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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Seventh Circuit pens latest chapter of the Prenda Law saga: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

According to the opinion, “Hansmeier, Steele, and Duffy were the members of a shifting and overlapping set of law firms and business entities that a district court dubbed a ‘porno-trolling collective.'”

Posted at 10:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“White House Asks Supreme Court for New Review of Immigration Policy With 9 Justices; High court deadlocked 4-4 over appeal of lower court ruling that blocked president’s plan for four million illegal immigrants”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 3:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court: Feds need not release post-Ted Stevens evidence guide.” Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post that begins, “A federal appeals court has declared that the Justice Department need not make public a guide to when prosecutors should disclose evidence to defendants in criminal cases, but two of the three judges deciding the case took the unusual step of indicating that they believe the manual should be public.”

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

Posted at 11:55 AM by Howard Bashman



“Justices, Like Any Other Judges, Should Not Be Partisans: a Response to Eric Segall.” Steve Sanders had this post Sunday at “Dorf on Law.”

Posted at 11:06 AM by Howard Bashman



“Letting Prosecutors Write the Law: It’s more common than you think.” Andrew Cohen has this article online at The Marshall Project.

Posted at 11:05 AM by Howard Bashman