Aside from blockbuster cases involving health care, immigration and redistricting, the U.S. Supreme Court at mid-term has a roster full of other potentially major challenges, including cases involving indecency, sentences for juvenile murderers and immunity for private lawyers hired by government bodies.

Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput is reorganizing the legal team representing the archdiocese in cases involving the sex abuse scandal. The changes alter, in part, the decades-long relationship Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young has had as outside counsel to the archdiocese.

A set of cases involving Medicaid, to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on the first day of its fall term, has produced some unusual twists and turns, including a surprise stance from the Obama administration, and some interesting briefing.

An ethics panel ruled Thursday that the former top lawyer for the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission violated state law when he presided over cases involving a utility with which he was trying to secure a more lucrative job.

Over the next month, federal appeals courts are set to hear four cases involving litigation over the new health care reform law. The 4th Circuit is the first arena, with two cases scheduled for separate arguments Tuesday.