“SiriusXM Wins Appeal Over Pre-1972 Sound Recordings in Florida; According to the Florida Supreme Court, the state has never recognized an exclusive right of public performance in sound recordings”: Eriq Gardner has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter reporting on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Florida issued today on certified question from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

“Ames Moot Court Finals: Fall 1998.” Harvard Law School is currently celebrating its bicentennial, and — perhaps in connection with that celebration — the law school’s YouTube channel has been updated with more than three decades’ worth of videos from Ames Moot Court Finals.

I’m sure that the videos contain many amazing jurists presiding and many about-to-be-superstars of the profession arguing. I don’t have time to take an in-depth look at all of the videos, but the video of the Fall 1998 Finals features an even more youthful looking Kannon K. Shanmugam, who was obviously already well on his way to becoming an excellent appellate advocate.

“How many Harvard law school grads does it take to make a Supreme Court?” Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this entertaining report.

Ninth Circuit grants writ of mandamus vacating federal district judge’s Comic Con-related gag orders: You can access today’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

In earlier coverage, at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner had a post titled “In Comic-Con Dispute, Appeals Court Wants to Hear More About Judge’s Gag Order; The individuals behind Salt Lake Comic Con are challenging an ‘unprecedented’ restriction on talking about the trademark case on social media and sharing court documents.”

“Allison Eid’s nomination to powerful federal court in Denver advances despite united opposition from Democrats; The vote was 11-9 along party lines”: Jesse Paul of The Denver Post has this report.

“McConnell preps judicial confirmation frenzy; The transformation of the federal judiciary has been one of the early successes of Donald Trump’s presidency”: Seung Min Kim and Josh Gerstein of Politico.com have this report.

And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “McConnell picks up pace on Trump’s judges, moves to confirm four next week.”

“High Marks for Winning on Appeal“: Marsi Buckmelter has this post at NITA’s “The Legal Advocate” blog.

“Louisiana ‘dirt farmer’ asks Supreme Court’s help”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“GOP accuses Democrats of double standard on women as Trump’s judicial pick advances”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has an article that begins, “Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote Thursday, with Republicans accusing Democrats of opposing the women President Trump has picked for top appeals court seats.”

“Supreme Court justices celebrate Harvard Law bicentennial”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Will Politics Tarnish the Supreme Court’s Legitimacy?” Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Sessions slams judges for blocking Trump policies; The attorney general says he’s restoring the rule of law that’s been almost lost in ‘dust’ under Obama”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report.

“Are we in a constitutional crisis (yet)?” Eric Posner has this blog post.

“Don Verrilli Is Creating a D.C. Powerhouse for a California Law Firm”: Gabe Friedman of Bloomberg Law’s Big Law Business has this report.