Seventh Circuit Tightens § 10(j): No Presumed Irreparable Harm; Specific, Employee-Rights-Focused Proof Required (and Delay Undercuts Relief) Case: Angie Cowan Hamada v. Laborforce, LLC, No. 25-3110...
Buggs v. McNulty: No Fourth Amendment Claim When a Visitor Remains on School Property After Being Told to Leave Introduction In Robert Buggs v. Paige McNulty and Gary Community School Corporation...
MPPAA Rule: Prior Partial-Withdrawal Credit Applies After Full § 1381(b) Calculation (Including the § 1399 20-Year Cap) I. Introduction In Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund...
Partial-Withdrawal Credit Applies After Full § 1381 Calculation, Including the 20-Year Cap Case: Consumers Concrete Corp. v. Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund Court: Seventh...
Mootness Remand Under FRAP 12.1(b): Vacatur of a Preliminary Injunction to Eliminate Appellate Jurisdiction Introduction American Academy of Pediatrics v. James Uthmeier (7th Cir. Sept. 14, 2026) is...
Strict Local Rule 56.1 Compliance and Comparator Proof Requirements in Title VII Summary Judgment (Seventh Circuit) 1. Introduction In Yousef A. Ismail v. David Steiner, Postmaster General, the...
Post-Removal Mootness of § 2241 Detention Challenges and Issue Preservation Limits on Third-Country Removal Claims 1. Introduction Case: Mario Javier Cedeno-Gonzalez v. Markwayne Mullin, et al....
No ADA/Section 504 Requirement for an IDEA-Style Manifestation Determination Before Denying Transfer Reenrollment; Title IX Claim Waived When Omitted from Statement of Claims I. Introduction E.W. v....
Conclusory Denials Do Not Defeat NLRB Settlement-Default Motions, and Unraised Hearing/Due-Process Objections Are Forfeited Under NLRA § 160(e) Case: American Backflow & Fire Prevention, Inc. v. NLRB...
Seventh Circuit: Cursory BIA Briefing Does Not Exhaust—Petitioner Must Develop Specific Arguments to Preserve Asylum/Withholding/CAT Issues I. Introduction In Maria Angelica Gonzalez Perez, et al. v....
General Denial Is Insufficient to Defeat NLRB Settlement-Default Judgment; Unraised Due-Process/§ 160(b) Hearing Objections Are Forfeited Under § 160(e) Case: NLRB v. American Backflow & Fire...
Monell Causation Fails Where Detention and Bail-Posting Limits Are Mandated by State-Court Orders; No Fourth Amendment Violation if Presented to a Judge Within 48 Hours Case: Anthony Murdock v. City...
Seventh Circuit: § 1983 Damages Complaints Seeking Only Money and Naming Former Officials Plead Personal-Capacity Claims (Not Eleventh-Amendment-Barred), and the Fourth Circuit “Martin” Factors Do...
Closed-Attraction Trespasser Rule: Tacit “Go-Ahead” Plus Known Safety Disablement Can Create a Jury Question on Recklessness (7th Cir.) 1) Introduction Case: Eric Stupak v. Mont du Lac Snowsports,...
Post–Loper Bright Seventh Circuit Rule: Independent Construction of § 1227(a)(2)(E)(i) and a “Unitary” Generic Crime of Child Abuse Requiring (At Least) Criminal Negligence I. Introduction In Maria...
Federal-Sector Title VII: Hostile-Environment Claims Require a Timely Act Within the 45-Day EEO Window; Constructive Discharge Requires Sex-Based Causation Introduction In Alexis Rachwalski v. Todd...
Conflict-of-Interest Malpractice Requires Pleading a Colorable Lost Claim and Statute-of-Limitations Causation 1. Introduction Amanda Sima v. Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP and Justin...
A Verbal Dispute and a Single Missed Swing Are Insufficient “Notice” of a High-Degree Risk Under the Fourteenth Amendment Failure-to-Protect Standard 1. Introduction Randy Talley v. Carl Gloede (7th...
§ 2G2.2(c)(1) Cross-Reference Applies Without Proof of a “Live” Feed; Plea Admissions Waive Contrary Sentencing Facts Case: United States v. Jose Sanchez (No. 24-3022) Court: Court of Appeals for the...
Competitor Unfair-Competition Claims Fall Outside Platform Ad-Term Arbitration Clauses Absent a Sufficient Nexus to the Advertiser Relationship Case: Metroplex Communications, Inc. v. Meta Platforms,...