Today's DJ has Report: 3rd District Court of Appeal has slashed case backlog -- Between July 1, 2020, and Sept. 30, 2022, the court reduced its backlog of fully briefed cases awaiting decision from 814 to 298, according to the report. The overall number of pending appeals dropped from 2,039 to 1,350 over that same period.
In SCOTUS news, Bloomberg Law has Justices to Deliver Opinions From Bench After Pandemic Pause
- “For the remainder of this Term, the Court will resume its traditional practice of announcing merits opinions in open Court,” the court’s Public Information Office said in a statement Monday.
- While oral arguments have continued to be livestreamed to the public after the justices returned to the bench, the court said its opinion announcements will not be. “The audio of opinion releases will be recorded and available from the National Archives at the beginning of the next Term,” the court said.
- The last time the justices delivered an opinion from the bench was March 3, 2020
Law360 also has Larry Ebner's piece Federal Courts Should Adopt Supreme Court's Amicus Stance, which advocates that FRAP 29 should be amended to allow for amicus briefs without the need for consent or a motion.
The National Law Journal reports Jones Day Recruits 7 Supreme Court Clerks -- All seven come from the conservative side of the court and will join Jones Day as associates. (Its record recruitment year was from the 2017-18 term, when it lured 11 recruits from the Supreme Court.)
And see Law.com's Year's Final Senate Judiciary Nominee Hearing Sheds Light on Private Sector Nominees in California, New York
 Nina Totenberg Sunday, February 5, 2023 @ 3:00 PM JAMS Performing Arts Center, Santa Monica We’ve listened to the legendary journalist Nina Totenberg for over 45 years on NPR, as she’s covered sometimes raucous Supreme Court hearings, reported on sometimes contentious judicial confirmation hearings, and explained the nuances of complex Supreme Court decisions. In her niche at the Court, she’s broken scoop after scoop about justices, and nominees. She earned a special spot in American feminist iconography stemming from her bombshell reporting about Anita Hill’s sexual harassment by Clarence Thomas. In her new book, Dinners With Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships, Nina Totenberg traces the power of close relationships with her dear friend, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She recounts her close friendships with her NPR colleagues and some of her great career triumphs– as well as some frustrations. But Nina Totenberg also turns her gaze to her personal life as well. The stories in Dinners With Ruth illustrate a profound relationship that clearly carried both women through the best and worst parts of their lives for over four decades. Like Nina Totenberg’s brilliant reportage, Dinners With Ruth is a most moving account of two of America’s most acclaimed women. |
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