“Pa. Justices Take Up 3rd Circ. Case Over Device Liability”: Matt Fair of Law360 has this report (subscription required for access) on an order that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued yesterday on certified question from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. I am quoted in the article in my capacity as appellate counsel for the plaintiff in the case.

“Supreme Court asked to block Indiana University’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate”: John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

And Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Challenge to Indiana University vaccine mandate reaches Supreme Court.”

You can access today’s U.S. Supreme Court filing this link.

“State asks U.S. Supreme Court to overturn landmark McGirt decision”: Barbara Hoberock of The Tulsa World has this report.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has a post titled “Oklahoma Asks Justice Barrett To Overrule McGirt; Will ACB cast the fifth vote to return Tulsa to Oklahoma?“

“Rehnquist’s Reservations and the Future of Roe; Justice Rehnquist’s dissent provides a possible roadmap for the Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization“: Richard W. Garnett has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“Can the Ivy League continue to ban athletic scholarships? A Supreme Court ruling has some wondering. Two Penn grads, both attorneys, wrote to the league connecting the ban on scholarships to a denial of education-related benefits.” Mike Jensen of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“Covid-19 Threatens to Blow Up Law Firms’ Intense Office Culture — for Good; Lawyers have spent more time in the office than many other professionals during the pandemic; Now they’re demanding more work from home”: Te-Ping Chen will have this article in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Why I’m Suing Over My Employer’s Vaccine Mandate: I have natural immunity, so there’s no justification for a coercive violation of my bodily autonomy.” Law professor Todd Zywicki will have this op-ed in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Georgia Supreme Court returns to remote hearings amid COVID-19 surge”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an article that begins, “With delta variant COVID-19 cases surging, the Georgia Supreme Court has scrapped plans to have in-person oral arguments later this month. Instead, the court’s arguments scheduled for Aug. 24-26 will be conducted remotely.”

You can view yesterday’s announcement of the Supreme Court of Georgia at this link.

“Oklahoma attorney general urges Supreme Court to overturn McGirt”: Chris Casteel of The Oklahoman has this report. Kannon K. Shanmugam appears as counsel of record for Oklahoma on the cert. petition.

In related coverage, Chris Casteel of The Oklahoman also has an article headlined “Patrick Dwayne Murphy, whose case led to McGirt decision, found guilty in federal court.”

In today’s edition of The Tulsa World, Curtis Killman has a front page article headlined “One of first cases overturned on tribal jurisdiction grounds results in federal conviction.”

And Sean Murphy of The Associated Press reports that “Man whose case led to landmark ruling reconvicted by feds.”

Access online the contents of the new issue of the Journal of Appellate Practice and Process: Via this link.

According to the email I received, “[t]his double-length special issue is dedicated to what lawyers and judges can do to help ease our country’s deep divisions along racial, ethnic, religious, political, and socio-economic lines.”

“Biden told White House chief to seek Harvard legal scholar’s guidance, leading to reversal on evictions; Ron Klain consulted with Laurence Tribe about the legality of a new eviction moratorium, helping to bring about a dramatic White House pivot”: Jeff Stein has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.