“7th Circuit: Forum shopping merits sanctions, even when case is legit.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today.

“Bugged! Newly Discovered Species Named for Justice Ginsburg; The species of praying mantis has been named Ilomantis ginsburgae in the jurist’s honor.” Jess Bravin has this post today at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog.”

“Conversation: The Passing of Justice Scalia and the Future of the Supreme Court.” C-SPAN has posted online the video of this panel from today’s Independent Women’s Forum‘s annual Women LEAD Summit. The Scalia panel begins at 9 minutes and 12 seconds into this video clip.

“Chief DeLeo: More arrests expected in Dan Markel murder-for-hire plot.” Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has this updated report.

“‘Star Wars’ and separation of powers”: Cass Sunstein has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” together with a post titled “What company do you keep? On ‘Star Wars’ and more.”

“Justices Thomas & Sotomayor: Closer Than You Think?” Kimberly Robinson of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

“The Senate Republicans, Merrick Garland and the Lessons of History”: Law professor Geoffrey R. Stone has this blog entry online today at The Huffington Post.

“Madonna prevails in copyright lawsuit over ‘Vogue’ song”: Dan Levine of Reuters has this report.

And at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “Madonna Gets Victory Over ‘Vogue’ Sample at Appeals Court.”

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

“Justice Scalia once said that he wished all federal judges were given a stamp that read ‘stupid but constitutional.'” So begins an opinion that Chief Judge Diane P. Wood issued today on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

The opinion considers and rejects a once suspended teacher’s constitutional challenge to the policy of the Chicago Board of Education forbidding teachers from using racial epithets in front of students, no matter what the purpose.

“US court says man can be forcibly medicated in terror case”: The Associated Press has this report on a non-precedential ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Documents connect Markel’s ex-wife’s family to murder plot”: Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has an article that begins, “Investigators believe the killing of Dan Markel stemmed from the ‘desperate desire’ by his ex-wife Wendi Adelson’s family to relocate her, taking the couple’s children to South Florida.”

You can access at this link the probable cause affidavit issued in connection with the recent arrest of a suspect in the case.

Yesterday evening, Etters reported that “Markel murder suspect arrives in Leon County.” Today, the newspaper posted online a video under the heading “Sigfredo Garcia at first appearance Thursday morning.”

And Sean Rossman of The Tallahassee Democrat today has articles headlined “Prius trailed Dan Markel on final morning” and “Unsealed Markel documents cause confusion at City Hall.”

“Tilton’s Challenge to SEC Hearings Rejected by Appeals Court”: Bob Van Voris and Matt Robinson of Bloomberg News have this report.

And Kevin Dugan of The New York Post reports that “Lynn Tilton loses round in battle against SEC charges.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Second Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Eight is Enough? Supreme Court adjusts to the new normal.” Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.

“Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Statement on Planned Departure of Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr.” The U.S. Department of Justice has issued this news release today.

In early news coverage, Nina Totenberg of NPR reports that “Donald Verrilli, Who Argued Groundbreaking Cases For The Government, Stepping Down.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Solicitor General Donald Verrilli retiring after historic run at Supreme Court.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Verrilli, Obama Lawyer Who Helped Save Obamacare, to Resign.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Obama’s Supreme Court lawyer to step down.”

The Associated Press reports that “Justice lawyer who defended Obamacare at high court leaving.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Solicitor General Verrilli departing.”

“U.S. Supreme Court: Policies and Perspectives on Video and Audio Coverage of Appellate Court Proceedings.” The U.S. Government Accountability Office has posted this lengthy report online.

“Lawsuit reinstated for group seeking to nullify buffer zone around abortion clinics”: Torsten Ove of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has this report.

And Brian Bowling of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that “Pennsylvania court reinstates challenge to Pittsburgh’s abortion clinic buffer zone law.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Third Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“Why a Brooklyn Judge Refused to Send a Drug Courier to Prison”: Lincoln Caplan has this post online at The New Yorker.

“What Donald Trump Thinks Judges Are Good For”: Jeffrey Toobin has this post online at The New Yorker.

“For a Collegial Court, Justices Lunch Together, and Forbid Talk of Cases”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Emily Heil of the Reliable Source column of The Washington Post has an article headlined “The Supreme Court’s secret to civility? Lots of good food and wine.”

And Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com reports that “Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor dish out Supreme Court lunchroom secrets.”

“Jeffrey Rosen: Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet.” The National Constitution Center has posted online at YouTube this video of a program that occurred yesterday in Philadelphia.

“Is the Supreme Court ready to take on transgender rights?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Court finds evidence of illegal retaliation by Arizona regents”: In today’s edition of The Arizona Daily Star, Howard Fischer has a front page article that begins, “Saying there’s evidence of illegal retaliation, a federal appeals court gave the go-ahead Wednesday for the Arizona Students Association to sue the Board of Regents to get back money the group says was illegally withheld.”

Sophia Kunthara of Cronkite News reports that “Court restores students’ free-speech lawsuit against Board of Regents.”

Courthouse News Service reports that “9th Circ. Sends Student Fee Dispute Back to Judge.”

And Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed has an article headlined “State Agency as Bully: Arizona Board of Regents probably violated First Amendment rights of state’s student association when it stopped collecting fees for the group, U.S. appeals court rules.”

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

“Court won’t reconsider ruling on NFL concussions settlement”: The Associated Press has this report.