“Copyright Troll’s Assets Targeted for Seizure”: At Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, David Kravets has a post that begins, “The legal woes of Las Vegas-based copyright-trolling firm Righthaven continued Sunday when one of its creditors moved to seize its assets.”
“Judge James R. Browning Marks 50 Years of Service”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted online this news release.
“Idaho Couple’s Permit Fight Drags Wetlands Back to Supreme Court”: Lawrence Hurley of Greenwire has this report (via The New York Times).
“U.S. Court of Appeals orders rehearing on Carl Lewis’ eligibility to run for N.J. Senate”: The Newark Star-Ledger has this news update.
“Appeals court gets Ark. schools desegregation case”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Judge orders Prop. 8 trial video unsealed”: Josh Gerstein has this post at his “Under the Radar” blog at Politico.com.
And The Associated Press reports that “Judge decides to release Prop. 8 trial recording.”
“Court says Padilla terror sentence was too lenient”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The 17-year prison sentence imposed on convicted terrorism plotter Jose Padilla is far too lenient for someone who trained to kill at an al-Qaida camp and also has a long, violent criminal history, a federal appeals court ruled Monday as it threw out the sentence.”
And Bloomberg News reports that “Dirty-Bomb Planner Padilla Should Get More Than 17-Year Term, Court Rules.”
You can access today’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.
“A Blockbuster Case Yields an Unexpected Result”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.
“Apology Adds An Epilogue To Kelo Case; Supreme Court Justice’s Startling Apology Adds Human Context To Tough Ruling”: Jeff Benedict had this op-ed yesterday in The Hartford Courant.
“The University of Texas and Racial Preferences: The Supreme Court could consider an affirmative-action case.” Hans A. von Spakovsky has this essay today at National Review Online.
“Court sets aside class-action suit by Costco women”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.
Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal reported that “Costco Wins Appeal in Gender-Bias Suit.”
Bloomberg News reports that “Costco Workers’ Group Case Blocked After Wal-Mart Ruling.”
And Reuters reports that “No class action for now in Costco gender bias case; 9th Circuit reverses class-action, cites Wal-Mart case; Court leaves open possibility for recertification; Women plaintiffs, Costco each claim victory.”
You can access last Friday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“Reversal of lifetime alimony will shape divorce awards; Judge says lifetime award inappropriate for wife earning $72K”: This article appeared yesterday in The Tennessean.
My earlier coverage of last week’s Supreme Court of Tennessee ruling appears at this link.