“U.S. appeals court sets Jan 7 argument date in Texas abortion case”: Kanishka Singh and Mike Scarcella of Reuters have this report.

And Mary Anne Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law reports that “Fifth Circuit Will Hear Texas Abortion Law Referral Jan. 7.”

Today, a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued this letter scheduling oral argument, which includes a dissent therefrom.

“Google $13 Million Street View Privacy Deal Survives Appeal Bid”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Stand-Up Appellate Work: Why would someone who had real appellate experience need help from someone in the firm’s appellate practice?” At “Above the Law,” Mark Herrmann has this post, which is already drawing reactions on Twitter.

“The One Thing Biden Is Doing Exceptionally Well: He is getting judges confirmed at a record pace, and his selections have been incredible.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Just how much is Trump’s judiciary sabotaging the Biden presidency? More than a year after Trump’s defeat, Biden is forced to share power with increasingly partisan judges.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Due to changing public health conditions impacting the National Capital Region, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will now be conducting all scheduled arguments for the January 2022 session by telephonic hearing.” The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued this notice today.

Update: In news coverage, Blake Brittain of Reuters reports that “Federal Circuit goes remote for January arguments amid Omicron.”

“Lawyers say ditching old typeface is a breach of human writes”: Jonathan Ames of The Times (UK) has an article that begins, “Lawyers and legal academics glory in debating the minutiae of statute and case law but it is a typeface that has now got their blood boiling. The Inns of Court have been rumbling over social media about the move by the Supreme Court to publish its judgments in Calibri, a sans-serif typeface developed a mere 20 years ago.”

“Abortion and the Slippery Slope”: Sherry F. Colb has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

“Justice Roberts Tops Federal Leaders in Americans’ Approval”: Lydia Saad of Gallup has this report.

“Government Can’t Censor the Truth About Judges; A well-intentioned bill to protect their privacy and safety runs afoul of the First Amendment”: Thomas Berry has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

The op-ed begins, “Can the government censor you for tweeting happy birthday to a judge? The Senate Judiciary Committee recently voted 21-0 to advance a bill that would allow exactly that.”

“The McGirt Ruling Breaches Its Levee; Oklahoma’s civil power is at risk, as a court order showed last week”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.