“Appeals Court: Digital Music Store Was Illegal Pyramid Scheme; A federal appeals court determines that BurnLounge was focused on building revenue through participant recruitment, not through sales of any product.” Eriq Gardner has this post at the “Hollywood, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Seventh Circuit calls class action settlement ‘scandalous,’ removes Paul Weiss as attorney”: Legal Newsline has this report.

And at Forbes.com, Daniel Fisher has a post titled “Pella Class-Action Settlement Is So Bad Judge Tosses Lawyer And His Father-In-Law Lead Plaintiff.”

Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner issued today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel.

“Judges challenge Archdiocesan positions in bankruptcy case”: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a news update that begins, “Judges at the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday appeared to challenge a key argument in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee’s efforts to protect $60 million it holds in a trust for the care of cemeteries from being used to pay creditors in its bankruptcy.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Judges question use of archdiocese trust fund.”

You can access via this link (3.47 MB mp3 audio file) the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

“Baseball and American Life: Panelists spoke at a Great Washington Writers Series luncheon on the topic, ‘Let’s Talk Baseball.'” According to C-SPAN’s description of this event:

Panelists included Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito, New York Times columnist David Brooks, ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian, USA Today’s Christine Brennan, and columnist George Will. The moderator was Talmage Boston, attorney and author of two books on baseball, including Baseball and the Baby Boomer.

C-SPAN has posted online the video of the event at this link.

“Book Review: ‘Scalia: A Court of One.'” Online at The Washington Times, Gerald Russello has this review of Bruce Allen Murphy‘s new book, “Scalia: A Court of One.”

“Uncertain Justice: Understanding the Roberts Court.” Law professor Laurence H. Tribe has this guest post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Thanks to Professor Tribe for his kind mention of “How Appealing” in his post.

“Chemical Reaction: Behold the comic stylings of Chief Justice Roberts.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Did Argentina lie to the U.S. Supreme Court?” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.

“Will Eric Holder Back Off? The attorney general doesn’t really want New York Times reporter James Risen to go to jail.” Emily Bazelon has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Briefing is now complete in my clients’ Third Circuit interlocutory appeal by permission presenting the question “Whether a defendant may remove a case a second time based on diversity jurisdiction more than one year after the commencement of the case?” Today, I filed my clients’ Reply Brief for Appellants.

In mid-May, defendant GlaxoSmithKline filed its Brief of Appellee.

And back in mid-April, I filed my clients’ Brief for Appellants.

Additional background on the case can be accessed in this earlier post.

Sometime soon, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is likely to assign a date for oral argument or submission on the briefs. And approximately two weeks before that date, the court will advise whether oral argument is desired.

“U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli: Telling tales of life in the capital.” The Wilton (Conn.) Bulletin has this report today.

“Chemical Weapons Treaty Does Not Apply to Domestic Dispute, Justices Rule”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news update.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Supreme Court throws out conviction based on chemical weapons ban.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Court: Wife’s toxin use on spouse’s lover no ‘chemical weapons’ plot.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today has a report headlined “Court: Chem weapons treaty can’t trap jilted wife; An affair, a love child, an act of revenge, government surveillance — all wrapped up in a chemical weapons treaty.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has a news update headlined “Supreme Court Limits Use of Chemical Weapons Treaty for Domestic Crimes; Justices Throw Out Conviction of Pennsylvania Woman Who Used Chemical Irritant Against Romantic Rival.”

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has a news update headlined “Poisoning your husband’s lover is NOT a chemical weapons attack: Supreme Court.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer has a news update headlined “U.S. Supreme Court: not terrorism, just a love triangle.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court tosses woman’s chemical weapons conviction.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Poison Case Voided as Court Trims Chemical-Weapon Law.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico.com reports that “SCOTUS tosses mistress-poisoning conviction.”

At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro and Marcia Coyle have a post titled “In Poisoned Mailbox Case, Justices Bypass Ruling on U.S. Treaty Power.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Opinion analysis: World law and ‘romantic jealousy.’”

“Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Reporter Over Identity of Source”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news update.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Supreme Court refuses to take reporter’s case on revealing confidential source.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court turns down NYT reporter’s plea for confidentiality.”

Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has a news update headlined “Supreme Court Avoids Issue of Journalists’ Right to Protect Sources; High Court Rejects Appeal by New York Times Reporter Who Wrote Book on CIA.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme court declines to hear NYT journalist leak case.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Times Reporter Rejected by High Court on Leak Testimony.”

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro has a post titled “Justices Decline to Review Reporters’ Privilege Dispute.”

“Press Credentials Seem to Hinge on the Government’s Whims”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

It begins, “Scotusblog has covered the Supreme Court in depth and with distinction since 2002.”

Access online today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court issued rulings today in three argued cases.

1. Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Technologies, Inc., No. 12-786. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc., No. 13-369. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. And Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court in Bond v. United States, No. 12-158. Justice Antonin Scalia issued an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Justice Clarence Thomas joined in full and Justice Alito joined in part. Justice Thomas issued an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Justice Scalia joined in full and Justice Alito joined in part. And Justice Alito also issued an opinion concurring in the judgment. You can access the oral argument via this link.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “Justices: Treaty can’t be invoked in assault case” and “Court: Company didn’t induce patent infringement.”

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: You can access today’s Order List at this link. The Court today noted probable jurisdiction in two related direct appeals. And the Court called for the views of the Solicitor General in one case.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court to hear Ala. redistricting challenge” and “Justices reject reporter’s bid to protect source.”

“Lethal-Injection Drug Is Scrutinized; Midazolam, Used in Botched Oklahoma Execution, Tied to Two Other Cases Seen as Troubling”: Ashby Jones will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

“Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and how he got that way”: In today’s edition of The Buffalo News, Gene Warner has this review of Bruce Allen Murphy‘s new book, “Scalia: A Court of One.”

Available online at Reason.com: David Harsanyi has an essay titled “No, the Supreme Court Doesn’t Need Term Limits: Long-serving justices are far likelier to be impervious to fleeting populist bugaboos and the political pressures of the day.”

And S.M. Oliva has an essay titled “Sign Regulations and the Threat to Free Speech: City planners won’t let private citizens put bright red signs on their own lawns.”

“Chief Justice Ricky Polston applies for FSU presidency”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Ricky Polston on Saturday jumped into the race to become the next president of Florida State University.”

“Battle lines of judicial activism, from our own Minnesota Supreme Court; The crucible: A case over whether drunken driving is ever acceptable, even to escape danger.” Columnist D.J. Tice has this op-ed today in The Minneapolis Star Tribune.

You can access at this link the recent ruling of the Supreme Court of Minnesota that is the subject of today’s op-ed.

“U.S. Supreme Court decision in IQ death penalty case creates new delays”: Columnist Dan DeWitt has this op-ed today in The Tampa Bay Times.

Slow news day in Buffalo? Today’s edition of The Buffalo News contains an article headlined “Lockport attorney appears before Supreme Court — again.”

According to the article, “It’s the second consecutive year that Winter will rise before the high court on the first Monday in June to ask the justices to admit members of his law fraternity to practice in the Supreme Court.”