“Appeals court sets emergency abortion care case for argument — after the election; As Vice President Kamala Harris announces her veep pick, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Ninth Circuit provides another reminder of the contingent nature of this moment”: Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.

“4th Circuit upholds Maryland’s ban on assault-style weapons”: Madeleine O’Neill of The Baltimore Sun has this report.

Lee O. Sanderlin and Amisha Kumar of The Baltimore Banner report that “Appeals court upholds Maryland’s ban on ‘excessively dangerous’ assault weapons.”

Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “US appeals court upholds Maryland’s assault weapons ban.”

And Michael Kunzelman and Lea Skene of The Associated Press report that “Federal appeals court upholds Maryland’s ban on assault-style weapons.”

Circuit Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III wrote the majority opinion in today’s 10-to-5 en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

“How Kirkland Uses Court Shopping to Get an Edge in Bankruptcy; Big Law behemoth favored Houston, Delaware, Richmond courts; Practices raise concern over bankruptcy system fairness”: Ronnie Greene, James Nani, and Umar Farooq of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Jury selection starts today in LA’s Tom Girardi embezzlement trial; Federal prosecutors contend that the disgraced attorney and his law firm’s former bookkeeper, Chris Kamon, embezzled and pocketed millions that belonged to clients of the firm from 2010 to 2020”: Fred Shuster of City News Service has this report.

“Prosecutors Flag More Possible Case Conflicts From Alaska Judge; List of 21 additional matters sent to federal defender; DOJ has disclosed total of 44 potential conflicts tied to Kindred scandal”: Ben Penn and Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg News have this report.

And Ben Penn also reports that “Sen. Murkowski Urges DOJ to Probe Ex-Clerk’s Retaliation Claim; Call for investigation responds to Bloomberg Law article; Survivor of judge’s abuse alleges DOJ denied her permanent job.”