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Tuesday, August 15, 2017

“LinkedIn data-scraping case highlights calls for SCOTUS review of computer fraud law”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

Posted at 9:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Texas is Ground Zero as Trump steers the federal judiciary to the right; With 13 federal spots open, Trump set to impact legal climate”: Kevin Diaz of The Houston Chronicle has this report.

Posted at 3:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Showdown Coming over Antidiscrimination Law”: Mark Pulliam has this post at the blog of the Library of Law and Liberty about the Second Circuit’s decision to rehear en banc a case asking whether Title VII’s prohibition on sex discrimination encompasses discrimination based on sexual orientation.

And at Fortune.com, law professor Andrew Koppelman recently had a related post titled “Why the Trump Administration Will Lose its Case Against Gay Rights.”

Posted at 10:25 AM by Howard Bashman



“A Top Lawyer Asks Supreme Court To Hear A Major Death Penalty Case; In a new filing, Neal Katyal is asking the high court to consider Arizona’s death penalty law — and whether the death penalty itself is unconstitutional”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report.

Posted at 10:18 AM by Howard Bashman