“Rare Federal Circuit En Banc Patent Case Threatens Design Test; Court hasn’t decided design patent case en banc since 2008; LKQ takes on GM, ‘rigid’ test for axing obvious design patents”: Michael Shapiro of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“New Method, Same Old Problems”: Eric Berger has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

“First Impressions Matter: George W. Bush’s selection of John Roberts is a model of good process.” Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Republican lawsuits challenge mail ballot deadlines. Could they upend voting across the country?” Christine Fernando, Emily Wagster Pettus, and Jack Dura of The Associated Press have this report.

“U.S. to wrap security blanket around D.C. courthouse for Trump trial; Metal fencing could go up as soon as February for Trump’s potential March trial; It will be reminiscent of police barricades erected around the U.S. Capitol before and after the Jan. 6 riot”: Spencer S. Hsu, Rachel Weiner, and Peter Hermann of The Washington Post have this report.

“Visa, Mastercard ask U.S. Supreme Court to fix ‘rampant confusion’ on class certification”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.