news release today.
As coincidence would have it, I am scheduled to argue two separate cases to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on the first day of televised oral arguments in that court. Details on those two cases can be accessed via this post.
The Pa. Supreme Court’s order issued today can be accessed here. That court’s newly adopted Internal Operating Procedure, which contains some interesting requirements, can be viewed by clicking here.
“NY court reinstates lawsuit by New Haven fireman”: The Associated Press has this report.
My earlier coverage of today’s Second Circuit ruling appears at this link.
“Obama: Supreme Court will uphold health care law.” The Associated Press has this report.
Ninth Circuit upholds Nevada Department of Corrections’ policy prohibiting inmates’ personal possession of typewriters: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“The principal question presented in this appeal is whether the first sale doctrine applies to copyrighted works produced outside of the United States but imported and resold in the United States.” In a decision issued today, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit answers “no” by a vote of 2-to-1.
At issue in John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. Kirtsaeng was whether the defendant was properly held liable for damages on a theory of copyright infringement for having purchased textbooks overseas that he then resold in the United States. The majority opinion affirms the district court’s entry of judgment against the defendant for copyright infringement.
Second Circuit reinstates lawsuit raising disparate-impact issue that was expressly anticipated in Ricci v. DeStefano: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.
“Threat law must use ‘listener’ guide, court rules”: Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “California’s laws against threatening a crime victim or witness are constitutional as long as they apply only when a reasonable listener would conclude the speaker was serious and wasn’t merely joking or blowing off steam, the state Supreme Court ruled last week.”
You can access last Thursday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of California at this link.
“California Supreme Court plays role in tort war”: Columnist Dan Walters has this op-ed today in The Sacramento Bee.
“Should David Hicks, ‘the Aussie Taliban,’ Profit from His Memoir?” Time magazine has this report.
“Legal drama flares in Florida drug-law case; Two Miami-Dade judges have rejected an Orlando federal court’s ruling that the state’s drug statute is unconstitutional”: Saturday’s edition of The Miami Herald contained this article.
“Some in Lizzie Borden’s Hometown Think Her Legend Is Out of Whack; Effort to Restore Her Reputation Cleaves History Buffs; No Burying the Hatchet Now”: This article appears today in The Wall Street Journal.