Circuit Splits

Circuit Splits Roundup

For the latest coverage of noteworthy issues dividing the federal courts, check out the following links:

• Robert A. Horowitz, Supreme Court again set to resolve a circuit split over the enforceability of mandatory class arbitration waivers, lexology.com (Dec. 6, 2012).

• Michelle Olsen, Circuit Split Watch: Press Access Not a Slam Dunk, Appellate Daily (Dec. 5, 2012).

• Meghan Milloy, 5th Circuit Splits with Other Federal Courts on CAFA and Attorney General Suits, The Legal Pulse (Dec. 10, 2012).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest coverage of noteworthy issues dividing the federal courts, check out the following links:

• Jack Townsend, Circuit Splits on Defense Witness Immunity, Federal Tax Crimes (Dec. 3, 2012).

• Kerry A. Brennan & Alexander Parachini, Circuit Split in Enforceability of Arbitration Clauses in Bankruptcy Left Unresolved, jdsupra.com (Nov. 29, 2012).

• Rudolph J. Di Massa, Jr., United States: Supreme Court To Address Circuit Split Over 'Defalcation' Meaning, mondaq.com (Nov. 29, 2012).

• Minnesota Divorce Lawyer, Supreme Court to resolve circuit split in Hague Convention cases, FindLaw KnowledgeBase (Dec. 4, 2012).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest coverage of noteworthy issues dividing the federal courts, check out the following links:

• A. Benjamin Spencer, First Circuit Weighs In on Circuit Split re Jurisdiction over Defense Base Act Claims, Split Circuits (Nov. 27, 2012).

• Alison Frankel, Circuit split! 5th Circuit says AG suits are mass actions under CAFA, Thomson Reuters News & Insight (Nov. 26, 2012).

• Rudolph J. Di Massa Jr. & Aaron J. Margolis, Supreme Court to Address Circuit Split Over 'Defalcation' Meaning, jdsupra.com (Nov. 26, 2012).

• Adam S. Lurie, Brian T. McGovern, & Bret A. Campbell, First Circuit Set to Weigh in on Significant Circuit Split Involving False Claims Act First to File Rule, Cadwalader Clients & Friends Memo (Nov. 22, 2012).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest coverage of noteworthy issues dividing the federal courts, check out the following links:

• Krista Cox, Pay-for-Delay Circuit Split Continues; 31 States File Amicus Brief Arguing Pay-For-Delay is Presumptively Unlawful, Knowledge Ecology International (Nov. 14, 2010).

• Bruce Khula, En Banc Court Declares Michigan’s Proposal 2 Unconstitutional, Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog (Nov. 16, 2012).

• Shaun Terrill, Circuits/IRS Split When It Comes to FICA Taxation of Severance Pay, BNA Bloomberg Federal Tax Blog (Nov. 13, 2012).

• Sixth Circuit Rules that 2009 False Claims Act Amendments Apply Retroactively, Greene LLP (Nov. 14, 2012).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest coverage of noteworthy issues dividing the federal courts, check out the following links:

• Alison Frankel, Is a claim the same as a case? 6th Circuit says yes in FCA suit, Thomson Reuters News & Insights (Nov. 5, 2012).

• Robert B. Milligan, Employer Petitions U.S. Supreme Court to Resolve Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Circuit Split, Trading Secrets (Nov. 2, 2012).

• Robyn Hagan Cain, Are Graphic Warning Labels Heading for En Banc Review?, FindLaw D.C. Circuit Blog (Nov. 1, 2012 3:02 PM).

• Andy Liu & Jonathan Crone, Widening a Split, Sixth Circuit Says FCA Amendments Apply to Pending Cases, Not Claims, Crowell Moring (Nov. 6, 2012).

• Benjamin M. Riskin, Twenty-Six Years Later, a Lubrizol Split by the Seventh Circuit, jdsupra.com (Nov. 2, 2012).

• Brian Clark, Circuit Splits and Copyright Courts, Music Manumit Law-cast (Nov. 3, 2012).

• Scott M. Flaherty, Internet Prior Art; Related Circuit Split, intellectualIP.com (Nov. 6, 2012).

• H. Jacob Lager, IRS slooooowwwlllly acknowledging electronic docs; Supreme Court takes on windfall tax circuit split, Tax Sans Frontieres (Nov. 2, 2012 9:05 AM).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest coverage of noteworthy issues dividing the federal courts, check out the following links:

• R. Holtzman Hedrick, On The Radar: Supreme Court Set to Resolve Circuit Split as to Definition of Supervisor Under Title VII, National Law Review (Oct. 24, 2012).

• Glenn Lammi, Update: San Francisco Seeks Rehearing of 9th Circuit Loss on Cellphone Warnings, WLF Legal Pulse (Oct. 25, 2012).

• Valerie Brennan, Decisions on trademark licenses in a licensor bankruptcy reinforce circuit split, Lexology (Oct. 25, 2012).

• John Summers and Michael Newman, The “full” method of measuring the Court’s review of decisions by the courts of appeals: October Term 2011, SCOTUSblog (Oct. 23, 2012).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest coverage of noteworthy issues dividing the federal courts, check out the following links:

• Andrew Hoffman, South Carolina Supreme Court Splits with the Ninth Circuit Regarding Stored Communications Act Protections for Webmail, Information LawGroup (Oct. 22, 2012).

• Graham Martin, Circuit Split on Construing Statutory Language in Child Pornography Restitution Cases, Lawyerist.com (Oct. 3, 2012).

• Circuit Split: Severance Payments Not Subject to FICA?, LexisNexis Tax Law Community (Oct. 18, 2012)

• Joseph Celentino, Circuit Split Deepens on Sham Marriage Rulings, matrimonialverification.com (Oct. 18, 2012).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest coverage of noteworthy issues dividing the federal courts, check out the following links:

• Joseph Celentino, Circuit Split Deepens on Sham Marriage Rulings, Courthouse News Services (Oct. 16, 2012 7:15 A.M. P.T.).

• Cynthia Augello, Circuit Split: How Does the CFAA Apply to Employment Cases?, jdsupra.com (Oct. 15, 2012).

• Rhonda Cook, Georgia gun group files Supreme Court appeal of ban on guns in ‘places of worship’, Atlanta Journal-Constituton (Oct. 16, 2012).

• Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, October 2012: International Arbitration Litigation Update (Oct. 16, 2012).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest coverage of noteworthy issues dividing the federal courts, check out the following links:

• Employee misuse of proprietary info: Circuits split over CFAA, HR.BLR.com (Oct. 9, 2012).

• Jeffrey Brown, En Banc Fifth Circuit continues circuit split with CP restitution, holds proximate cause not required for loss calculation, Cybercrime Review (Oct. 9, 2012).

• Keith Gibson, Supreme Court Considers Limitations to the Alien Tort Statute in Kiobel Re-Argument, Product Liability Monitor (Oct. 5, 2012).

• Amy Hocevar, Sixth Circuit Splits from Federal Circuit on Whether Severance Payments are Subject to FICA Payroll Taxes, Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog (Oct. 10, 2012).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest coverage of noteworthy issues dividing the federal courts, check out the following links:

• Michelle Olsen, Circuit Split Watch: Earning a Return on Seized Money, Appellate Daily (Oct. 4, 2012).

• Circuit Split on FICA Taxes: Is it Time to File Your Refund Claim?, Dykema (Oct. 2, 2012).

• The Sixth and Second Circuits Widen Circuit Split Concerning Pleading Standards for “Stock Drop” and Misrepresentation Claims Under ERISA, Sidley Austin LLP (Sept. 27, 2012).

• Joe Schuler, Circuit Split Over Graphic Label Requirement for Tobacco Products, Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law (Oct. 2, 2012).

• Arbitration — Current State of the Circuit Split Concerning the Viability of Manifest Disregard as Ground for Vacatur, Josephnyc.com.

Circuit Split Roundup

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• Abbey Spanier, U.S. Supreme Court Resolves Split Among the Circuit Courts Regarding Whether Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives Are Entitled to Overtime, LexisNexis Labor & Employment Law Community (Sept. 21, 2012 2:22 P.M.).

• Boris I. Mankovetskiy & Lucas F. Hammonds, Trademarks And Bankruptcy: Seventh Circuit Provides Lifeline For Trademark Licensees Confronting Licensor Bankruptcy, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (Sept. 20, 2012).

• Robyn Hagan Cain, SCOTUS Sticks Judicial Nose in Government's Business Next Week, FindLaw U.S. Supreme Court News & Information Blog (Sept. 24, 2012 3:07 P.M.).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest coverage of noteworthy issues dividing the federal courts, check out the following links:

• Michelle Olsen, Circuit Split Watch: When Sanctioned Attorneys Can't Pay, Appellate Daily (Aug. 30, 2012).

• Tom Zuber & Jeff Zuber, Louis Vuitton Malletier S.A., v. Ly USA: Second Circuit Splits, Allows Attorney’s Fees Under § 1117(c) Trademark Infringement, LawUpdates.com (Sept. 5, 2012).

• Michelle Brauer Abidoye, United States: Fourth Circuit Joins Other Circuits And Takes A Narrow View Of The CFAA In Employee Data Theft Case, mondaq.com (Sept. 4, 2012).

• A. Benjamin Spencer, Fort Lee soldier’s custody case gets SCOTUS hearing, Split Circuits Blog (Sept. 9, 2012).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest coverage of noteworthy issues dividing the federal courts, check out the following links:

• Daily Tax Report, Supreme Court Urged to Take Case to Resolve Circuit Split on Windfall Tax, Bloomberg BNA (Aug. 24, 2012).

• Amy Hocevar, Courts Split In Award Of Electronic Discovery Costs To Prevailing Party, Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog (Aug. 22, 2012).

• John Fisher, Wading Into Circuit Splits, Sixth Circuit Upholds Injunction Against Michigan Township For Violating Telecommunications Act, Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog (Aug. 22, 2012).

• Joseph Celentino, Prosecutor Given Fresh Angle for Age Bias Fight, Courthouse News Service (Aug. 27, 2012).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest coverage of noteworthy issues dividing the federal courts, check out the following links:

• Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Does Michigan v. Bay Mills Create a Circuit Split with Mescalero v. New Mexico over Whether IGRA Waives Tribal Immunity?, Turtle Talk (Aug. 16, 2012 10:43 A.M.).

• Steve Vladeck, Brehm: Fourth Circuit Creates Split in Contractor-Contacts Analysis, Lawfare (Aug. 12, 2012).

• Leigh Oliver, Corey Roush, & Logan Breed, Supreme Court May Decide Whether "Reverse Payment" Settlements Violate Antitrust Law, Inside Counsel (Aug. 15, 2012).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest coverage of noteworthy issues dividing the federal courts, check out the following links:

• Steve Vladeck, Brehm: Fourth Circuit Creates Split in Contractor-Contracts Analysis, Lawfare (Aug. 12, 2012 7:00 p.m.).

• R. Hotlzman Hedrick, Split Among Federal Circuits Deepens Regarding Administrative Exhaustion of Post-Charge Retaliation Claims, Nat'l L. Rev. (Aug. 7, 2012).

• Leigh L. Oliver, Third Circuit rules in favour of FTC view on pharmaceutical patent settlements, lexology.com (Aug. 9, 2012).

• Ilya Shapiro, IRS Can’t Manipulate Tax Code to Generate More Revenue for Itself, Cato @ Liberty (Aug. 10, 2012 3:05 p.m.).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest coverage of noteworthy issues dividing the federal courts, check out the following links:

• Failed Motion for Summary Judgment Preserves Purely Legal Issue for Appeal, D.C. Circuit Review (Aug. 2, 2012). 

• Bonnie Lindemann, DNA Recording: The Court Allows Maryland to Continue Collecting and Testing DNA Samples from People Who Are Arrested, Criminal Law Brief Blog (Aug. 2, 2012).

• Louis M. Solomon, United States: Eight[h] Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, mondaq.com (July 27, 2012).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest coverage of noteworthy issues dividing the federal courts, check out the following links:

• Dechert LLP, U.S. Third Circuit Rejects "Scope of the Patent" Test in K-Dur, jdSupra.com (July 20, 2012) (HTML).

• Sarah Riley Howard, Sixth Circuit Holds Appeal Waivers Don't Prevent 2255s for Failure to File Appeal Notice, jdSupra.com (July 20, 2012) (HTML).

• Michael Fox, Stirrings on Smith v. Xerox in 5th Circuit Internecine Squabble, Jotting by an Employer's Lawyer (July 20, 2012) (HTML).

• David B. Ritter, 7th Circuit: Under ADA, Disabled Don't Automatically Get Vacant Job, Business Management Daily (July 22, 2012 2:00 A.M.) (HTML).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest coverage of noteworthy issues dividing the federal courts, check out the following links:

• Joe Celentino, Bankruptcy Circuit Split May Go to the Supreme Court, Courthouse News Service (July 11, 2012 11:54 AM PT) (HTML).

• Mark A. Platt & Ryan E. Manns, Seventh Circuit Opinion Creates Circuit Split Over the Effect of Rejection of a Contract Granting a Trademark License, lexology.com (July 11, 2012) (HTML).

• Noah Lipschultz, U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Resolve Circuit Split Over ERISA Plan Reimbursement Rights, Employee Benefits Counsel (July 11, 2012) (HTML).

• Division Among Courts Intensifies Regarding False Claims Act's First-to-File Requirement, Ropes & Gray Alert: Government Enforcement (July 11, 2012) (PDF).

• Janet Marvel, Seventh Circuit Issues Important Decision Regarding Trademarks in Bankruptcy, Pattishall IP Blog (July 12, 2012) (HTML).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest coverage of noteworthy issues dividing the federal courts, check out the following links:

• James M. Donohue, Steven M. Hogan, & Matthew MacNamara, In Re McNeal: The Eleventh Circuit Lets Debtors Strip Off Second Mortgage, State Capital Group (July 5, 2012) (HTML).

• Noah Lipschultz, U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Resolve Circuit Split Over ERISA Plan Reimbursement Rights, Employee Benefits Counsel (July 9, 2012) (HTML).

• Collin J. Zick & Brian P. Bialas, New York Appellate Division Picks a Side in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Circuit Split in Two Sentences, Security, Privacy and the Law (July 10, 2012) (HTML).

• First Circuit Adopts Preponderance of Evidence as Standard for Proving Willful Trademark Infringement, Practical Law Company (July 6, 2012) (HTML).

• Emily Goldman, Holding Child Abuse Registries to a Higher Standard, Mich. J. of Envir. & Admin. L. (July 10, 2012) (HTML).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest coverage of issues dividing the courts, check out the following links:

• TILA Rescission Rights, O'Melveny & Myers LLP (June 20, 2012) (HTML).

• BuckleySandler LLP, Tenth Circuit Holds Notice Does Not Extend Three-Year TILA Rescission Right, jdSupra.com (June 20, 2012) (HTML).

• David Kopel, Georgia-Pacific West v. NEDC: a good case for certiorari, The Volokh Conspiracy (June 20, 2012) (HTML).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest coverage of issues dividing the courts, check out the following links:

• Dale E. Barnes Jr., Todd E. Gordinier, & Craig A. Taggart, Supreme Court to Resolve Split Among Circuit Courts Over the Fraud-on-the-Market Presumption at Class Certification, Bingham (June 14, 2012) (HTML).

• Matthew Brown, 'Final' Awards Reconceptualized: A Proposal to Resolve the Hall Street Circuit Split (June 15, 2012) (SSRN).

• Keith Gibson, Kiobel Update: Nigerian Plaintiffs File Supplemental Brief Arguing ATS Reach is Limitless, Product Liability Monitor (June 14, 2012) (HTML).

• Stephen L. Wasby, How the Ninth Circuit Fares in the Supreme Court: The Intercircuit Conflict Cases, 1 Seton Hall Cir. Rev. 119 (2005) (PDF).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest coverage of issues dividing the courts, check out the following links:

• H. Jacob Lager, Circuit Split Alert! - Fifth Circuit Diverges from Third in Holding UK Windfall Tax Creditable, internationaltaxlaw.org (June 12, 2012) (HTML).

• Current Circuit Splits, 4 Seton Hall Circuit Review 399 (2008) (PDF).*

• David A. Fusco, The Constitutional Issue Hidden Within A Circuit Split: Double Jeopardy in the Context of Proving Predicates Offenses, 4 Seton Hall Circuit Review 265 (2008) (PDF).*

• Amanda McKinzie, Will Supreme Court Review Flawed 9th Circuit Securities Class Action Ruling?, The Legal Pulse (June 8, 2012) (HTML).

*Although these articles appear to have been published in 2008 in the Seton Hall Circuit Review, they were added to Seton Hall Law's "eRepository" just this week. You can find additional articles made available by the Seton Hall Circuit Review here.

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest coverage of issues dividing the courts and splits in authority recently resolved by the Supreme Court, check out the following links:

• Rudplph J. Di Massa, Jr. & Aaron J. Margolis, United States: Supreme Court Addresses Circuit Split Over Cramdown Plans Precluding Credit Bidding, The Legal Intelligencer (May 28, 2012), republished on mondaq.com (HTML).

• Alanna Byrne, Decision deepens circuit split on scope of CFAA, Inside Counsel (May 30, 2012) (HTML).

• Ballard Spahr LLP, Second Circuit Splits with Ninth Circuit on Enforcement of Class Action Waivers, jdsupra.com (May 30, 2012) (HTML).

• Mark Hamblett, Circuit Declines En Banc Review in Amex Arbitration Case, New York Law Journal (May 30, 2012) (HTML).

• Karen Breda, SCOTUS resolves circuit split on imputation of parent's resident status to alien children, Boston College Legal Eagle (May 31, 2012) (HTML).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest news and commentary on areas of law dividing the courts, check out the following links:

• Recent Case Highlights Split of Authority on Whether Corporate Agreements Can Amend Employee Benefit Plans, McDermott Will & Emery (May 15, 2012) (HTML).

• Brian P. Bialas, United States: Ninth Circuit En Banc Decision Creates Circuit Split With First Circuit That Affects Employer Claims Against Employees Under The Computer Fraud And Abuse Act, Mondaq.com (May 2, 2012) (HTML).

• Thomas K. Potter III & Kasee Sparks Heisterhagen, Arbitration vacatur: Circuits split over whether manifest disregard survived Hall Street (Apr. 11, 2012) (HTML).

• Andrew Voss, Seventh Circuit Concludes that "Travel Time" Following Clothing Change is Not Compensable, Setting Up a Circuit, Wage & Hour Counsel (May 15, 2012) (HTML).

• Sheppard Mullin, Another U.S. District Court Follows the Lead of the D.C. Circuit in Addressing the "First-to-File Bar" Circuit Split and Pushes Back Against an Opportunistic Relator, governmentcontractslawblog.com (May 14, 2012) (HTML).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest news and commentary on areas of law dividing the courts, check out the following links:

• Brief Urges Supreme Court to Accept Rubashkin Sentencing Appeal, CRIME IN THE SUITES(May 3, 2012) (HTML).

• Maxwell S. Kennerly, Valuation of Minority Shareholder Interests In Oppression, Fiduciary Duty, And Contract Cases, LITIGATION & TRIAL BLOG (May 3, 2012) (HTML).

• Nicole Taykhman, High Court Asked to Resolve Question of Standard for Sanctions, BALESTRIERE BLOG (May 3, 2012) (HTML).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest news and commentary on matters of law that are ripe for the U.S. Supreme Court's review, or were recently resolved by the Supreme Court, check out the following links: 

• Circuit Split on Application of Remmer Juror Misconduct Presumption, FED. EVID. REV. (Apr. 23, 2012) (HTML).

• Circuit Split: Does Juror Use of Wikipedia Create Presumption of Prejudicial Misconduct?, FED. EVID. REV. (Apr. 24, 2012) (HTML).

• Rachel A. Weisshaar, Hazy Shades of Winter: Resolving the Circuit Split over Preliminary Injunctions, 65 VAND. L. REV. 1011 (2012) (PDF).

• Federalism and Patent Law: Courts Split on Scope of Federal Circuit Arising Under Jurisdiction, PATENTLYO (Apr. 24, 2012) (HTML).

• Brian P. Bialas, Ninth Circuit En Banc Decision Creates Circuit Split with First Circuit that Affects Employer Claims Against Employees under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, MASS. NONCOMPETE L. BLOG (Apr. 27, 2012) (HTML).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest news and commentary on matters of law that are ripe for the U.S. Supreme Court's review, check out the following links: 

• Lee Beck, NLRB Posting Rule III: Posting Rule Enforcement Enjoined, Federal Regulations Advisor (Apr. 17, 2012) (HTML).

• Lee Beck, NLRB Posting Rule II: Posting Rule Exceeded Authority under NLRA, Federal Regulations Advisor (Apr. 14, 2012) (HTML).

• Lee Beck, NLRB Posting rule Enforcement Provisions Struck Down, Federal Regulations Advisor (Mar. 5, 2012) (HTML).

• Howard Bashman, The "Princess Bride," on appeal, How Appealing (Apr. 20, 2012 8:14 PM) (HTML).

• Megan DeLockery, Good News for People Who Get Bored at Work, JETLaw (Apr. 19, 2012) (HTML).

• A. Benjamin Spencer, SCOTUS Resolves Split Re Interpretation of IIRIRA, Split Circuits Blog (Apr. 17, 2012) (HTML).

• Friedland Vining Blog, Supreme Court wants Response from Shoe Giant on Trademark Circuit Split (Apr. 19, 2012) (HTML).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest news and commentary on matters of law on which the circuits are divided, check out the following links: 

• Adam Pié, Note, The Monster Under the Bed: The Imaginary Circuit Split and the Nightmares Created in the Special Needs Doctrine's Application to Child Abuse, 65 Vand. L. Rev. 563 (2012) (PDF).

• Richard Tonowski, Legal Update: Who is the Supervisor?, Assessment Services Review (Mar. 30, 2012) (web).

• Elbert Lin & J. Andrew Law, In Arbitration, a Right to an Automatic Stay Pending Appeal?, Corporate Counsel (Apr. 2, 2012) (web).

• Sheppard Mullin, Fifth Circuit Requires More than "Tangential Relationship" Between Alleged Fraud and Transactions in "Covered Securities" to Support Dismissal Under the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998, Corporate Securities Law Blog (Mar. 20, 2012) (web).

• Renee Choy Ohlendorf, Intervenors Still in Limbo on Standing Requirements, Litigation News (Mar. 26, 2012) (web).

 

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest on circuit splits in the news, follow the links below:

• Amy Cadle Hocevar, Circuit Split in Imposing Individual Liability Under the FMLA Against Supervisors at Public Agencies, Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog (Mar. 12, 2012) (click here).

• Hon. Dorothy A. Harbeck, Amelia Wilson, & Hon. Amiena A. Khan, Vanashing Visibility: How Particular Social Group Requirements Have Changed in the Third Circuit's Asylum Cases, Federal Lawyer (Mar. 2012) (PDF). [Editor's Note: For Circuitsplits.com's coverage of this conflict, click here.]

• Eighth Circuit Judge Signals Disagreement with "Social Visibility" and "Particularity" Requirements in Social Asylum Claims, ScottKuhagen.com (Mar. 9, 2012) (click here).

• D. Colo. Notes Split Re Whether FRCP 9(b) Applies to Negligent Misrepresentation Claims, Split Circuits Blog (Mar. 13, 2012) (click here).

• Ruthann Robson, The constitutionality of the anti-prostitution pledge: compelled speech or government funding?, Constitutional Law Prof Blog (Feb. 29, 2012) (click here).

Circuit Split Roundup

For the latest on circuit splits in the news, follow the links below:

• Bruce Khula, Court Parts Company with Sister Circuits on Presumptions at Pleading Stage of ERISA Suits : Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog : Squire Sanders Law Firm: Sixth Circuit Court: Appellate Law Lawyers & Attorneys, Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog (Feb. 23, 2012) (click here).

• John Ingold, Is the 10th Circuit a Supreme Court bellwether?, denverpost.com (Feb. 22, 2012, 12:00 P.M. M.T.) (click here).

• Brad Bogan, Mondragon-Santiago Clarified: Just How Much Explanation of a Within-Guidelines Sentence Is Necessary?, Fifth Circuit Blog (Feb. 21, 2012) (click here).

• J. Harvie Wilkinson III, If It Ain't Broke..., Yale L.J. Online Essay (Feb. 7, 2010) (click here).

• Robert J. Conlan & Brian P. Morrissey, D.C. Circuit Splits with Sixth Circuit on Scope of FCA's First-to-File Bar, Sidley False Claims Act Blog (Jan. 30, 2012 1:03 P.M.) (click here).