Applicability of New Jersey’s “entire controversy” doctrine divides three-judge Ninth Circuit panel: Fans of complicated preclusion scenarios likely will enjoy this ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“District ‘vindicated’ after Supreme Court declines to hear student-led prayer case”: Diane Smith of The Star-Telegram of Fort Worth, Texas has this report.

And Nicole Cobler of The Dallas Morning News reports that “Supreme Court won’t hear Birdville ISD case over student-led prayers at board meetings.”

“U.S. Supreme Court declines church’s challenge to Nebraska funeral picketing law”: Chris Kenning of Reuters has this report.

“Supreme Court axes suit over Mississippi Confederate emblem”: Emily Wagster Pettus of The Associated Press has this report.

“Supreme Court won’t review Maryland’s law banning sales of ‘assault weapons'”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Lets Stand Maryland Assault-Weapons Ban; High Court also leaves in place Florida restriction on open carrying of guns.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Assault Rifle, Open-Carry Appeals.”

Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court spurns challenge to Maryland assault weapons ban.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Justices turn away challenge to Maryland assault weapons ban.”

“Wisconsin’s new property rights law could invite more St. Croix River development; Legislation seen as a victory for Murr family, who lost their case before U.S. Supreme Court in June”: Kevin Giles of The Minneapolis Star Tribune has this report.

Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that “Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signs bill to expand property rights.”

And Scott Bauer of The Associated Press reports that “Walker signs bill inspired by cabin-owners’ court fight.”

“Justices ponder need for warrant for cellphone tower data”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Supreme Court Debates a Patent Case That Is Splitting Corporate America; High court appears divided over case that pits pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies against tech titans like Google and Apple”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

In the December 2017 issue of ABA Journal magazine: The issue’s cover story is headlined “Welcome to the 2017 ABA Journal Web 100.” This year, instead of honoring 100 law blogs, the publication has chosen to honor 50 law blogs, 25 law podcasts, and 25 law twitter accounts. This blog, since 2012, has appeared in that publication’s “Blawg 100 Hall of Fame” created that year.

Mark Walsh has an article headlined “SCOTUS considers limits to the government’s surveillance powers over personal technology.”

Law professor Philip N. Meyer has an article headlined “How serendipity, ‘Star Wars,’ Sunstein and constitutional law intersect.”

And this month’s installment of Bryan A. Garner’s “On Words” column is headlined “How to start a sentence: Consider all your alternatives, and sprinkle in some conjunctions, too.”

“‘Gay cake’ case — Supreme Court to sit in Belfast”: Vincent Kearney of BBC News has this report.

And Owen Bowcott of The Guardian (UK) reports that “UK supreme court to sit in Northern Ireland for the first time; Five justices are to hear cases in Belfast in April 2018, including that of the bakery who refused to make a cake bearing a slogan supporting gay marriage.”

“Abbott names top adviser to spot on Texas Supreme Court; Nominee to replace Twitter laureate does not tweet, has flip phone”: Mike Ward of The Houston Chronicle has this report.

And Robert T. Garrett of The Dallas Morning News reports that “Abbott vows to anoint longtime aide who’s ‘a reliable conservative’ if seat comes open on Texas Supreme Court.”

“Second-Trimester Abortion Ban Could Hit the Supreme Court”: Jessica Mason Pieklo of Rewire has this news analysis.

“Pa. Supreme Court to decide if rap song referencing fatal Stanton Heights shooting is art or threat”: Paula Reed Ward of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has this report.

“Here’s ‘what about’ Roy Moore that is different”: Columnist Dana Milbank has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Indiana Supreme Court justices strive for consensus in their rulings”: Dan Carden of The Times of Munster, Indiana has this report.

“Supreme Court weighs privacy rights in digital age in pivotal cellphone case”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“It’s time for the Supreme Court to expand the definition of privacy”: The Los Angeles Times has published this editorial.

“The Supreme Court Tackles Digital Privacy”: On today’s episode of “The Daily” podcast from The New York Times, Adam Liptak speaks with host Michael Barbaro.

“Supreme Court to decide who is a protected whistle-blower in corporate America”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Kyle Duncan — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit”: Daniel B. Tilley has this blog post at “The Vetting Room.”

And the Alliance for Justice today issued a news release titled “AFJ: Duncan Worked to Undermine Rights for Others” in connection with posting this report on the nominee.

“A woman approached The Post with dramatic — and false — tale about Roy Moore; She appears to be part of undercover sting operation”: Shawn Boburg, Aaron C. Davis, and Alice Crites of The Washington Post have this report.

“Judicial Appointments After Judge Robert H. Bork”: Law professor Steven G. Calabresi and Shams Hirji have this guest post at the “Balkinization” blog.

“Roy Moore, Abortion, and the Presumption of Innocence”: Jessica Winter has this post online at The New Yorker.

Access the November 2017 edition of “Appellate Issues,” a publication of the ABA’s Council of Appellate Lawyers: At this link.

The edition’s theme is “The Evolution of Appellate Practice.” My contribution is titled “The Recurring Problem of Unpublished Opinions and What to Do About it?”

“Supreme Court deeply divided on patent review process”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Adam Liptak of The New York Times reports that “Supreme Court Weighs Streamlined Patent Challenges.”

Greg Stohr and Susan Decker of Bloomberg News report that “Supreme Court Justices Signal Divide on Patent-Review System.”

And at the “Patently-O” blog, law professor Dmitry Karshtedt has a guest post titled “Oil States: Engaging with History, Private Property, and the Privy Council.”

“Major Players in the Lower Courts”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Republicans Should Not Pack the Courts”: Law professor Josh Blackman has this essay online at National Review.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Ilya Somin has a post titled “The case against court-packing.”

“Supreme Court divided over legality of patent reviews”: Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, No. 16-712.

“Is Chief Justice Roberts A Secret Liberal? His leftward shift may have as much to do with institutional pressures as ideology.” Oliver Roeder has this post at FiveThirtyEight.

“Who Owns Art From Guantanamo Bay? Not Prisoners, U.S. Says.” Jacey Fortin of The New York Times has this report.

“Trump races to pick judges who oversee environment cases”: Robin Bravender and Scott Waldman of Climatewire have this report.

“Drawing a Line in the ‘Gay Wedding Cake’ Case”: John Corvino has this post at “The Stone” blog of The New York Times.

And online at The American Prospect, law professor Andrew Koppelman has an essay titled “The Gay Wedding Cake Case Isn’t About Free Speech; The inconvenient facts of Masterpiece Cakeshop.”

“The First Amendment Case That Could Upend Abortion Law”: Rachel M. Cohen has this post at The Intercept.

“Once again, Texas is ground zero in abortion wars”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has this report.

“Microsoft Challenged the Wrong Law. Now What?” Orin Kerr has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.