Posner Stepping down

Law360 Reports:

BREAKING: Judge Posner Stepping Down After 36 Years At 7th Circ.

U.S. Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner, one of the most prolific and influential legal thinkers of the past half-century, is retiring from the Seventh Circuit over the weekend, the court announced Friday.

[9/6 update: WHY did Judge Posner retire? See here for some insight.]