They get it wrong. Deadlines are short, most legal reporters are not lawyers, and, let's face it, reading lengthy legal opinions is boring, whereas copying snappy press releases is fun!

If you want to be informed about legal developments, including breaking appellate decisions, go to the legal blogs. Except. . . on reflection, I realize that you can't. The leading appellate blogger simply links to stories in MSM. What a shame. Maybe one day we'll have a legal blogger who independently reads and analyzes breaking appellate decisions. Then the reporters can check with him (or her), rather than a press release, before they write their stories.