“Why Supreme Court Could Hear ‘Cannibal Cop’ Case”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“U.S. judges doubt need to toss toxic pollution rule”: Reuters has this report on a case argued today before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

You can access the oral argument audio via this link (42.3 MB mp3 audio file).

“Chief justice declines to intervene in D.C. gun law case”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this news update.

“Court Fight Threatens Key Parts of Net-Neutrality Rules; The FCC appeared to be on firm ground on the biggest issue, but may ultimately still lose portions of its rules”: Brendan Sasso of National Journal has this report.

And Jon Brodkin of Ars Technica reports that “Net neutrality supporters optimistic after court arguments; Judges seem to accept FCC’s Title II authority, lawyer says.”

The audio of today’s D.C. Circuit net neutrality oral argument is now available online: You can access the audio in two parts, here (issue one; 37.7 MB mp3 audio file) and here (issues two through four; 43.6 MB mp3 audio file).

“Puerto Rico’s Debt Relief to Get Supreme Court Hearing”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news update.

“Fight over net neutrality rules returns to appeals court”: Sam Hananel of The Associated Press has this report.

And Mario Trujillo of The Hill reports that “Appeals court goes four rounds over net neutrality rules.”

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in five cases, two of which have been consolidated for purposes of consideration and oral argument.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “High court takes up Puerto Rico debt restructuring case.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court agrees to hear Puerto Rico restructuring appeal.”

Greg Stohr and Michelle Kaske of Bloomberg News report that “Puerto Rico Gets Supreme Court Hearing on Debt Restructuring.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court to rule on Puerto Rico debt-relief options.”

“Benched! Republicans Yet Again Break Promise to Follow Regular Order on Nominees.” The Alliance for Justice has this blog post today.

“Cruz, Rubio vow to fight against marriage equality”: Steve Benen of msnbc.com has this report.

“The Johnson Retroactivity Circuit Split Plot Thickens . . .” Steve Vladeck has this post today at “PrawfsBlawg.”

“AG crisis could end up before U.S. Supreme Court”: Northampton County, Pennsylvania District Attorney John Morganelli recently had this letter to the editor in The Express-Times of Easton, Pennsylvania.

“Congressional Democrats urge Supreme Court to reinstate amnesty”: Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has this report.

“An odd dispute over gun rights”: Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Net neutrality rules to be argued in court”: Mike Snider of USA Today has this report.

Reuters reports that “U.S. court to hear challenge to net neutrality rules.”

Today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition” contained an audio segment titled “FCC Attorneys Will Be Back In Court To Defend Net Neutrality.”

And on Wednesday, Jon Brodkin of Ars Technica had an article headlined “AT&T says it shelved a ‘bunch’ of ideas because of net neutrality rules; VP says it takes 15 lawyers to figure out what a net neutrality violation is.”

“That Feeling When You Win a Supreme Court Case . . . and Get Nothing; Plaintiffs get their names associated with landmark decisions but often little else”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“The 2015 Ames Moot Court Competition — Final Round”: Harvard Law School has posted this video online at YouTube.

Judging the final round were (in order of the seniority in which they were arranged on the bench) U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, Second Circuit Judge Debra Ann Livingston, and D.C. Circuit Judge Robert L. Wilkins.

Earlier, Harvard Law Today published an article headlined “HLS teams compete in the showdown round of the Ames Moot Court Competition.”

“Federal Circuit Reluctantly Affirms Ariosa v. Sequenom and Denies En Banc Rehearing”: Dennis Crouch had this post yesterday at “Patently-O.”

My earlier coverage of Wednesday’s Federal Circuit order denying rehearing en banc can be accessed here.

“Successful Practice in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals”: The Seventh Circuit Bar Association has posted this video online at Vimeo (via the home page of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit). Although I have not yet watched the entire video, chances are good that many of the suggestions therein would also be useful to attorneys handling appeals in other courts.

You can access all of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association’s other videos posted at Vimeo via this link.

“JPMorgan defeats London Whale shareholder lawsuit in U.S.” Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued yesterday.