A few links for a dreary Thursday morning:
- Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog points to a forthcoming article in the Lewis & Clark Law Review regarding the effect of Iqbal and Twombley, which we have previously blogged about. CP&FCB also noted a recent decision in the Northern District of Illinois which denied a motion to dismsis despite Iqbal‘s heightened pleading standard.
- The White House announced the nomination of Judge Kate O’Malley of the Northern District of Ohio for a vacant seat on the Federal Circuit. O’Malley has significant experience in patent cases.
- The Second Circuit ruled that the First-Amendemnt constittuionality of a zoning ordinance must be determined at the time the ordinance is challented, not at the time the ordinance is passed. The case is TJS of New York, Inc. v. Town of Smithtown [PDF].
- A few weeks old, but Jack Greiner at Graydon Head notes this interesting wired.com article about First Amendment protection for students.
This post was written by Jeffrey M. Nye.
