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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

“Otter names 5th District Judge Richard Bevan to Idaho Supreme Court”: Betsy Z. Russell of The Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Washington has this report.

Posted at 8:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“Prediction: It’s CNN — Not the N.Y. Times — Headed to Supreme Court in Defamation Battle; Forget about Sarah Palin’s case; Focus on what CNN is facing in Georgia — a dispute that’s getting quite messy.” Eriq Gardner has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter.

Posted at 8:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judges Grill Government on Vulgar, ‘Immoral’ Trademark Ban”: Anandashankar Mazumdar of Bloomberg BNA has this report on an oral argument (13.8 MB mp3 audio file) that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit conducted yesterday.

According to the article, “Fashion designer Erik Brunetti tried to register his Fuct brand with the Patent and Trademark Office but was rejected based on the federal ban on scandalous and immoral trademark registrations.”

Posted at 8:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Courting Corruption: The truth about the legal morass created by the controversial Citizens United ruling, and why it matters.” Stephen R. Weissman has this essay online at The American Interest.

Posted at 5:50 PM by Howard Bashman