Mosaic Health v. Sanofi-Aventis: A New Blueprint for Pleading Antitrust Conspiracies and Confirming 340B Safety-Net Provider Standing 1. Introduction In Mosaic Health, Inc. v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S.,...
The Implicit-Abandonment Rule in Credibility Appeals: How Chen v. Bondi Strengthens Border-Interview Evidence and Clarifies Pattern-or-Practice Proof 1. Introduction Chen v. Bondi, No. 23-6508 (2d...
“Substantively-the-Same” State Tort Claims Survive: Second Circuit Narrows HMTA Pre-emption in DCC Propane LLC v. KMT Enterprises, Inc. 1. Introduction The United States Court of Appeals for the...
“Fairfield Sentry” and the Extraterritorial Safe-Harbor: The Second Circuit Extends § 546(e) to Foreign-Law and Common-Law Claims in Chapter 15 Proceedings Introduction The decision in In re...
United States v. Fasasi: Second Circuit Clarifies the Boundaries of Plain-Error Review, Rule 32 PSR Verification, and the “Substantial Overseas Conduct” Fraud Enhancement 1. Introduction United...
Post-Bruen Constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) and Probable-Cause Parameters in Multi-State Drug Conspiracies A Detailed Commentary on United States v. Miller, 23-7699-cr (2d Cir. Aug. 4,...
United States v. Pierre – The Second Circuit’s Reinforced Thresholds for Severance, Bruton Claims, and Victim-Impact Evidence 1. Introduction United States v. Pierre (2d Cir. 2025) arises from a...
Chevron Is Dead, But Stare Decisis Lives: Statutory Fixity and the Definition of “Sexual Abuse of a Minor” after Garcia Pinach v. Bondi 1. Introduction On 4 August 2025 the United States Court of...
“The Post-Daubert Reasonable-Juror Threshold for Class Certification” Commentary on City of Philadelphia v. Banc of Am. Securities LLC (2d Cir. 2025) 1. Introduction On 1 August 2025, the United...
“Chain-of-Speculation” Insufficiency and Minor-Service NTAs: An In-Depth Commentary on Lopez-Avila v. Bondi 1. Introduction The Second Circuit’s summary order in Lopez-Avila v. Bondi (Aug. 1 2025)...
Second Circuit Re-Affirms § 922(g)(1) Constitutionality Post-Zherka: Comprehensive Commentary on United States v. Martin (2d Cir. 2025) 1. Introduction United States v. Martin, No. 23-7507-cr,...
Affirming Broad District Court Discretion in AVAA Restitution Calculations: United States v. Schmitt (2d Cir. 2025) Introduction United States v. Schmitt concerns the appeal of Michael Schmitt, who...
“Certifying Speech”: Volokh v. James and the Future Scrutiny of Social-Media Disclosure Mandates I. Introduction Volokh v. James, No. 23-356 (2d Cir. Aug. 1, 2025), is the Second Circuit’s first deep...
Expanding the Core of Habeas Corpus: Diaz v. Kopp and System-Wide Conditions-of-Confinement Claims Under § 2254 1. Introduction In Diaz v. Kopp, No. 22-1678 (2d Cir. July 30 2025), the United States...
“Citizen Speech” in the Courthouse: Second Circuit Holds a Court-Clerk’s Aid to a Judicial Misconduct Probe Is Potentially Protected by the First Amendment Introduction In Long v. Byrne, No. 24-3080...
Second Circuit Re-Defines the Boundaries of De-Novo Resentencing Discretion After § 924(c) Vacatur When the Habeas Judge Has Recently Ruled on a § 3582(c)(1)(A) Motion Introduction United States...
From Contract to Courtroom: The Second Circuit Confirms that Forum-Selection Clauses May Tip the Intel Scales in § 1782 Discovery Disputes 1. Introduction In Banoka S.à.r.l. v. Elliott Management...
Commercial-Value Limitation on Confidential Information as “Property” Under § 1343: Commentary on United States v. Chastain, No. 23-7038 (2d Cir. July 31 2025) 1. Introduction United States v....
Chavez-Suntaxi v. Bondi: Post-Loper Bright Continuity of the “One Central Reason” Standard and the Rigorous Abandonment Rule in Asylum Litigation 1. Introduction On 30 July 2025 the U.S. Court of...
“Waiver at the Immigration Judge Level Bars Re-Framing of Particular Social Groups on Appeal” A Comprehensive Commentary on Alvarez Carguachi v. Bondi (2d Cir. 2025) 1. Introduction In Alvarez...