At the "DealBook" blog of The New York Times, Peter Lattman has a post titled "Court Hears Appeal of Ex-Director of Goldman."

And Bloomberg News reports that "Gupta Challenges U.S. Use of Wiretaps in Insider Appeal."]]> http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051121 http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051121 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:30:35 -0500 "UBS, powerful amici urge 2nd Circuit not to meddle with Morrison": Alison Frankel's "On the Case" from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.]]> http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051120 http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051120 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:28:20 -0500 "Supreme Court won't take up Alaskan tribe's suit against Exxon Mobil": Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire has this report.]]> http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051119 http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051119 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:18:20 -0500 "Sale Has to Mean Sale": At her "Trial Insider" blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post that begins, "Bargain-hunting consumers scored a big victory Tuesday. A company that overstates original prices to falsely claim a 'sale' discount may be sued by consumers for false advertising, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled."

Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote today's ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.]]> http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051118 http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051118 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:38:11 -0500 "Appeals court: Arizona abortion restriction unconstitutional." Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star has this news update.

Bloomberg News reports that "Arizona Law Criminalizing Abortion After 20 Weeks Blocked."

The Associated Press reports that "Court strikes down Arizona 20-week abortion ban."

And at her "Trial Insider" blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post titled "Arizona Abortion Ban Unconstitutional."]]> http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051117 http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051117 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:24:14 -0500 "It is beyond the ken of courts to measure the rationality of religious beliefs -- what will happen to us after we pass through the dark curtain of death is the ultimate non-justiciable question." Circuit Judge Ed Carnes is the author of a very interesting ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.

The opinion begins, "The Supreme Court has decided that a convicted murderer cannot be executed unless he has a rational understanding of the fact that he is going to be put to death and of the reason for his execution."

Update: In other coverage, David Ovalle of The Miami Herald has a news update headlined "Federal court rejects appeal by Miami mass killer John Ferguson."]]> http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051116 http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051116 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:20:22 -0500 "Our question is whether the Constitution permits the Arizona legislature to prohibit abortion beginning at twenty weeks gestation, before the fetus is viable. We hold that it does not." So begins an opinion that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.]]> http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051115 http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051115 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:05:52 -0500 "WATCH the YLS commencement ceremonies, w/ remarks from Justice Sotomayor '79": Yale Law School has posted the video online at this link.]]> http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051114 http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051114 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:16:03 -0500 "Prenda lawyer gets kicked off 9th Circuit case; Paul Hansmeier's motion to delay an $81,000 sanctions order was also denied": Joe Mullin of Ars Technica has this report.]]> http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051113 http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051113 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:11 -0500 "Gupta Challenges U.S. Use of Wiretaps in Insider Appeal": Bloomberg News has this preview of an oral argument occurring today at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.]]> http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051112 http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051112 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:04:58 -0500 "Judge 'Buzz' Arnold, polymath, legal historian and former federal district judge": Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf has this post today at his blog, "Hercules and the Umpire."]]> http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051111 http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051111 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:52:16 -0500 Law geek nirvana -- Spend Memorial Day weekend watching Tom Goldstein of "SCOTUSblog" on C-SPAN's "Q&A": Details here. In addition to viewing the interview at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. eastern time Sunday, true "SCOTUSblog" devotees can tune in at 6 a.m. eastern time on Monday, May 27th for another replay.

According to C-SPAN's email yesterday alerting me to the broadcast, the interview was taped on May 2, 2013.]]> http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051110 http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051110 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:42:25 -0500 "Appeals court won't release Osama Bin Laden photos": Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this blog post.

The Associated Press has a report headlined "Court: US can keep bin Laden photos under wraps."

Bloomberg News reports that "Bin Laden Corpse Photos Can Be Kept Secret, Court Rules."

David Ingram of Reuters reports that "Court rules bin Laden death photos can stay secret."

And at "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times," Mike Scarcella has a post titled "D.C. Circuit: Bin Laden Death Images Can Remain Secret."

You can access today's per curiam opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.]]> http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051109 http://howappealing.law.com/052113.html#051109 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:36:50 -0500