Foreign Commercial Bribery Confirmed as Honest-Services Wire Fraud: A Comprehensive Commentary on United States v. Lopez, 87 F.4th ___ (2d Cir. 2025) 1. Introduction United States v. Lopez is the...
When a Written Judgment Conflicts with the Oral Pronouncement: Clarifying District Courts’ Duties in § 2255 Sentence Corrections – A Commentary on United States v. Barrow (2d Cir. 2025) 1....
Kurtz v. Kimberly-Clark Corp.: Second Circuit Requires Proportionality Review of Attorney’s Fees and Class Relief Under Rule 23(e) Introduction In Kurtz v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., Nos. 24-425 & 24-454...
Ferguson v. City of New York: Reinforcing the Evidentiary Threshold to Rebut Grand-Jury Probable Cause and Advance § 1983 Malicious-Prosecution and Fair-Trial Claims on Summary Judgment Introduction...
“Cash Is Not a Record”: The Second Circuit’s Re-affirmation that Mental Reconstructions and Lost Papers Do Not Excuse a §727(a)(3) Violation 1. Introduction The Second Circuit’s summary order in In...
Reaffirming the Necessity of Bad-Faith Allegations to Pierce § 102(b)(7) Shields in Disclosure-Based SPAC Merger Challenges: Mullen v. Bell, 24-2291 (2d Cir. 2025) Introduction Mullen v. Bell...
“Same Website, Same Clock” – Second Circuit Clarifies the Limits of the Single-Publication Rule and Equitable Tolling in Online Defamation and Fraud Actions Introduction Case: Sarkar v. City of New...
Post-Esteras Clarification on Consecutive Revocation Sentences: United States v. Reynoso, 24-214 (2d Cir. June 30, 2025) Introduction United States v. Reynoso, decided by the Second Circuit on June...
No Third Chances: Imputing Counsel’s Willful Discovery Misconduct to Corporate Clients – A Commentary on Bilodeau v. Usinage Berthold, Inc. 1. Introduction On 27 June 2025, the United States Court of...
Second Circuit Clarifies BIA’s Duties on Motions to Remand for “Military Parole-in-Place” 1. Introduction Case: Calle v. Bondi, No. 24-1565-ag (2d Cir. 2025) Parties: Petitioner Humberto Isidoro...
Second Circuit Re-emphasizes the Lower Summary-Judgment Bar under the NYCHRL for Mixed-Motive Disability-Discrimination Claims I. Introduction In Parker v. Israel Discount Bank of New York, Inc.,...
Legitimate Penological Interest as a Complete Defense to Prisoner-Retaliation and Class-of-One Claims: Commentary on Reynolds v. Quiros (2d Cir. 2025) Introduction The United States Court of Appeals...
United States v. Guldi: Second Circuit Raises the Bar for the “Sophisticated-Means” Sentencing Enhancement 1. Introduction United States v. Guldi, No. 23-6909-cr (2d Cir. June 27, 2025) is the Second...
“An Employer Cannot Aid and Abet Its Own Discriminatory Conduct” – Commentary on Collins v. Federal Express Corp., 24-1478-cv (2d Cir. 2025) 1. Introduction Collins v. Federal Express Corp. is a...
Equitable Tolling Rebuffed for Pereira/Niz-Chavez “Stop-Time” Arguments A Comprehensive Commentary on Guo Mei Liao v. Bondi, Second Circuit, 26 June 2025 1. Introduction The case of Guo Mei Liao v....
No Qualified Immunity for Rigged Identifications and Brady Violations – A Comprehensive Commentary on Galloway v. County of Nassau (2d Cir. 2025) 1. Introduction In Galloway v. County of Nassau, the...
Second Circuit Re-Emphasizes Waiver and Particular-Social-Group Requirements in Asylum Appeals: A Detailed Commentary on Arboleda-Urrutia v. Bondi (2025) Introduction On 25 June 2025 the United...
United States v. Dennis (2d Cir. 2025): Re-affirming Parole Search Latitude and the Post-Bruen Validity of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) Introduction United States v. Dennis is a 2025 summary order from the...
Dixon v. Brown – The Second Circuit’s Firm Line on “Lip-Service” Acceptance of Plaintiff’s Facts in Qualified-Immunity Appeals 1. Introduction In Dixon v. Brown, the United States Court of Appeals...
Second Circuit Clarifies That Use of an Innocent Intermediary Cannot, by Itself, Establish Agreement for a RICO Conspiracy – Moss v. First Premier Bank 1. Introduction Moss v. First Premier Bank,...