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Friday, March 28, 2014

“In new case, Supreme Court revisits the question of software patents”: Timothy B. Lee has this report online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 11:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Same-sex divorce appeal could reach Nebraska Supreme Court”: The Omaha World-Herald has a news update that begins, “A Raymond, Neb., woman’s bid to divorce her wife is raising a challenge to Nebraska’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.”

Posted at 11:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Fifth Circuit Paves Way for Supreme Court Showdown on Chemical Abortion Regulations”: Mailee R. Smith has this post today at National Review Online’s “The Corner” blog.

Posted at 11:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Despite Supreme Court victory, wrecked houseboat’s owner still fighting”: The South Florida Sun Sentinel has a news update that begins, “Despite his huge win at the nation’s highest court over a year ago, Fane Lozman says he has little to show for it.”

Posted at 11:27 PM by Howard Bashman



“Facebook rapper seeks Supreme Court appeal in threats case”: Peter Hall will have this article in Saturday’s edition of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Posted at 10:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“Voter rights groups appeal documentation ruling”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Voting rights groups filed an appeal Friday of a judge’s order that federal election officials must help Kansas and Arizona enforce state laws requiring new voters to provide documentation proving their U.S. citizenship.”

Posted at 8:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Preview: Just Add Computer? SCOTUS Processes ‘Computer-Implemented’ Inventions.” Tom P. Taylor of Bloomberg BNA has this blog post.

Posted at 8:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Newport says it will fight group home decision; City plans to petition the U.S. Supreme Court after a lower court decided that bias was involved in the treatment of sober-living facilities”: The Daily Pilot of Costa Mesa, California has this report.

Posted at 1:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Go to the Supreme Court, win $25,000!” The Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster (Pa.) New Era has an article that begins, “The East Earl owners of Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. on Thursday received a $25,000 Heritage Foundation prize for taking their religious liberty fight to the Supreme Court.”

Posted at 1:30 PM by Howard Bashman



Know your cuts of meat: Fans of this Late Show with David Letterman sketch may enjoy an opinion that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

In early coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court rules in favor of meat labels.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Court rejects challenge to meat label rule.”

And Bloomberg News reports that “Meat Groups Lose Bid to Block Country-of-Origin Labeling.”

Posted at 11:11 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to decide when ideas become too ‘abstract’ to patent; The case could make it harder to patent ‘computer-implemented’ business methods, including software; Google, Facebook, Macy’s, and Twitter beg the Court to do so; yet IBM disagrees”: Roger Parloff of Fortune has this report.

Posted at 10:58 AM by Howard Bashman



“Centuries Haven’t Yet Set Bank’s Jurisdiction”: Tim Hull of Courthouse News Service has a report that begins, “For purposes of jurisdiction, Wells Fargo is a citizen of South Dakota, not California, the 9th Circuit ruled Thursday, lamenting that such questions remain unsettled after more than century.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 10:54 AM by Howard Bashman



“Prof. Michael McConnell (Stanford) on the Hobby Lobby arguments”: Eugene Volokh has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 8:30 AM by Howard Bashman