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Saturday, December 5, 2015

“Supreme Court rejects emergency appeal from California antiabortion group”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Posted at 5:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge’s FilmOn Opinion Unsealed: ‘Congress Did Not Consider the Internet in 1976’; A dispute over TV streaming illustrates how judges differ in their approaches to new technologies”: Eriq Gardner recently had this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter.

Therein, Gardner writes, “Given that both cases are going up on appeal with totally opposing conclusions as to how to fit new technology under old legal standards, it is worth highlighting the primary difference in the judges’ opinions.”

Posted at 2:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“US Supreme Court to hear case pitting Nevada against California”: Sandra Chereb of The Las Vegas Review-Journal has an article that begins, “A Las Vegas man’s decades-long fight with California’s tax man heads to the U.S. Supreme Court for a second time Monday, with dozens of states anxiously awaiting the outcome.”

Posted at 2:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“States take closer look at regulatory boards after ruling”: The Associated Press has an article that begins, “States are taking a closer look at boards and commissions regulating everything from dentists to dietitians after the U.S. Supreme Court said some panels could be violating antitrust laws.”

Posted at 2:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Authors side with Apple in e-book price-fixing Supreme Court appeal; Case undermines ‘the very objective of antitrust law — to ensure robust competition'”: David Kravets of Ars Technica has this report.

Posted at 1:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Texas Will Lose On Affirmative Action, But Will Supreme Court Outlaw Racial Preferences Entirely?” Daniel Fisher has this post today at Forbes.com.

Posted at 1:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judges Challenges Both Sides in Net Neutrality Case; Three-judge panel could uphold part of regulation and overturn part of it, experts say”: John McKinnon has this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

At the “Bits” blog of The New York Times, Cecilia Kang has a post titled “In Net Neutrality Hearing, Judge Signals Comfort With F.C.C.’s Defense.”

Sam Thielman of The Guardian (UK) has an article headlined “Net neutrality has its day in court — with lawyers, Christians and the Cheshire Cat; The decision by the Federal Communications Commission to reclassify internet providers as ‘common carriers’ is being tested in a Washington DC courtroom.”

And Ted Johnson of Variety reports that “FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules Challenged in Appeals Court.”

Posted at 1:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Strip clubs, sexual commentary were topics of Eakin emails”: In Sunday’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Mark Fazlollah and Craig R. McCoy will have an article that begins, “In 2009, State Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin exchanged emails with some buddies, including a state prosecutor and a prospective lower-court judge. Among the topics: visits to strip clubs and sexual gibes about female staffers in Eakin’s office.”

In addition, McCoy and Fazlollah have a news update headlined “Sources: Supreme Court has ploy to support Eakin.”

Posted at 1:18 PM by Howard Bashman