Morning Wrap: SCOTUS Photo Mystery Solved | Massey Energy Prosecutor to Resign
Tony Mauro reports on the researcher who debunked the myth of the cancellation of the justices' 1924 group photo. The West Virginia prosecutor who oversaw the Massey Energy case is stepping down. And the Federal Circuit hands Cisco a patent victory. This is a roundup from ALM and other publications.
December 29, 2015 at 02:53 AM
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PHOTO MYTH: So…about that Supreme Court group photo shoot from 1924 said to have been cancelled because anti-Semitic Justice James McReynolds refused to sit beside Jewish Justice Louis Brandeis? Yeah, that may not be why the shoot didn't happen. Read Tony Mauro's report in the Supreme Court Brief to learn the story uncovered by Court photo and print collection manager Franz Jantzen.
STEPPING DOWN: “After a mixed verdict in the criminal case against the former coal mining executive Donald L. Blankenship, the United States attorney in Charleston, W.Va., said on Monday that he would resign,” The New York Times reports. The prosecutor, Robert Booth Goodwin II, appointed by President Obama in 2010, will return to private practice. “The unparalleled success of this office during my tenure is a tribute to and a result of the extraordinary dedication of the lawyers, staff and law enforcement personnel with whom I have been privileged to serve,” Goodwin said in a statement.
WIFI PATENT: The Federal Circuit on Monday said Cisco Systems Inc., “was not liable for directly infringing or inducing others to infringe a patent held by Commil USA LLC on a way to help spread wireless signals over a large area, where multiple access points are needed,” Reuters reports. The decision, which came after Supreme Court review in May, threw out Commil's $64 million federal jury award from 2011. NLJ affiliate The Recorder has more here.
CFPB SETTLEMENT: “A proposed consent order filed in federal court Monday would end a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau suit against Frederick J. Hanna & Associates, a Marietta law firm that handles debt collection, in exchange for a $3.1 million penalty and promises to avoid unfair and illegal practices,” reports Katheryn Hayes Tucker for the Daily Report. “If approved by U.S. District Court Judge Amy Totenberg of the Northern District of Georgia, the order would enjoin the firm from filing debt collection lawsuits based on false or unsubstantiated evidence and signed by lawyers who have not researched the matters.”
TAMIR RICE: The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty announced on Monday that a grand jury declined to indict two Cleveland police officers involved in killing 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland last year as he played alone in public with a toy gun. Cleveland mayor Frank Jackson and Police Chief Calvin Williams responded by pledging an administrative review into whether any officials, including the two police officers, should be disciplined.
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