“Court: Strippers were club employees, could be owed millions.” The Las Vegas Sun has this news update.
And The Associated Press reports that “Nevada court says Strip club dancers are employees.”
You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Nevada at this link.
“U.S. lawsuit vs Hartford police who fatally shot dog is revived”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.
And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Illegal police search led to dog death.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.
In recent installments of Dahlia Lithwick’s “Amicus” podcasts on Slate: Episode two was titled “Let’s Salsa With Sotomayor: Dahlia Lithwick on the Supreme Court’s second week and a new biography of the court’s first Latina justice.”
And episode three was titled “Revenge of the Octogenarians: Dahlia Lithwick talks with Jeffrey Toobin about Obama’s judicial legacy, and how Ruth Bader Ginsberg may want Dahlia’s job.”
“Why Whirlpool’s win in moldy washer trial vindicates consumer class actions”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.
“Disagree in Good Faith? Sonia Sotomayor pushes other Supreme Court justices past their comfort zones.” John Paul Rollert has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Supreme Court set to hear momentous whistleblower case”: Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire has this report.
“Justices consider Texas rape-murder case”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.
“Whirlpool wins first trial over ‘moldy’ washers”: Reuters has this report.
“State high court to take up issue of police personnel files”: Bob Egelko has this article in today’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle.
“PA Supreme Court vacancies to be filled by Tom Corbett or Tom Wolf”: Steve Esack has this article in today’s edition of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania.
In today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Karen Langley has an article headlined “McCaffery’s resignation from Pennsylvania Supreme Court reduces risk to his pension.”
And in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, law professor Bruce Ledewitz has an op-ed titled “Deal leaves court issues unresolved.”
“Supreme Court to decide if boy can list ‘Israel’ as passport birthplace”: Bill Mears of CNN.com has this report.
“Constitution Check: Do the federal courts lack the authority to rule on same-sex marriage?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.
“The Revenge Of Mitch McConnell: GOP Senate Will Halt Obama Nominations.” Sahil Kapur of TPM DC has this report today.
“Obamacare Faces New Threat as Supreme Court Weighs Appeal”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
In news coverage of the oral argument I participated in yesterday: P.J. D’Annunzio of The Legal Intelligencer reports that “Federal Preemption Debated in Topamax Cases.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.
And Matt Fair of Law360.com reports that “Pa. Superior Court Urged To Nix $15M In Topamax Verdicts” (subscription required for full access).
You can access the Briefs for Plaintiffs/Appellees that I filed on my clients’ behalf in these two related appeals here and here.
“Comcast agrees to settle 10-year-old class-action suit”: The Philadelphia Inquirer has this news update.
“Amendment 3 would let outgoing governor name judges — an unnecessary power, critics say”: The Tampa Bay Times has an article that begins, “Florida voters are being asked to approve a little-noticed amendment to the state Constitution that would rewrite the way judges are appointed to the state’s highest courts and strengthen the powers of governors who are leaving office.”
“More turmoil for House GOP lawsuit against Obama”: Josh Gerstein and Maggie Haberman of Politico.com have this report.
“Yates, A Fishy Case”: Richard M. Re has this post at “Re’s Judicata.”
“Virginia Supreme Court hears Yelp Internet speech case”: Frank Green has this article in today’s edition of The Richmond Times-Dispatch.
“SCOTUSblog on camera: Laurence H. Tribe (Part six).” “SCOTUSblog” has this post today.
“The Supreme Court Should Stay Far Away from the Vesting Clause in Zivitofsky“: Julian Davis Mortenson has this post today at the “Lawfare” blog.
“Danger Zone: A Supreme Court Misstep On Voting Rights.” Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.
“Wearing unearned medal can be a crime; free-speech claim rejected”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this news update.
And Courthouse News Service reports that “‘Stolen Valor’ Precedent Won’t Help Lying Marine.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“Court of Appeal rules that Section 377A that criminalises sex between men is constitutional”: The Straits Times of Singapore has this report.
And Bloomberg News reports that “Singapore’s Ban on Gay Male Sex Is Upheld by Top Court.”
The ruling of Singapore’s Court of Appeal does not yet appear to be freely available online.
Update: You can access the ruling at this link (via Jurist’s “Paper Chase“).
“In Passport Case, Alyza Lewin Steps Into Her Father’s Shoes”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this Supreme Court Brief. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.
“Missouri man’s execution on hold indefinitely”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Outside money pouring into state Supreme Court race”: The Chicago Tribune has this report.
And the subject of today’s broadcast of The Diane Rehm Show was “Campaign Spending On State Judicial Elections.”
“‘As Kim Kardashian is with her husband, I’m not going to keep you long.'” Today at his “Southern District of Florida Blog,” David Oscar Markus has a post that begins, “That was Chief Judge Ed Carnes today at Robin Rosenbaum’s investiture. It was a great event with lots of good speeches.”
“Can Authorities Cut Off Utilities And Pose As Repairmen To Search A Home?” This audio segment — featuring both Nina Totenberg and Tom Goldstein — appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”
“Search Party: A 30-year-old loophole increasingly gives police officers a pass when they violate the Fourth Amendment.” Nathan Freed Wessler has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Health overhaul’s subsidies at Supreme Court”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.
“Ala. judge’s spousal abuse case has some seeking his resignation”: This video segment, featuring disturbing audio from the wife’s 911 call from the hotel room, appeared on yesterday’s broadcast of the CBS Evening News.
“Quick fix unlikely in bid to fill McCaffery’s seat”: Angela Couloumbis and Craig R. McCoy have this front page article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
And in today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Brad Bumsted has an article headlined “Bipartisan deal in works to stock Pa. Supreme Court.”
“Court focuses on late filing in prayer case”: Today’s edition of The Danville (Va.) Register & Bee contains a front page article that begins, “The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit heard oral arguments in the Pittsylvania County public prayer case Tuesday, and focused most of their questions on whether the county had filed an appeal on time.”