“Ala. PAC-to-PAC transfer ban upheld by appeals court”: Brian Lyman of The Montgomery Advertiser has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.

As expected, the Seventh Circuit plans to opt-out of the forthcoming FRAP word-limit reductions for appellate briefs: On Friday of last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit published these proposed changes to its local rules.

Similarly, in June 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit published amendments to its local rules that likewise will retain the current word limits for appellate briefs effective December 1, 2016, rejecting the FRAP word-limit reductions scheduled to take effect on that date.

“Appeals judges halts Pinnacle-Hershey merger”: David Wenner of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today.

“Vivendi loses U.S. appeal in long-running investor lawsuit”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

Bob Van Voris of Bloomberg News reports that “Vivendi Loses Appeal of 2010 Securities Fraud Verdict.”

At the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “Appeals Court Upholds Verdict Against Vivendi for Misleading Shareholders; The case began in 2003 and dealt with statements about the conglomerate’s liquidity after a $77 billion buying spree.”

And Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight today has a post titled “2nd Circuit in Vivendi case: Corporations can be liable for prolonging misconceptions.”

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

“Dancers sue to overturn Louisiana strip club age requirements”: Kevin Litten of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has an article that begins, “Three dancers have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that a law requiring performers in strip clubs be at least age 21 is unconstitutional.”

“Applying Game Theory to the Supreme Court Confirmation Fight”: Avinash K. Dixit and David McAdams have this article online at the Harvard Business Review.

“Appeals court upholds $2 million judgment against SF art editor”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“2016 Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference Videos Now Available”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this news release yesterday.

The videos — including one titled “A Conversation with Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy” — can all be accessed online via this link.