“This lawsuit has been their reward.” So writes Chief Judge Frank H. Easterbrook in an interesting sculpture copyright-related lawsuit in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a ruling today.

For those keeping score at home, it appears that Circuit Judge Diane P. Wood is first in line to replace Easterbrook as the Seventh Circuit’s chief judge when his seven-year tenure in that post comes to an end in November 2013.

Water Pik your nose: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit today issued an opinion that begins, “The parties to this trademark dispute make consumer products for rinsing sinus cavities.”

More information about the Water Pik device can be accessed here.

“California schools and diabetes: State high court allows school employees to give insulin shots.” Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has this update.

Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Schools don’t need licensed nurses to give medications, court rules.”

Denny Walsh of The Sacramento Bee has a news update headlined “California Supreme Court: Unlicensed school personnel may administer insulin shots.”

And The San Francisco Chronicle has a news update headlined “Insulin ruling aids diabetic kids, families.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of California at this link.

“US Supreme Court ruling on attorneys could cost Delaware millions; Case burden becomes challenging for officials”: Sean O’Sullivan will have this article Tuesday in The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware.

“Gov. Brown again asks Supreme Court to halt inmate releases”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Christie announces he will not renominate N.J. Supreme Court Justice Helen Hoens”: The Newark Star-Ledger has this report.

The Record of Hackensack, New Jersey has a news update headlined “Christie won’t renominate Supreme Court Justice Hoens; picks Camden County judge.”

And Bloomberg News reports that “Christie Won’t Renominate N.J. Supreme Court Justice Hoens.”

“Supreme Court urged to open up”: Richard Wolf will have this article in Tuesday’s edition of USA Today.

“Civil Rights, Cambodia, and Cuba: Memos That Made History; A newly released collection of legal documents reveals what high officials thought about the major events of their times.” Andrew Cohen has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

“Does the Chief Justice Have Too Much Power? John Roberts appointed every judge on the secretive and influential FISA court; Maybe it’s time to spread around the authority.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

“First 100 Pages of Aaron Swartz’s Secret Service File Released”: Kevin Poulsen has this post at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog.

“Gershengorn Named Principal Deputy Solicitor General”: Tony Mauro has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“When Lawyers Cut Their Clients Out of the Deal”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.