“Supreme Court challengers say court is too pro-business”: In Monday’s edition of The Austin American-Statesman, Chuck Lindell will have an article that begins, “Three members of the all-Republican Texas Supreme Court face re-election this year, but two will have to survive primary opponents who accuse the court of becoming too pro-business.”
“LCD Case Takes a New Twist; Ethics Battle Erupts Over Lawyer Chosen by Executive Convicted of Price Fixing”: In Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Brent Kendall will have an article that begins, “In an unusual showdown over government ethics, the Justice Department is challenging former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal over his bid to represent an electronics executive convicted of price fixing.”
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“Obama Pitches Equal Pay to Win Women Even as Charges Drop”: Bloomberg News has a report that begins, “Some days, it may seem that President Barack Obama’s running mate is Lilly Ledbetter.”
“Top judge: ditching software patents a ‘bad solution’; Former Federal Circuit Judge Paul Michel sees no ‘magic bullets’ for patent reform.”
Timothy B. Lee has this post today at the “Ars Technica” blog.
“Back home in Toronto, Conrad Black plans to keep low profile”: This article will appear Monday in The Toronto Globe and Mail.
“Employment lawyer fights regulations”: Monday’s edition of The Washington Post will contain an article that begins, “Eugene Scalia is a well-known name in Washington — his father is U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The younger Scalia is a partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher who has carved out a niche representing business groups against regulatory agencies over corporate rules they consider unnecessary.”
“Gay-Marriage Cases Pose Legal Tests for Administration”: Jess Bravin will have this article Monday in The Wall Street Journal.
“Justice says he’ll defend same-sex marriage vote in campaign; ‘I’m not going to let them bully me,’ says David Wiggins, who joined 2009 same-sex marriage ruling”: Today’s edition of The Des Moines Register contains an article that begins, “Iowa Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins vows he won’t stand quietly by if opponents of same-sex marriage launch a potent campaign to oust him from the bench.”
“Louis H. Pollak, Civil Rights Advocate and Federal Judge, Dies at 89”: This obituary appears today in The New York Times.
“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: 2012 election drowning in secret money.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.