Accrual of Florida Tortious-Interference-with-Inheritance Claims Begins When Probate Defeats the Expected Will (Not When Probate Litigation Ends) Case: Charles Steven Chauncy v. Dennis Lee Gorden...
Equitable Estoppel Cannot Expand an Arbitration Clause Expressly Limited to “Employer” and “Employee” Under Florida Law Introduction In Dennis Campbell v. AIVA Global, Inc., James Muller, and Maria...
Substantial-Truth Protection for Headlines: “Assault” vs. “Battery” and the Use of Video/Police Reports at the Rule 12(b)(6) Stage Case: James Thomas Carlan v. Tegna Inc. (No. 26-10758) Court: United...
Self-Serving Sworn Testimony Can Defeat Summary Judgment in FLSA Off-the-Clock Overtime Claims (Even When Late-Disclosed Texts Are Excluded) I. Introduction In Patrick Byrne v. Goodwill South Florida...
Record-Based Sentencing Explanations and Uncharged-Conduct Justifications for Upward Variances in Illegal Reentry Cases 1. Introduction In United States v. Cristofer Pecero-Ramirez (11th Cir. Sept....
Controlled-Buy Corroboration, Totality-Based Felon-in-Possession Reasonable Suspicion, and the Public-Safety Pre-Miranda Gun Question Case: United States v. Johnny Smith, Jr. (11th Cir. Sept. 11,...
Reaffirming Admissibility of Prior Felon-in-Possession Convictions to Prove Knowing Possession, and Permitting Comment on Post-Arrest, Pre-Miranda Silence in the Eleventh Circuit Case: United States...
General Credibility Finding Can Sustain § 3C1.1 Perjury Enhancement; No Minor-Role Reduction Where Relevant Conduct Equals Defendant’s Own Money-Laundering Activity I. Introduction In United States...
Mixed-Motive Title VII Claims Require Evidence of a Motivating Factor; Independent Investigations Break “Cat’s Paw” Causation 1. Introduction In Amanda Fennel v. Elmore County Board of Education...
Non-Signatories May Be Enjoined for Aiding a Non-Compete Breach; Record-Based Territory and Customer/Workforce Loss Support Irreparable Harm I. Introduction Puris, LLC. v. CMG Pipelines, Inc. (11th...
Federal Rule 8 Governs Pleading of Underlying Tort for Georgia Negligent-Retention Claims in Federal Court 1. Introduction In Syurii-Kiaira Smith v. Birge & Held Property Management, LLC, the...
Law-of-the-Case Bars Renewed Rule 404(b) Admissibility Challenges on Retrial; “Same Sentence Anyway” Renders Guidelines Disputes Non-Dispositive if Substantively Reasonable Case: United States v....
Promptly Corrected “Verdict Must Be Guilty” Misstatement Is Not Structural Error; Gang-Affiliation Spillover and Joint-Trial Severance Require Specific Objections and Compelling Prejudice Case:...
Eleventh Circuit Reaffirms § 922(g)(1)’s Constitutionality Post-Bruen/Rahimi and Upholds an Above-Guidelines Sentence Based on Deterrence and Public Protection I. Introduction In United States v....
District Courts May Deny Amendment 821 § 3582(c)(2) Reductions Based on § 3553(a) Assessment of Evasive/Jettison Conduct Even Without a § 3C1.1 Obstruction Enhancement 1. Introduction In United...
Georgia Choice-of-Law + AAA Rules Does Not Displace FAA Review Absent an Explicit Opt-Out (and Silence at Arbitration Can Waive the Objection) 1. Introduction Univabs Solutions Private Limited (an...
Unanswered Show-Cause Orders Permit Non-Prejudicial Dismissal; Florida Police Departments Lack Capacity to Be Sued 1. Introduction In Monique Maybell v. City of West Palm Beach (11th Cir. Sept. 9,...
Eleventh Circuit: After Florida’s 2015 Amendment, Concealed Firearm Possession Alone Does Not Create Reasonable Suspicion of a § 790.01(2) Violation Introduction United States v. Joseph Olson (11th...
Ex Post Facto Bar to Applying Amendment 822’s Career-Offender Reclassification of Hobbs Act Robbery to Pre‑Amendment Conduct; Post‑Smith Plain-Error Limits on “Surrogate” Forensic Testimony I....
Rehabilitation Act Exhaustion Requires a Disability Charge in the EEO Complaint—Counselor Notice Alone Is Not Enough Introduction In Eric Willingham v. Jeffrey Lyash, the Eleventh Circuit...