“Former Jefferies Trader Litvak’s Conviction Is Tossed Out; Appeals court orders former bond trader’s release from prison”: Chelsey Dulaney of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
Kevin Dugan of The New York Post reports that “Appeals court reverses fraud conviction of ex-trader Jesse Litvak.”
Brendan Pierson and Nate Raymond of Reuters report that “U.S. prosecutors dealt dual setbacks in mortgage bond fraud crackdown.”
And Chris Dolmetsch of Bloomberg News reports that “Jesse Litvak, David Demos Deliver Blows to U.S. Bond-Fraud Probes.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.
“PHH Decides Not to Appeal CFPB Case to Supreme Court; Mortgage lender had challenged federal agency’s single-director structure”: Yuka Hayashi of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
“AP Fact Check: Ad attacking Supreme Court justice misleading.” Andrew DeMillo of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Arkansas has some of the roughest elections for judges in the nation even though they are nominally non-partisan.”
It was a large audience, but they all seem very good at keeping secrets: After moderating a panel about courts in the age of “new media” at the 2017 AJEI Summit in Long Beach, California, I went to lunch with my panelists. During that lunch, the origin of this blog’s title, “How Appealing,” was among the things that I discussed. Much to my surprise, the three panelists — all longtime readers of this blog — themselves seemed surprised to learn about the origin of this blog’s title. You know, like the first time you noticed that arrow in the FedEx insignia.
Flash forward to this afternoon’s lunch presentation at the District of Delaware Bench & Bar Conference, moderated by a former CNN correspondent, on the subject of legal blogging. After the moderator (who freely admits he is not a reader of law blogs or other law-focused publications) in his opening remarks twice referred to my blog as “Very Appealing,” I could not resist sharing with the quite large audience the story of the origin of this blog’s title, thereby assuring that the moderator would not continue to refer to it as “Very Appealing.” Although the lunch crowd was large, as lawyers they are also very good at keeping secrets, and thus the origin of this blog’s title even nearly 16 years after its creation perhaps may remain a mystery to many.
“Supreme Court won’t investigate former colleague Max Kelch, who resigned under cloud of ethics violation”: Joe Duggan of The Omaha World-Herald has this report.
“Explaining the Unexplained Recusals at the Supreme Court: A Gitmo Petition and One Case That Yielded Seven Disqualifications Stood Out in OT17.” Fix the Court’s annual recusal report can be accessed here.
“Will the Supreme Court end up deadlocked if Kennedy retires?” Ira Shapiro has this essay online at The Hill. The essay describes a scenario that many will view as highly unlikely to occur.
“The new film ‘RBG’ reveals how Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a meme — and why that’s so surprising”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.
The Harvard Club of Philadelphia to host Lyle Denniston discussing “70 Years Outside the Law, Looking In: a Journalist’s Perspective.” Details can be accessed here, and non-members can register to attend. Lyle’s most recent coverage can be accessed via this link.
“Supreme Court Balance at Stake as Kennedy Retirement Talk Heats Up”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
“After Garland Defeat, New Group Hopes to Draw Democrats to Judicial Battlefield”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this new installment of his “On Washington” column.
Congratulations to Fifth Circuit Judge Catharina Haynes for her inclusion in the Emory University School of Law‘s Hall of Distinguished Alumni: Here’s the photo. Apparently an educational institution’s having a hall of distinguished alumni is actually a thing.
“Review: In ‘RBG,’ the Life and Times of a Beloved and Controversial Supreme Court Justice.” A.O. Scott of The New York Times has this movie review.
“RBG Reveals the Woman Behind the Memes; The documentary understands that it was a different kind of radicalism that made the justice notorious”: Dahlia Lithwick has this movie review online at Slate.
“DEA’s rule on cannabis extracts will stand, federal judges say; Hemp industry sued to overturn coding they saw could lead to improper seizure of products, arrest of makers”: Alicia Wallace of The Denver Post has this report on a non-precedential ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued on Monday.
“Will Trump Take the Fifth or Be Subpoenaed?” Jeffrey Toobin has this post online at The New Yorker.
“Counsel for discipline dismisses Chambers’ grievance against resigned Supreme Court Justice Kelch”: Lori Pilger of The Lincoln Journal Star has this report.
“Iowa Lawmakers Pass Abortion Bill With Roe v. Wade in Sights”: Julie Bosman and Mitch Smith have this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.
In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Shayndi Raice has an article headlined “Iowa Lawmakers Pass Bill Banning ‘Fetal Heartbeat’ Abortions; If governor signs it, legal battle could reach Supreme Court.”
And in today’s edition of The Omaha World-Herald, Martha Stoddard has a front page article headlined “‘Fetal heartbeat’ abortion bill passes in Iowa; Ricketts would ‘love’ similar law in Nebraska.”
“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch will swear in newest member of Nebraska’s highest court”: Emily Nitcher of The Omaha World-Herald has this report.
“Can Robert Mueller subpoena Donald Trump? Only the Supreme Court would know for sure.” David Jackson of USA Today has this report.
“Texas’s DACA Challenge Sets Up Supreme Court Showdown”: Laurel Brubaker Calkins of Bloomberg News has this report.
“Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor released from hospital after surgery”: Clare Foran and Ariane de Vogue of CNN have this report.
