Hash-Value Matching as a “Private Search”: Warrantless Government Viewing Permitted When It Reveals Nothing Beyond Google’s Hash-Match Identification Case: United States v. Richard Brillhart (11th...
Title II ADA Injunctions Require Plausible Future Harm; Federal Courts Lack Jurisdiction to Rework State Child-Support Enforcement—Dismissals Must Be Without Prejudice Case: Kevin Glasco v. Alabama...
Young v. State: Abandonment Established on the Face of an Untimely Amended Rule 29.15 Motion When Counsel Used the Wrong Rule Version Court: Supreme Court of Missouri (en banc) | Date: July 7, 2026 |...
“Doubts in Favor of Arbitration” Applies Only to Arbitrability; Arbitrators May Not Award on Unsubmitted Claims Introduction In RV Holdings 4, LLC and Ridgeview Capital, LLC v. Standard Fiber...
Title Insurance Commitments (Binders) Merge Into the Issued Policy Under Georgia Law, Foreclosing Coverage Based on Pre-Policy Terms I. Introduction In Maxie O'Neal Price, III v. Chicago Title...
One Opportunity to Replead Satisfies Due Process Before Dismissal With Prejudice for Shotgun Pleading; Prior Recusal Motions Alone Do Not Require Sua Sponte Recusal Introduction In Thomas Pepe v....
“Lascivious Exhibition” May Be Proven Without a Sex Act (and Pattern Factors Are Not Unconstitutionally Vague) Introduction In United States v. Plamen Georgiev Velinov (11th Cir. July 8, 2026) (not...
Disability Tolling Applies to Wrongful-Death Limitations; Federal “Without Prejudice” Dismissal Defeats Res Judicata Case: L.G.L. v. County of Cass, 2026 ND 136 (N.D. July 9, 2026) Court: Supreme...
Graduated Parenting Plans May Not Condition Out-of-State Parenting Time on Undefined “Substantial Progress” Determinations by an Unnamed Professional Without Judicial Oversight I. Introduction In...
EAJA Applies to Town Court Clerks When Performing Judicial Filing Functions; Verbal Directives Do Not Substantially Justify Rejection of Filings Introduction Case: Matter of Moore v Town of Colonie,...
Good-Faith Repair Efforts and Ordinary Litigation Activity Do Not Forfeit or Estop a Builder’s Statute-of-Limitations Defense; Homeowner’s Early Written Suspicion Establishes Inquiry Notice I....
Bright-Line Waiver Rule: In Non-Divorce Cases, Accepting Full Judgment Payment Without Reserving Appellate Issues Waives the Right to Appeal I. Introduction In Cowan v. Slann, 2026 ND 131, the North...
Strickland Prejudice After a Guilty Plea Requires a Showing That Going to Trial Would Have Been Rational 1. Introduction In Magana v. State, 2026 ND 141, the North Dakota Supreme Court affirmed the...
Incorporation of a Final Contempt Order into an Amended Judgment Does Not Restart the Appeal Period; Attorney’s Fees Awarded Under N.D.C.C. § 14-09-06.5 Are Appealable from the Amended Judgment 1....
State-Court Jurisdiction Over Private Federal Oil-and-Gas Lease Royalty Disputes; Waiver, Vexatious-Litigant Controls, and Frivolous-Appeal Sanctions 1. Introduction In White Star Royalty Co. v....
Registration-to-Do-Business Is Not Consent to Personal Jurisdiction in North Dakota (and Prior Dismissals Without Prejudice Do Not Create Jurisdictional Waiver) 1. Introduction Egan v. Metropolitan...
Marriage of DeCock: Rule 60(b)(6) Cannot Relitigate Unconscionability; “Blamelessness” Extends to Post-Settlement Affidavits Seeking Entry of Decree In re the Marriage of DeCock, 2026 MT 145 (Mont....
No Affirmative Duty to Itemize Copying Costs When Requiring Prepayment Under Ohio Public Records Act; Crisis-Precaution Form Not Shown to Be an Exempt “Medical Record” 1. Introduction State ex rel....
Authorization Defeats Lanham Act § 1125(a) Unregistered Trademark Infringement (and Contract Ratification Bars IP “Theft” Torts) Case: Patrice Nelson v. MillerKnoll, Inc. Court: United States Court...
Cancellation Hardship Review: Substantial Evidence (Not “Hard-Look” Reasoned Decisionmaking) and Permissible Predictive Findings Case: Armondo Morales v. Attorney General United States of America (3d...