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By Tony Mauro

Latest on Prop 8: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit turned down a request that it lift its stay and allow same-sex marriages to resume in California, our sibling publication The Recorder reports. The case is back before the California Supreme Court for a determination whether litigants have standing to defend the ballot initiative that halted same-sex marriages.

Supreme Court Arguments: The Supreme Court heard arguments in two key cases Wednesday: one on the right to counsel for indigents in civil cases, reported by our Marcia Coyle here; and the other on Miranda rights for juveniles, reported here by Mark Walsh of Education Week.

FTC Withdraws Appeal: The Federal Trade Commission withdrew its opposition to a merger among medical lab companies in California, following an adverse ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, our Jenna Greene reports.

Elizabeth Taylor, Senator's Wife: Among the tributes to actress Elizabeth Taylor who died Wednesday, here is a Washington Post story about her life in Washington, D.C. 30 years ago or so as the then-wife of then-Sen. John Warner of Virginia.

Full post as published by The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times on March 24, 2011 (boomark / email).