“Patent ‘Death Squad’ Rules Owners Denounce Upheld by U.S. Court”: Susan Decker of Bloomberg News has an article that begins, “A U.S. appeals court upheld rules that make it easier for companies like Google Inc. and Apple Inc. to get rid of worrisome patent litigation on the cheap.”
And at “Patently-O,” Dennis Crouch has a post titled “Patentee Loses First IPR Appeal on all Grounds.”
You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit at this link.
“California says will appeal ruling making foie gras legal”: Reuters has this report.
And The Los Angeles Times reports that “California attorney general to appeal reversal of foie gras ban.”
“4th Circ. Affirms Toss Of $600M Junk Email Suit Against Kraft”: Law360.com has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.
“Ginsburg says she would overturn campaign spending case”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Applying these standards to the educational context, and considering the circumstances in totality, a reasonable jury could have found that Smith created a hostile educational environment.” Today, a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued its non-precedential, unpublished ruling in appeal that I discussed in the third paragraph of this post from September 2014.
In earlier coverage of the case, which is now heading toward a third trial, The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania reported that “Pleasant Valley cleared in teacher sex-talk case; Federal jury rules district did not retaliate against student who complained about teacher’s methods.” Paragraph three of my earlier post linked to the audio of the Third Circuit oral argument in this appeal.
“Kane challenges authority of special prosecutor in leak case”: Craig R. McCoy of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this news update.
Brad Bumsted of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a news update headlined “AG Kane asks Pa. Supreme Court to end grand jury case against her.”
Steve Esack of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has a news update headlined “Kathleen Kane asks state Supreme Court to toss grand jury case against her.”
Wallace McKelvey of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania reports that “Kathleen Kane’s attorneys lay out case to the Supreme Court.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Pennsylvania attorney general says special prosecutor appointed without authority, safeguards.”
You can access at this link the brief that the Attorney General of Pennsylvania filed today in the case captioned In re: The Thirty-fifth Statewide Investigating Grand Jury, Petition of: Attorney General, Kathleen G. Kane. And you can access the other documents filed in the case via this link.
“Wolf names two for Supreme Court”: Amy Worden of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this news update.
Charles Thompson of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has a news update headlined “Gov. Tom Wolf nominates two for Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacancies.”
And Peter Hall of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has a news update headlined “Tom Wolf nominates two for state Supreme Court.”
In March 2014, StateCollege.com published an interview headlined “Lunch with Mimi: Judge Thomas Kistler.” One of the questions asked and answered toward the end of the interview is “Do you have any aspirations to go to a higher-level court?”
“National Constitution Center announces major new initiative”: Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
“Governor Wolf Announces Nominees For Supreme Court”: The Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania issued this news release today.
In early news coverage, Paula Reed Ward of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a news udpate headlined “Wolf announces Duquesne law dean Gormley as Supreme Court pick.”
Adam Brandolph of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a news update headlined “Duquesne law dean Gormley, Centre County judge nominated to Supreme Court.”
And The Centre Daily Times reports that “Centre County President Judge Kistler nominated to Pa. Supreme Court.”
“2nd Annual Dean’s Lecture to the Graduating Class: A Conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, moderated by Georgetown Law Dean William M. Treanor.” You can view the video of this event live, online beginning at 4 p.m. eastern time today by clicking here.
“House bill to increase state judges’ retirement age advances”: Wallace McKelvey of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report today.
“Moore: Probate judges not required to issue same-sex marriage licenses.” Brian Lyman of The Montgomery Advertiser has this report, along with an article headlined “SPLC adds to complaint against Roy Moore.”
And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Alabama chief justice: Don’t issue gay marriage licenses.”
“Roe v. Wade resolution could be walked into Supreme Court”: The American News of Aberdeen, South Dakota has an article that begins, “The Legislature’s resolution asking for the Roe v. Wade abortion decision to be reconsidered and overturned might be carried by hand to the U.S. Supreme Court, the lawmaker behind it said Tuesday.”
“Rapist sentenced to 112 years for crimes committed at 15 asks top Ohio court to overturn it”: The Associated Press has this report.
You can view at this link the video of this morning’s oral argument in the Supreme Court of Ohio. And the briefs filed in the case can be accessed here.
“Florida Supreme Court to decide whether legal definition of sex applies to gays”: The Florida Times-Union has this news update.
When the video of this morning’s oral argument in the Supreme Court of Florida becomes available online, I will link to it.
“Trust fund awaits Guantanamo detainee for hand-written book”: Reuters has this report.
“Alabama seeks same-sex marriage delay”: Lyle Denniston has this 3:23 a.m. post today at “SCOTUSblog.”
“Justice Elena Kagan visits law school, discusses law school model”: The Daily Northwestern has this report.
You can view at this link the video of Justice Elena Kagan’s discussion yesterday at Northwestern University School of Law, participating in the Howard J. Trienens Visiting Judicial Scholar Program.
“Same sex marriage, rational basis scrutiny and In Re Estate of Kittenbrink”: Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf has this post today at his “Hercules and the Umpire” blog.
“Missing Supreme Court Litigant Resurfaces, Aims to Revive Case; Homeowner Had Secured a Slot on High Court’s Docket Without Benefit of an Attorney, Then Disappeared”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report today. The article suggests that the pro se petitioner in the case is apparently not a regular reader of “SCOTUSblog.”
“Anxiety over Supreme Court’s latest dive into health care”: The Associated Press has this report.
