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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

“Appeals Court Denies Notre Dame’s Challenge to Health Law’s Contraception Mandate; Panel rules Obama administration’s compromise appears adequate to meet university’s religious objections”: Louise Radnofsky and Brent Kendall will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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

Posted at 11:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Right to free speech trumps trademark claim — 4th Circuit”: Reuters has a report that begins, “A Virginia pro-life group had a free speech right to publish an article criticizing the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People by satirizing its name, a U.S. appeals court said Tuesday, vacating a judgment that the civil rights organization’s trademarks were infringed.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 11:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Legislators pass bill that had been nixed over Islamic law”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Idaho Legislature approved federally mandated child support rules Monday, undoing a rejection that had jeopardized U.S. involvement in an international treaty and threatened to collapse the state’s payment system.”

Posted at 9:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge: Sex-trafficking victims can’t sue ad-hosting website Backpage.com.” The Boston Herald has an article that begins, “Three women who said they were raped repeatedly after being sold for sex online can’t sue the site that hosted the ads because a ‘free and open Internet’ outweighs the battle against sex trafficking, a federal judge has ruled.” The article reports that “[t]he women will appeal, according to their law firm, Ropes & Gray.”

I have posted at this link Friday’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Posted at 8:27 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court hears about the tall tale of a trooper’s missing hat”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Was firing a state trooper who lied about what happened to his hat justified? That was the question before North Carolina’s Supreme Court on Tuesday.”

Posted at 4:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Faced With Legal Puzzles, Judges Often Turn to Fellow Jurists”: In Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times, Benjamin Weiser will have an article that begins, “Federal district judges are often described as the quintessential deciders, whether from the bench or in written opinions. But what happens when a difficult question arises, the parties are in sharp disagreement, and the answer is not obvious? Turns out they often rely on a rarely discussed resource: the jurist-to-jurist lifeline.”

Posted at 1:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘Serial’ star Syed adds to momentum for new trial”: The Baltimore Sun has an article that begins, “Adnan Syed’s bid for a new trial gained more momentum Monday, when a state appeals court ruled an alibi witness should testify on behalf of the subject of the ‘Serial’ podcast.”

The Associated Press reports that “Man at center of podcast wins chance to call alibi witness.”

Reuters reports that “Convicted murderer in ‘Serial’ podcast allowed to call new witness.”

CNN.com reports that “Adnan Syed, convicted killer in ‘Serial,’ gets big break in quest for new trial.”

Courthouse News Service reports that “Serial’s Adnan Syed Scores Appeals Victory.”

And at the “EvidenceProf Blog,” Colin Miller has a post titled “Court of Special Appeals of Maryland Remands Adnan Syed’s Appeal So He Can Move to Have Asia Testify.”

You can access yesterday’s order of the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland at this link.

Posted at 1:10 PM by Howard Bashman