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Friday, February 3, 2012

“Defenders seek 9/11 trial delay, blame Guantanamo legal mail dispute; This time, Pentagon defense lawyers are citing a new Guantanamo prison camp controversy involving inspection of confidential mail in their request for a delay in the Sept. 11 mass murder case”: Carol Rosenberg has this article today in The Miami Herald.

Posted at 11:22 AM by Howard Bashman



“Roommate-finder doesn’t facilitate discrimination, court rules; The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals finds Roommates.com and services like it aren’t obligated to force unwanted roommates on their clients; ‘There’s no place like home,’ the court says”: Carol J. Williams has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

In today’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko reports that “Court excepts roommate site from housing bias laws.”

And Terry Baynes of Reuters reports that “Roommate site does not violate housing laws.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Ninth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

Posted at 11:20 AM by Howard Bashman



Attorney discipline, Seventh Circuit style: This blog does not go out of its way to focus on appellate court criticism of substandard attorney performance, because that’s not this blog’s main focus, and in all honesty those cases can be rather depressing.

Nonetheless, yesterday a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a decision that is quite noteworthy, not only for its substance and style, but also for how many chances that court appears to have given the attorney in question to remedy her mistakes.

Bruce Vielmetti of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel covers the ruling today in a blog post titled “7th Circuit disbars well known Milwaukee lawyer.”

Posted at 11:11 AM by Howard Bashman



View online the BYU 2012 Law Review Symposium panel discussion titled “Reporting on the Nation’s Highest Court”: As detailed here, participating in the panel discussion were Lyle Denniston, Adam Liptak, Dahlia Lithwick, and Tony Mauro. You can launch the video of the panel discussion by clicking here.

Posted at 11:02 AM by Howard Bashman



“Federal Court to Decide Whether Former Abu Ghraib Prisoners Can Sue U.S. Contractors for Damages”: Ariane de Vogue of ABC News has this report.

Posted at 10:37 AM by Howard Bashman