“Video-sharing sites win big in DCMA legal fight; Case questioned if DMCA gave immunity to ISPs for their users’ infringement”: David Kravets of Ars Technica has this report.
Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Vimeo wins U.S. appeal in music copyright case.”
At the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “Appeals Court Gives Internet Service Providers Big Relief in Copyright Disputes; Barry Diller’s Vimeo scores a win as the 2nd Circuit rules that safe harbor applies to pre-1972 recordings and isn’t disqualified by employees who saw infringements.”
Wendy Davis of MediaPost reports that “Vimeo Wins Copyright Battle Over Golden Oldies.”
Mike Masnick of Techdirt has a post titled “Appeals Court Gives Big Loss To Record Labels In Their Quixotic Lawsuit Against Vimeo For Lipdubs.”
And Courthouse News Service reports that “Vimeo Shielded from Record Labels’ Onslaught.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.
“U.S. Health-Care Law Just Got Even More Confusing”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.
“Did politics figure in Gov. Wolf’s pick for high court?” Chris Brennan of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.
“Time for a ‘No Buy’ List on Guns”: Law professor Adam Winkler had this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.
And in response thereto, online today at National Review, law professor Josh Blackman has an essay titled “A ‘No Buy’ List for Suspected Terrorists Would Be Constitutionally Reckless.”
“In ‘Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet,’ Moral Vision and a True Believer’s Zeal.” In today’s edition of The New York Times, Adam Cohen has this review of Jeffrey Rosen’s new book, “Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet.”
“Judge tosses Dave Agema’s suit after self-professed ex-Muslim terrorist’s speech shut down”: John Agar of MLive.com had this report back in March 2015.
Today, a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued this decision on the resulting appeal.
“Blind man files discrimination suit over law school admission test”: CNN.com had this report back in May 2011.
Today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued this ruling affirming a district court’s dismissal of the lawsuit.
“Senate panel advances Schott to federal appeals court”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article that begins, “The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced the nomination of Wisconsin lawyer Donald Schott to fill the longest judicial vacancy of its kind.”
“U.S. top court puts some limits on government fraud lawsuits”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.
“Veteran-owned businesses win at Supreme Court”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
And The Associated Press reports that “Justices rule against VA in disabled vets contract dispute.”
“Top Lawyers at 44 Companies Urge U.S. Senate to Consider Garland”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
“Kansas lawmakers to debate schools, lessening court’s power”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Kansas legislators were discussing a short-term education funding fix Thursday to satisfy a state Supreme Court order while also debating longer-term proposals for curbing the court’s power to force school finance changes.”
In Bashman news from China: The South China Morning Post reports that “Uniformed officers in China bash man on the street for failing to produce his ID.”
“Supreme Court Nominee Leads Ceremony for School Where He Tutors”: Mark Walsh has this post at the “School Law” blog of Education Week. The publication has also posted on YouTube this video of the U.S. Supreme Court nominee’s remarks.
And on yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Merrick Garland’s Advice To 5th Graders: ‘Be The Brave One.’”
This morning, SCOTUS defeated “SCOTUSblog”: This morning, for the first time in my experience, the web site of the U.S. Supreme Court provided access to a newly issued decision before the issuance of the decision was even mentioned on the opinions live blog of “SCOTUSblog.” For those of us who were wondering when the Court would finally make its own web site the preeminent source for learning first about newly issued rulings, that day seems to have arrived.
Access today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued rulings in three argued cases.
1. Justice Elena Kagan delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., No. 15-375. You can access the oral argument via this link.
2. Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. v. United States, No. 14-916. You can access the oral argument via this link.
3. And Justice Thomas delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar, No. 15-7. You can access the oral argument via this link.
Justice Funke: Fans of “Arrested Development,” and those who simply prefer their appellate jurisprudence a bit more funky, will be pleased to hear The Associated Press is reporting that “Governor names Jeffrey Funke to Nebraska Supreme Court.”
And in other coverage, Emily Nohr of The Omaha World-Herald reports that “Ricketts appoints Otoe County judge to Nebraska Supreme Court.”
“Don’t Bank On The Supreme Court To Clarify The Second Amendment Anytime Soon; The Orlando shooting may be on their minds, but the justices probably won’t take up a new gun rights case for a while”: Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report.
