“Photographer gets 4th Circuit to erase ‘fair use’ decision”: Jan Wolfe of Reuters has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued on Friday.

“Chief Judge Smith discusses oral-argument rates, #MeToo in the courts, lousy reply briefs, and more”: Matthew Stiegler has this post at his “CA3blog,” along with a related post titled “Third Circuit’s Chief Judge expresses alarm at President Trump’s attacks on judges.”

“NFL concussion judge can’t fully void litigation funders’ deals — 3rd Circ”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued on Friday.

“Appeals court rejects challenge to Massachusetts assault weapons ban”: Danny McDonald of The Boston Globe has this report.

And Rachel Frazin of The Hill reports that “Appeals court throws out lawsuit against Massachusetts assault weapons ban.”

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

“The Fight for LGBTQ Protections Under the Civil Rights Act; Plus, the history of housing segregation with Richard Rothstein”: Slate has posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick and guest host Mark Joseph Stern.

“Federal Judge Damon Keith, who authored landmark rulings on civil liberties, dies at 96”: Oralandar Brand-Williams of The Detroit News has this report.

Cassandra Spratling and David Ashenfelter of The Detroit Free Press report that “Federal judge, civil rights icon Damon Keith dies at age 96.”

Jeff Karoub of The Associated Press reports that “Judge and civil rights icon Damon J. Keith dies at age 96.”

Virginia Gordan of Michigan Radio reports that “Judge Damon J. Keith, judicial giant and civil rights icon, dies at 96.”

And in commentary, online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “A Paragon of Judicial Courage: Judge Damon Keith, who died on Sunday at age 96, never wavered in his staunch support of civil rights.”