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Monday, December 30, 2024

“Fight over ‘forum shopping’ heads for US Supreme Court; Case could give justices a chance to curb the rush to sue in the most ideologically friendly venues”: Brooke Masters and Stefania Palma of Financial Times have this report.

Posted at 8:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Goes Back to Normal in Term With Few Blockbusters; Justices show ‘buyer’s remorse’ in opinions; Emergency docket could get busier under Trump”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Posted at 8:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“Can SCOTUS Issue An Administrative Injunction In the TikTok Case To Preserve The Status Quo? It is common enough for the Court to issue administrative stays on the emergency docket to afford itself more time, and maintain the status quo. What about an administrative injunction that would maintain the status quo?” Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 2:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court upholds $5 million E. Jean Carroll verdict against Trump; A jury handed down the award after finding Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer”: Dareh Gregorian of NBC News has this report.

And Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “Trump loses appeal of E. Jean Carroll $5-million defamation, sexual assault verdict.”

You can access today’s per curiam ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

Posted at 12:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“115. President-Elect Trump’s Law-Free TikTok Brief: A friend-of-the-Court brief filed by the incoming President’s nominee to be the next Solicitor General is a revealing — and alarming — example of political arguments wholly divorced from law.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

Posted at 9:56 AM by Howard Bashman