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Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing.
“As TikTok Runs Out of Options, This Billionaire Has a Plan to Save It; TikTok hopes Supreme Court will halt ban at final hour; McCourt is pitching his bid to Congress, Trump’s team”: Alexandra S. Levine and Kurt Wagner of Bloomberg News have this report.
Billables Are Not The Same As Cash Flow. Here’s Why That’s Important.
Findings from the MyCase 2025 Legal Industry Report.
“Booker concedes defeat on Mangi nomination: ‘Shameful for America’; Mangi’s efforts to become first Muslim on circuit court ran into insurmountable headwinds.” Joey Fox of New Jersey Globe has this report.
“Judges Who Refuse to Retire Under Trump Are Not ‘Playing Politics’; Mitch McConnell says that Democratic-appointed judges rescinding their retirements are violating the judicial code of conduct; Curiously, he was not nearly as upset when Republican-appointed judges did the same thing”: JP Collins recently had this essay online at Balls and Strikes.
“Justices to Hear Case on South Carolina’s Bid to Defund Planned Parenthood; The issue in the case is whether Medicaid beneficiaries may sue under a law that lets them choose care from any provider qualified to perform the required services”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.
“The Postal Service Says It Will Keep Mailing Abortion Pills — For Now; In a statement to NOTUS, the USPS left the door open for guidance around the Comstock Act to change, but it plans to ‘continue to act consistent’ with a DOJ memo until then”: Oriana González of NOTUS has this report.