“Man Who Illegally Accessed Ginsburg’s Medical Records Gets 2 Years in Prison; The man, a former health care worker, was convicted in July on two charges stemming from the privacy breach and his attempts to cover it up”: Aimee Ortiz of The New York Times has this report.

“Trump readies to name ‘fearless’ conservative judges in second term”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“Conservative Supreme Court reunion with its maker gets attention of court watchers; A second Trump administration may shake up the Supreme Court’s relationship with the federal government”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Here Is the Judicial Nominations Landscape That Donald Trump Will Inherit: A look at what Democrats can do in the remaining weeks before Inauguration Day — and what Republicans will be able to do in the years that follow it.” Madiba K. Dennie and Jay Willis will have this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Most of Sean Combs’s Accusers Are Unnamed. Can They Stay That Way? The argument over anonymity in civil and criminal sex abuse cases weighs the principle of a fair trial with the desire to protect accusers’ privacy.” Julia Jacobs of The New York Times has this report.

“Mirroring the Justices’ Styles”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“NC Supreme Court race could head to recount; GOP sweeps Court of Appeals races”: Kyle Ingram of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report.

And Rusty Jacobs of WUNC reports that “Outstanding provisional ballots could be key to tight North Carolina Supreme Court race.”

“Supreme Court retention vote could spark major changes in state’s judicial system, experts say”: M. Scott Carter and Jordan Gerard of The Oklahoman have this report.

Barbara Hoberock of Oklahoma Voice reports that “Oklahoma voters opt to remove one Oklahoma Supreme Court justice.”

And Clifton Adcock of Oklahoma City Free Press reports that “One Oklahoma Supreme Court justice is ousted after dark money groups dumped millions into judicial races; Voters chose to retain justices James E. Edmondson and Noma Gurich, but not Justice Yvonne Kauger.”

“Pamela Goodwine, longtime judge endorsed by Beshear, wins seat on Kentucky Supreme Court”: Lucas Aulbach of The Courier Journal of Louisville, Kentucky has this report.

Austin Horn of The Lexington Herald Leader reports that “Judge Goodwine wins KY Supreme Court race, becomes first Black woman elected to high court.”

And Sarah Ladd of the Kentucky Lantern reports that “Pamela Goodwine makes history again as first Black woman elected to Kentucky Supreme Court.”

“Karen Baker defeats Rhonda Wood in runoff to become the next chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court”: Michael R. Wickline of The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has this report.

And Andrew DeMillo of The Associated Press reports that “Justice who opposed blocking an Arkansas abortion referendum will lead the state Supreme Court.”

“Mexico’s Top Court Dismisses Proposal to Invalidate Contentious Judicial Overhaul; The move spares the country’s new president from having to choose between recognizing a court decision to strike down the overhaul or aligning with her party’s leaders and ignoring it”: Emiliano Rodríguez Mega and Simon Romero of The New York Times have this report.

“Trump’s win may extend conservative control of the Supreme Court for decades”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“New Fifth Circuit Judges Possible for Trump, Big Cases to Shift; Appeals court already has six Trump appointees; Liberal litigants expected to sue in other courts”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“With Trump win, focus turns to older Supreme Court justices; Some liberals called for Justice Sonia Sotomayor to retire before Donald Trump returns to the White House; But Democrats would struggle to confirm a replacement”: Justin Jouvenal and Tobi Raji of The Washington Post have this report.

And Mark Sherman and Lindsay Whitehurst of The Associated Press report that “Trump’s election could assure a conservative Supreme Court majority for decades.”

“ABC, Kimmel Wrongly Ducked Copyright Suit, Santos Tells 2nd Cir.; Court ignored show’s bad faith in inducing Cameos, brief said; Santos says use not transformative, as ABC wrote his scripts”: Kyle Jahner of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Plea Deals for Accused 9/11 Plotters Are Valid, Judge Rules; A military judge said he would move forward with accepting guilty pleas from three defendants in exchange for life sentences; The agreements had been rescinded by the defense secretary”: Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times has this report.

“Voters Continued to Back Abortion Rights. It Didn’t Help Democrats. Constitutional amendments passed in seven states, but many of those same places also backed Trump.” Laura Kusisto and Jennifer Calfas of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“With fresh Senate majority, Republicans eye judicial nominee blitz — despite few court vacancies; Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is poised to reprise his role as a chief facilitator of President-elect Donald Trump’s judicial agenda”: Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“The Next Trump Administration’s Crackdown on Abortion Will Be Swift, Brutal, and Nationwide”: Mark Joseph Stern has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Efforts to protect abortion rights largely successful, despite GOP rout; Seven states voted to further protect and expand abortion rights, while measures in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota ultimately failed”: Nika Schoonover of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Meet the Extremist Trump Judges Likely to Shift the Supreme Court Even Further Right”: Mark Joseph Stern has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

And online at The New Republic, Matt Ford has an essay titled “Liberals Just Lost the Supreme Court for Decades to Come; There are many dire consequences of Kamala Harris’s loss to Donald Trump; This is one of the worst.”

“Justices tangle with meteors and Molotov cocktails to sort Meta risk disclosure obligations; The high court looked for a compromise between Meta and its shareholders but the requirements for risk disclosures appeared elusive after almost two hours of arguments”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

And Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law reports that “Meta Investor Suit Over Proper Disclosure Troubles Supreme Court; Facebook’s stock plummeted after scandal; Justices suggest SEC should clarify rule, not court.”

“Republican sweep in Texas also extended to state’s appellate courts; Republican judges won in 25 out of 26 contested races throughout the state in a show of the party’s broader strength up and down Tuesday’s ballot”: Kayla Guo of The Texas Tribune has this report.

And Ryan Autullo of Bloomberg Law reports that “Musk Money Bolsters Surprise GOP Wave in Texas Judge Races; Musk-supported PAC helped flip big city intermediary courts; Results undid gains Democrats had been making in recent years.”

“US court reluctant to blow up Boy Scouts’ $2.46 billion sex abuse settlement”: Dietrich Knauth of Reuters has a report that begins, “A U.S. appeals court panel on Wednesday appeared unlikely to overturn the Boy Scouts of America’s $2.46 billion settlement of sex abuse claims, suggesting it would be impractical to upend the deal long after the youth organization emerged from bankruptcy.”

You can access the audio of today’s very lengthy oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

Update: In other coverage, Alex Wolf of Bloomberg Law reports that “Boy Scouts Battles Bid to Upend Bankruptcy Plan in Third Circuit; Boy Scouts defends abuse deal, liability releases on appeal; Plan fate could rest on distributions made so far.”

“Sam Bankman-Fried And Diddy’s Appellate Ace: Alexandra Shapiro; A former RBG clerk, Manhattan federal prosecutor, and Latham partner, Shapiro now handles high-profile cases at her own litigation boutique.” You can access today’s new episode of David Lat’s “Original Jurisdiction” podcast via this link.

“Arizona appears to favor keeping Supreme Court justices in, rejects Proposition 137”: Stacey Barchenger of The Arizona Republic has this report.

And Kiera Riley of Arizona Capitol Times reports that “Justices targeted over abortion ruling are holding onto their seats.”

“Arizona Pro-Abortion Measure Wins, While Nebraska and Florida Fall Short; Florida proposal fails after falling short of 60% threshold; Ballot initiatives in New York and Maryland have won”: Kelsey Butler of Bloomberg News has this report.

“US Fights Girardi Bid to Quash Conviction for Lack of Competency; Defense says convicted lawyer should not have stood trial; Government counters that cognitive issues were resolved”: Isaiah Poritz of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Circuits split over Biden’s contractor minimum wage mandate; The Ninth and 10th Circuits are at odds over the Biden administration’s $15 minimum wage for government contractors”: Joe Duhownik of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Second Trump Term Opens Door to Even More Conservative Judges; Trump expected to veer from Federalist Society; Older, more moderate judges need to make room”: Tiana Headley, Jacqueline Thomsen, and Andrew Wallender of Bloomberg Law have this report.

And in related coverage, Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law reports that “Liberals Face More Conservative Courts to Fight Trump Policies; Circuit courts have become more conservative since 2017; Shift leaves progressive litigation with fewer friendly venues.”

“Anti-vax doctors urge SCOTUS to open airwaves to medical disinformation; The doctors claim ‘scientific gobbledygook’ from medical associations has sidelined critical viewpoints”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can view the Application for Injunction at this link.

“How Sam Alito’s Monarchist Cosplay Explains His Jurisprudence”: Alex Aronson and professor Katie Chenoweth have this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

And earlier, at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine, Nina Burleigh had a post titled “Justice Alito’s Royalist Cosplay.”

“‘A post-Chevron world’: DC Circuit wrestles with agency authority in fishing boat spat; After the Supreme Court overturned the longstanding doctrine of deference to agencies, it sent the case back to the D.C. Circuit to deal with the fallout.” Ryan Knappenberger of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit via this link.

“No, the Supreme Court Wouldn’t Tip the Election for Trump. Although most of them are conservative, the justices won’t be overtly partisan. They learned their lesson after Bush v. Gore.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

Also online at Bloomberg Opinion, law professor Stephen L. Carter has an essay titled “Post-Election Lawsuits Are Bad for Democracy; Litigating votes reinforces the view of whichever side loses that, somewhere along the way, they’ve been cheated.”

“Biden’s $15 wage mandate for federal contractors struck down by court”: Howard Fischer of Arizona Capitol Times has this report.

Daniel Wiessner of Reuters reports that “Trump-appointed US judges say Biden can’t dictate federal contractor minimum wage.”

And Robert Iafolla of Bloomberg Law reports that “Biden’s $15 Federal Contractor Wage Rule Nixed by Ninth Cir.; Two Trump appointees squash Labor Department measure; Ninth Circuit case one of three challenges to wage boost.”

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