“Chickasaw woman to become first Native American and first Oklahoma woman to clerk for Supreme Court justice”: Justin Wingerter of The Oklahoman has this report.

And Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal reports that “Gorsuch Hires Native American Law Clerk, Likely First in SCOTUS History.” The article contains an important update.

“Schlumberger fights to boost patent damages at U.S. Supreme Court”: 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 WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp., No. 16-1011.

“Wayfair at forefront of Supreme Court online tax case”: Jon Chesto of The Boston Globe has this report.

And online at The Weekly Standard, Ike Brannon has an essay titled “Will An Upcoming Supreme Court Decision Hurt the Economy? The false panacea of taxing online retail sales.”

“Lewiston lawyer to argue second case before U.S. Supreme Court”: Christopher Williams of The Lewiston (Me.) Sun Journal has this report.

And Peter McGuire of The Portland (Me.) Press Herald reports that “Lewiston firm to make Supreme Court arguments in landmark e-commerce tax case; Brann and Isaacson has developed a niche representing online retailers, starting 50 years ago with L.L. Bean.”

“Supreme Court won’t hear anti-abortion pastor’s challenge to Maine noise law; The Rev. Andrew March had sued after Portland police officers told him to lower his voice during protests outside Planned Parenthood’s clinic”: Scott Thistle of The Portland (Me.) Press Herald has this report.

And Judy Harrison of The Bangor Daily News reports that “U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal of Maine abortion protester.”

“Chinese, U.S. governments to face off in SCOTUS trade skirmish”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“The Supreme Court Is Terrible at Hiring Diverse Law Clerks, but Neil Gorsuch Is Surprisingly Good at It”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Appeals court overturns ruling against televangelist Ernest Angley over use of unpaid workers at buffet”: Eric Heisig of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report.

And Bob Dyer of The Akron Beacon Journal reports that “Cathedral Buffet ruling is overturned.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

“Supreme Court Lawsuits in Search of a Plaintiff”: Kimberly Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Originalism’s Circle of Life”: Kevin Walsh has this post at the Law and Liberty blog.

“The Travel Ban’s Ignominious Precedents: In the past, deference to bigotry in the name of national security has led to injustice, persecution, disgrace, and apology.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“States, online sellers bring sales tax fight to Supreme Court in case that could affect millions”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“The monkey selfie lawsuit lives; PETA and the photographer settled last year, but the Ninth Circuit will be issuing a ruling anyway”: Sarah Jeong of The Verge has this report.

And Mark Austin of Digital Trends has an article headlined “Citing monkey business, court refuses to toss simian selfie lawsuit.”

The Competitive Enterprise Institute, which filed an amicus brief against vacatur, has posted online Friday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

“You May Be Eligible For a Cash Award — No, Really, Wait, Don’t Hang Up; Lawyers who won a huge class-action verdict in a marketing-call case have trouble getting people to stay on the line; ‘that’s ridiculous'”: Sara Randazzo has this front page article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“‘Tax Case of the Millennium’ Hits High Court: A Primer.” Ryan Prete of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“States Want to Force Online Retailers to Collect Billions in Sales Tax”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“The Pragmatism of Interpretation: A Review of Richard A. Posner, The Federal Judiciary.” Sixth Circuit Judge Amul R. Thapar and Benjamin Beaton have this book review in the current issue of the Michigan Law Review.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases, but the Court did call for the views of the Solicitor General in four cases.

“OT2017 #21: ‘Under the Mattress.'” You can access today’s new installment of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Ian Samuel and Dan Epps, via this link.

“Travel Ban Case Is Shadowed by One of Supreme Court’s Darkest Moments”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.