“Defendants can’t undo class settlement even if underlying law changes — 6th Circuit”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today.

“Feds charge porn-troll lawyers in major fraud, extortion case in Minneapolis; University of Minnesota law grads Paul Hansmeier and John Steele made millions suing people who feared exposure for downloading porn or couldn’t afford to battle them in court”: Stephen Montemayor of The Minneapolis Star Tribune has this report.

The newspaper has posted the 36-page federal indictment at this link.

And in other coverage, Joe Mullin of Ars Technica reports that “Prenda Law ‘copyright trolls’ Steele and Hansmeier arrested; Lawyers who turned porn lawsuits into big business now face criminal charges.”

“23 Questions for Seventh Circuit Judge Diane S. Sykes”: This post appeared here at “How Appealing” back in October 2004.

“Five Things to Know About SCOTUS Short-Lister Sykes”: Patrick Gregory of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

“Securities Guru Rakoff Sparked Insider Trading Reversal From Afar”: Kimberly S. Robinson of Bloomberg BNA has an article that begins, “A fortuitous panel assignment in the Ninth Circuit allowed district court Judge Jed Rakoff to craft the decision that ultimately unseated a ground-breaking insider trading opinion from his home circuit.”

“How Trump’s election reignites the abortion wars”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.

“The (Potentially) Monumental Significance of the Jennings Supplemental Briefing Order”: Today at “Just Security,” Steve Vladeck has a post that begins, “On November 30, the US Supreme Court heard oral argument in Jennings v. Rodriguez — a case that arises from three categories of immigration detention in which the government has been holding tens of thousands of non-citizens in custody (and without periodic review) for extended periods of time (in some cases, for as long as several years).”

“Petersburg Police Department’s social media policy held unconstitutional”: Frank Green of The Richmond Times-Dispatch has this report.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Eugene Volokh has a post titled “Fourth Circuit protects police officer Facebook posts critical of department policies.”

Circuit Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III wrote yesterday’s ruling on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

“Gov. Rick Scott appoints conservative judge to Florida Supreme Court”: Mary Ellen Klas of The Miami Herald has this report.

Gray Rohrer of The Orlando Sentinel reports that “Gov. Scott appoints Judge Alan Lawson to Florida Supreme Court.”

And the News Service of Florida reports that “FSU grad Lawson tapped for Supreme Court.”

“It’s unanimous: Supreme Court playing small ball.” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“The Dan Markel Case: Slow Your Roll On Wendi Adelson.” David Lat has this post at “Above the Law.”

“The Bill of Rights in the 21st Century”: The U.S. National Archives has posted on YouTube at this link the video of this program from last night, which featured Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal as moderator and two D.C. Circuit judges and a senior Fourth Circuit judge as panelists.