“Copyrights on Foreign Works Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Justices allow copyrights on foreign works.”

And at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, David Kravets has a post titled “Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright Public Domain Works.”

“Justices side with death row inmate abandoned by counsel”: Joan Biskupic of USA Today has this news update.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Supreme Court: Alabama death-row inmate Cory Maples should get new hearing.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “U.S. Supreme Court Sides With Death-Row Inmate on Law Firm Mailroom Error.”

And James Vicini of Reuters reports that “Death row inmate wins missed deadline case.”

“Supreme Court upholds copyright law for famous foreign works”: James Vicini of Reuters has this report.

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Opinion recap: The public domain shrinks.”

“Government Brief in Hamdan: The Looming Article III Problem…” Steve Vladeck has this post at the “Lawfare” blog, which has made the brief available at this link.

“Paul Clement at Center of Supreme Court’s Blockbuster Cases”: Ariane de Vogue of ABC News has this report.

“Komisarjevsky Motion For New Trial, Acquittal Denied”: The Hartford Courant has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Judge rejects Conn. home invasion retrial request.”

Access online today’s decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued three rulings in argued cases.

1. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court in Maples v. Thomas, No. 10-63. Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued a concurring opinion. And Justice Antonin Scalia issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Clarence Thomas joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court in Golan v. Holder, No.10-545. Justice Stephen G. Breyer issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Alito joined. Justice Elena Kagan did not participate in the ruling. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. And Justice Ginsburg delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Mims v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC, No. 10-1195. You can access the oral argument via this link.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court upholds copyright law“; “Court orders new hearing for Ala. death row inmate“; and “Court lets telemarketers be sued in federal court.”

“Court Weighs Protections for Lawyers of Cities”: Adam Liptak has this article today in The New York Times.

You can access at this link the transcript of yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Filarsky v. Delia, No. 10-1018.

“Affirmative-Action Foe Is Facing Allegations of Financial Misdeeds”: Charlie Savage has this article today in The New York Times.

And The Sacramento Bee reports today that “Connerly financial misdeeds alleged in letter.”

“U.S. Supreme Court declines Forsyth County prayer appeal”: The Winston-Salem Journal contains this article today, along with an editorial entitled “The Supreme Court rightly declines to hear prayer-fight appeal, ending a losing battle.”

And Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “High court rejects appeals on public prayers, student speech.”

“U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear appeals in students’ online rants”: This article appears today in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports today that “High court fails to act in off-campus speech cases.”

In today’s edition of The Allentown Morning Call, Peter Hall reports that “Supreme Court backs kids’ Internet speech; Appeal asked justices to define schools’ reach in discipline for disruptive posts.”

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Does First Amendment protect students’ online speech off-campus? The Supreme Court declined to take up Tuesday three potentially important test cases of the First Amendment of students engaged in controversial speech on the Internet.”

Nina Totenberg of NPR reports that “High Court Lets Stand Trio Of First Amendment Cases.”

At Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, David Kravets has a post titled “Supreme Court Rejects Student Social-Media Cases.”

And at the “School Law” blog of Education Week, Mark Walsh has a post titled “Supreme Court Declines Cases on Student Internet Speech.”

“Reformers call for Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin to step aside”: The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that “Groups call on Justice Melvin to resign.”

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has articles headlined “Reformers seek Supreme Court Justice Orie Melvin recusal” and “Orie sisters’ retrial delayed 2 weeks; Feb. 27 start eyed.”

And today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer contains an editorial entitled “Supreme Court justice needs to step aside.”

“U.S. Judge Won’t Delay Madoff-Mets Trial for Trustee’s Immediate Appeal”: Bloomberg News has this report.

The New York Times reports today that “Mets Owners Can Look Forward to Trial During Spring Training.”

The New York Daily News reports today that “U.S. District judge turns away appeal from Irving Picard, trustee for the victims of Bernie Madoff in suit against NY Mets owners; Jed S. Rakoff limits financial liability of Wilpons in Madoff lawsuit.”

The Associated Press reports that “NY judge blocks immediate appeal by Madoff trustee.”

And Reuters reports that “Judge rejects Madoff trustee appeal in Mets case.”

“Philip Morris agrees to pay Oregon $56 million in punitive damages in Jesse Williams’ death”: The Oregonian has a news update that begins, “Tobacco maker Philip Morris has agreed to pay $56 million in punitive damages and interest to the state of Oregon, finally ending a 14-year battle over damages in the death of a Portland smoker.”

“‘Occupy the Courts’ rally stymied in Manhattan”: Reuters has a report that begins, “A federal agency has denied protesters a permit to hold a rally in front of the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan, days before an ‘Occupy the Courts’ protest planned for Friday at courthouses across the country.”

Additional information about the protests planned for this Friday can be accessed here.

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News is reporting: He has articles headlined “Prayer Cases Turned Away by U.S. Supreme Court Justices“; “Finra’s Legal Immunity Won’t Be Questioned by U.S. High Court“; “Dart’s Fund May Get Top Court Review on Argentine Judgment“; and “CenturyLink Settlement of $90 Million Case Signaled by Court.”

James Vicini of Reuters is reporting: He has articles headlined “Supreme Court rejects prayer, student Internet cases” and “Supreme Court won’t hear FINRA immunity case.”

“Wal-Mart seeks end to refiled gender-bias lawsuit”: Dan Levine of Reuters has a report that begins, “Women who refiled a gender discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc have failed to come to grips with the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that ended their nationwide class action against the company, Wal-Mart argued in a court filing.”

“Supreme Court agrees to request by PCN to televise redistricting hearing live”: The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts today issued a news release that begins, “The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania today announced that the Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) will be televising live its Jan. 23 oral argument session on the state’s legislative redistricting plan.”

“USS Cole bombing suspect back before Guantanamo tribunal”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this news update.

“Military lawyers blast Guantanamo mail search as violating rights, ethics”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has an article that begins, “Military lawyers for Guantanamo detainees who could someday be put to death are accusing the new prison commander of censoring protected attorney-client documents, raising a new legal controversy that spotlights ongoing concern about the fairness of possible military trials.”

And at the “Lawfare” blog, Benjamin Wittes and Ritika Singh have a post titled “Nashiri Motions Hearing Preview.” Wittes and Singh will provide additional coverage of the hearing (including this very recent post) throughout the day.

“U.S. gun industry appeals new rifle reporting rules”: Reuters has this report.

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court has posted today’s Order List at this link. There are no new grants of review. The Court called for the views of the Solicitor General in two cases.

In recognition of the large number of law librarians who read this blog, I must note that today’s Order List concludes with the following order:

It is ordered that Linda S. Maslow be appointed Librarian of the Court to succeed Judith Ann Gaskell, effective at the commencement of business January 17, 2012, and that she take the oath of office as required by statute.

No word yet on who administers the librarian oath of office at the Court. The Court’s former librarian, Ms. Gaskell, began serving in that post on August 11, 2003.

In early news coverage of today’s orders, The Associated Press reports that “Court rejects appeals in student speech cases“; “Court rejects appeal over prayer at public meeting“; “Court won’t review congressional immunity defense“; and “Court won’t review ruling on tipped employees.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Government prayer cases passed up.”

“Disgraced journalist Stephen Glass deserves a second chance”: Columnist Dan Walters has this op-ed today in The Sacramento Bee.

“Affirmative action suit gets Brown’s support”: In today’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “More than 15 years after California voters approved a ban on affirmative action based on race or gender preferences, a new challenge to Proposition 209 has reached a federal appeals court — and the challengers this time include Gov. Jerry Brown.”

“Casino Owner’s Gingrich Gift Shreds Court’s Logic”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg News.

“Supreme Court to take up case of Miami man vs. drug-sniffing dogs”: The Palm Beach Post has this news update.

“Latif Cert Petition Filed”: Benjamin Wittes had this post Friday night at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Bigfoot has free speech rights in NH, too — on Mount Monadnock, at least”: This article appeared Saturday in The Nashua Telegraph.

The Keene Sentinel on Friday had a news update headlined “‘Bigfoot’ wins appeal; Case involved Mt. Monadnock.”

And The Associated Press reports that “N.H. court upholds Bigfoot’s free speech rights.”

You can access last Friday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire at this link.

“Perry appeals judge’s ruling on Va. primary ballot”: The Associated Press has this report.

Bloomberg News reports that “Perry Files Emergency Request to Get on Virginia Republican Primary Ballot.”

And at Politico.com, Josh Gerstein has a blog post titled “Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich appeal for slots on Virginia ballot.”

“On health reform, the election will matter more than SCOTUS”: Politico.com has this report.

“College diversity at risk”: Lee C. Bollinger will have this op-ed Monday in The Washington Post.

“Ohio taking death penalty case to US Supreme Court”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Supreme Court to decide Chowchilla inmate’s fate”: Michael Doyle had this article yesterday in The Fresno Bee.

“U.S. Supreme Court upholds Nashua conviction despite debate over reliability of eyewitness testimony”: This article appeared yesterday in The Nashua (N.H.) Telegraph.