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Friday, April 18, 2014

“Do online media get treated like traditional media under libel retraction statutes?” Eugene Volokh has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 5:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Teva Rejected by Supreme Court on Generic Copaxone Delay”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court denies Teva stay in Copaxone patent fight.”

The Associated Press reports that “Court declines to block drug ruling in patent case.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court won’t block Teva rivals.”

You can access at this link the one paragraph in chambers opinion that Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. issued today in his capacity as Circuit Justice for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Posted at 5:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“New Clinton Documents: How to Celebrate Confirmation of Justice Ginsburg?” Todd Ruger has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

Posted at 4:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Is This the Supreme Court’s Next Big Gun Case? The Second Amendment protects the right to armed self-defense; Does that include the right to carry guns in public?” Damon Root has this essay today at Reason.com.

Posted at 3:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Iowa court: Mother needed approval to get disabled son a vasectomy.” Grant Rodgers of The Des Moines Register has a news update that begins, “An Iowa mother appointed as the guardian of her intellectually-disabled son should not have arranged a vasectomy for him without prior court approval, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled today.”

And at “On Brief: Iowa’s Appellate Blog,” Ryan Koopmans has a post titled “The Iowa Supreme Court on vasectomies and due process.”

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

Posted at 1:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Aereo’s Legal Battles Rest on the Meaning of ‘Public Performance'”: Robert Levine of Bloomberg Businessweek has this report.

Posted at 12:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“Gay marriage: Openly gay judge, Michael McShane, in spotlight overseeing Oregon case.” The Oregonian has an article that begins, “Starting next week, the spotlight on the status of gay marriage in America will shift to the Eugene courtroom of U.S. District Judge Michael McShane — who finds himself in an unusual position.”

Posted at 11:33 AM by Howard Bashman



“Book: Lawyer who defended Calif. gay marriage ban plans daughter’s gay wedding.” Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 8:42 AM by Howard Bashman



Thursday, April 17, 2014

“Law professor to argue case at Supreme Court”: Old Gold & Black, the student newspaper of Wake Forest University, has an article that begins, “On April 23, Wake Forest University Law School Professor John Korzen will face the ultimate test of any attorney, he will make an oral argument before the nine justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.”

Posted at 10:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ohio case before U.S. Supreme Court could decide whether states can criminalize campaign lies”: Sabrina Eaton of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report.

Posted at 10:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Kalb Report with Justices Antonia Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg”: C-SPAN has posted the video of this evening’s event at this link.

Posted at 10:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Scalia, Ginsburg Offer Amendments to the Constitution”: Marcia Coyle has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

Posted at 9:54 PM by Howard Bashman



After deciding to forgo its own request for rehearing of the Ninth Circuit’s decision prohibiting a party from striking a juror based on sexual orientation, Abbott Labs. files brief supporting Ninth Circuit’s sua sponte consideration of en banc review: You can access the brief that Abbott Laboratories filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

Also today, SmithKline Beecham Corporation, which prevailed before the three-judge panel, filed this brief opposing en banc review.

My earlier coverage of the three-judge panel’s ruling in this case can be accessed here.

Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judges question attorneys at gay marriage hearing”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A judge in Colorado who will play a pivotal role deciding whether gays should be allowed to wed in the United States sharply questioned whether Oklahoma can legally prevent the marriages.”

And Kirk Mitchell of The Denver Post has a news update headlined “Federal appeals court considers Oklahoma’s gay marriage ban.”

Update: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has posted at this link (5.72 MB mp3 audio file) the audio of today’s oral argument in the Oklahoma same-sex marriage case.

Posted at 4:47 PM by Howard Bashman



“Prop 8 lawyer’s views on gay marriage evolving”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The lawyer who argued before the Supreme Court in favor of upholding California’s ban on gay marriage learned while he was handling the case that one of his children is gay and now is helping her plan her wedding with another woman.”

Posted at 2:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“A $6 Million Legal Bill — And A Fight For Credit In The Marriage Equality Movement”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed has this report.

Posted at 10:26 AM by Howard Bashman