“Chevron Bid to Dismiss $18 Billion Judgment Rejected in Ecuador”: Bloomberg News has this report.
The Associated Press reports that “Ecuador court upholds ruling against Chevron.”
And Reuters reports that “Ecuador court upholds $18 bln ruling against Chevron.”
In somewhat related coverage, the January 9, 2012 issue of The New Yorker contains an article by Patrick Radden Keefe headlined “Reversal of Fortune: A crusading lawyer helped Ecuadorans secure a huge environmental judgment against Chevron; But did he go too far?” The full text of that article, however, is not yet freely available online.
“Let Noncitizens Contribute to U.S. Elections”: In Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times, Paul Sherman will have an op-ed that begins, “On Friday the United States Supreme Court will meet to decide whether to hear Bluman v. F.E.C., a First Amendment challenge to a federal law that prohibits noncitizens living in the United States (but who don’t have green cards) from making contributions to American political candidates or from spending money on independent speech to influence elections.”
“Disgraced journalist makes his case to court”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has a news update that begins, “Lawyers for disgraced journalist Stephen Glass told California’s highest court Tuesday that the State Bar is unfairly demanding ‘sackcloth, ashes and a vow of poverty’ for Glass to demonstrate that he is morally qualified to practice law.”
The Associated Press reports that “Disgraced journalist makes his case to Calif court.”
And at the “Am Law Daily” blog, Scott Graham has a post titled “Pressing Bar Admission Fight, Notorious Fabulist Stephen Glass Hires High-Profile Appellate Team.” The blog has posted at this link the supplemental brief filed today on Glass’s behalf.
“Montana Tests Supreme Court Political-Spending Ruling”: Jess Bravin will have this article Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.
My earlier coverage of the Montana Supreme Court’s ruling appears here and here.
In appeal that I orally argued on the plaintiff’s behalf in April 2011, the Pa. Superior Court today has reinstated a $28 million punitive damages award in favor of woman whose breast cancer was caused by ingesting hormone replacement therapy medications: You can access today’s ruling of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania in Kendall v. Wyeth, Inc. at this link. My earlier coverage appears here.
The ruling in the Kendall case is one of two related HRT punitive damages rulings that the Pa. Superior Court issued today. The other decision issued in Barton v. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a case that I did not argue on appeal, and you can access that ruling at this link.
“A Federal Judge Responds Defiantly to Chief Justice Roberts; There is a growing gulf between the Supreme Court justices and the rank-and-file federal judges who decide the merits of tens of thousands of cases each year”: Andrew Cohen has this post online at The Atlantic.
“Second Guesses: When criminal defendants attack their trial lawyers’ competence.” Lawrence Hurley has this article in the January 2012 issue of California Lawyer magazine.
“Decided by a nose? Court ponders drug dog’s sniff.” The Associated Press has this report. We are now only one post away from hitting the otorhinolaryngology trifecta.
“Ear candles” on appeal: Sadly, it took until the year 2012 for me to learn that placing a burning candle into one’s ear happens to be something. (See, e.g., “Late Show with David Letterman” skit titled “Is this Anything?“)
Today; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued an opinion that begins, “Ear candles are hollow tubes made of fabric soaked in beeswax or paraffin; a user places one end in his ear and sets the other on fire with an open flame.” Additional information on the practice can be found in this Wikipedia entry.
“California’s death penalty: Unusual but not cruel; Capital punishment in California should be streamlined, not abolished.” Charles Johnson has this op-ed today in The Los Angeles Times.
“N.C. Supreme Court justice is also a farmer”: This article appears today in The Salisbury (N.C.) Post.
“Juries must answer death penalty question for mentally disabled; Pennsylvania court decision sets method to implement landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling”: Peter Hall has this article today in The Allentown Morning Call.
My earlier coverage of the ruling appears at this link.
“Supreme Court: The recusal question; If justices recuse themselves from a case, or refuse to do so when asked, an explanation is warranted.” This editorial appears today in The Los Angeles Times.
“Irrationality in Deportation Law”: Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an editorial that begins, “A stinging opinion by Justice Elena Kagan for a unanimous Supreme Court reinforced last month a message that lower courts have been sending for many years: the law applied in immigration cases too often fails to meet the standards of justice.”
“Supreme Court takes up property rights dispute; In a cause celebre for the right, an Idaho couple seeks a hearing on an EPA warning that a dry lot for their dream home is protected ‘wetlands'”: David G. Savage will have this article Tuesday in The Los Angeles Times.
“Turf battle between legislature, judiciary lies on horizon in Tenn.” This article will appear Tuesday in The Tennessean.
“Three Campaign-Finance Lawsuits On the Heels of ‘Citizens'”: Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has this report.
“Obama and the definition of ‘recess'”: Politico.com has a report that begins, “President Barack Obama’s ability to jam through appointments during the congressional break depends on one big factor: What the definition of ‘recess’ is.”
“Citizen Bopp: Meet the lawyer on a crusade to topple all limits on the role of money in politics.” Viveca Novak has this lengthy profile online at The American Prospect.
“U.S. Supreme Court may put off ruling on health-care law”: The Palm Beach Post contains this article today.
“US High Court to hold first full hearing on CNMI case; At issue: Compensation for interpreters.” This article appears in Tuesday’s edition of The Saipan Tribune.
“Supreme Court case involving Idaho lake house ignites conservative cause against EPA”: Robert Barnes will have this article Tuesday in The Washington Post.
“The Grinch who stole the federal courts’ Christmas”: Law professor Carl Tobias had this op-ed yesterday in The San Jose Mercury News.
“High court to hear environmental case from Idaho”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.
“Facts? We Don’t Need No Stinking Facts: The Montana Supreme Court, SCOTUS, and Citizens United.” Rick Hasen has this post today at his “Election Law Blog.”
My earlier coverage of the Montana Supreme Court’s ruling appears at this link.
“The Supreme Court can’t be absolute”: Columnist Jeff Jacoby has this op-ed today in The Boston Globe.
“Judging the Judges: Nevada Supreme Court Justices say they take criticism, comments to heart.” The Las Vegas Review-Journal contains this article today.
“A New Year’s Forecast For The Health Care Bill”: This audio segment (transcript with link to audio) appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday.”
“Cuts threaten death row cases”: Bill Rankin has this article today in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
“Parental notification law on abortion takes effect today”: This article appears today in The New Hampshire Union Leader.
“Value of Gableman’s legal services disputed; His attorney says they weren’t free, but legal scholars disagree”: In today’s edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Patrick Marley has an article that begins, “The new attorney for state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman contends the justice did not receive free legal services from a law firm even though Gableman ran no risk of having to pay those bills — a viewpoint that drew sharp disagreement from some lawyers and legal scholars.”
“‘Super PACs’ are showing their power; Early activity in the race for the GOP nomination heralds a transformation across the country since a Supreme Court decision lifted the limits on individual and corporate donations to independent political groups”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.
“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Gingrich threats a dark omen for courts?” UPI has this report.
“Chief Justice Defends Peers on Health Law”: Adam Liptak has this front page article today in The New York Times.
Additional coverage appears two posts below.
