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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

“Poll: More Americans expect Supreme Court’s health-care decision to be political.” Robert Barnes and Scott Clement have this article today in The Washington Post.

Posted at 12:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court restricts U.S. in Goldman programmer ruling”: Reuters has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court set limits on the government’s ability to prosecute alleged corporate espionage, in an opinion Wednesday explaining its February decision to throw out the conviction of a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc computer programmer.”

You can access today’s opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

Peter Lattman of The New York Times covered the Second Circuit’s announcement of its decision in February 2012 in an article headlined “Government Dealt Setback in Case Against Ex-Goldman Programmer.”

Posted at 11:03 AM by Howard Bashman



Access online the current installment of the “Appellate Issues” newsletter of the American Bar Association’s Council of Appellate Lawyers: The Spring 2012 issue can be accessed here.

Posted at 9:25 AM by Howard Bashman



“Easton Area School District ‘Boobies’ appeal goes before federal court; Attorneys in Easton Area bracelet case argue over the meaning of the word, students’ intent”: Peter Hall has this article today in The Allentown Morning Call.

And The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court hears Pa. ‘boobies’ bracelets case.”

I will provide a link to the audio of yesterday’s oral argument once the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit posts the file online.

Posted at 9:10 AM by Howard Bashman