Approved Ethics Rule: Third-Party Vendors May Pursue Nonparty Document Production Only Under Lawyer Supervision and Independent Professional Judgment 1. Introduction In In Re: Formal Advisory Opinion...
Recreational Property Act Immunity Depends on the Landowner’s General Invitation, Not the Plaintiff’s Moment-of-Injury Activity I. Introduction McLamb v. Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah...
Goodell v. Moulton: Pavesich Balancing (Not Strict Scrutiny) Governs Georgia Constitutional Medical-Privacy Objections to Civil Discovery Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date: August 11, 2026 |...
Civil Jury Selection in Georgia: A Party’s Right to a 24-Person Panel of “Competent and Impartial” Jurors Is Violated (and Presumptively Harmed) When an Insurance-Defense Attorney for the Defendant’s...
Civil Appeals in Georgia: A Pro Se Notice of Appeal Filed While Counsel Remains of Record Is a Nullity and Cannot Confer Appellate Jurisdiction 1. Introduction Muhammad et al. v. Clayton County et...
Standing in FLSA Wage Cases: Courts Must Assume Legal Validity and Avoid Merits Rulings on Rule 12(b)(1) 1. Introduction In Mighell v. HPG Pizza I (10th Cir. Aug. 11, 2026), plaintiff Steve Mighell,...
Rule 28 Noncompliance in Pro Se Bankruptcy Appeals: Frivolous, Incoherent Briefing Warrants Affirmance Introduction Rusk v. Beutler (10th Cir. Aug. 11, 2026) arises from a Chapter 13 bankruptcy in...
Failure to Warn of Medication Side Effects During a Competency Evaluation Does Not Plead Fourteenth Amendment Deliberate Indifference (and Mislabeling “Frivolous” Dismissals Matters for Review and...
“Facilitation” Is Not an Exclusionary Agreement: Continuing-Conspiracy Tolling Requires a Plausible Conspiracy in the Challenged Rules Themselves Case: Homie Technology, Inc. v. National Association...
Forfeiture of Rule 33 Untimeliness Makes FRAP 4(b)(3) Tolling Effective (and Preserves District-Court Jurisdiction) United States v. Castro, Nos. 24-11000 & 26-10428 (5th Cir. Aug. 11, 2026) (per...
EPCA Direct Final Rules Are “Prescribed” Only Upon DOE Adherence After Comments—and Must Be Withdrawn When Adverse Comments Provide a Reasonable Basis I. Introduction In State of Mississippi v. DOE...
Appellate Waiver and “Uncontroverted Facts” in Pro Se Summary Judgment: Procedural Defaults Control Title VII/ADA Retaliation Outcomes Case: Mitchell-Pennington v. Installtec, Inc. (No. 25-3141) |...
Forfeiture of Rule 33 Timeliness Treats Notice of Appeal as Ineffective Under FRAP 4(b)(3) (and Limits Review of Post‑Judgment Orders Without a New Notice) Case: United States v. Castro (5th Cir....
Plain-Error Reversal of § 922(g)(1) As Applied After Intervening Precedent, and “Unbundling” Grouped Counts for Resentencing Case: United States v. Elliott (5th Cir. Aug. 11, 2026) (per curiam,...
QPA Must Reflect Negotiated Market Rates: Excluding Ghost Rates and Including Incentives Under the No Surprises Act Introduction Texas Medical Association v. HHS is an en banc Fifth Circuit decision...
Appellate Abandonment in FTCA Cases: Unchallenged Discretionary-Function and Alternative Dismissal Grounds Require Affirmance Case: Timothy Taylor v. United States (4th Cir. Aug. 11, 2026)...
Res Judicata and Absolute Immunities Bar Serial Collateral Civil Suits Over Prior Proceedings Introduction In Jameson Rosado v. Joseph A. Dickson (3d Cir. Aug. 11, 2026) (non-precedential), the Third...
Equitable Tolling for 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(1) After Riley and Functional “Final Order” Challenges in Withholding-Only Review Case: Jaime Navarro Cerritos v. Todd Blanche (4th Cir.) Date: August 11,...
App.R. 26(B) Reopening Requires a “Genuine Issue” of Ineffective Appellate Counsel; Court Will Not Revisit Aggregate-Consecutive-Sentence Proportionality After Polizzi 1. Introduction In 08/11/2026...
No Fourth Amendment “Seizure” from Force Used in Voluntary Law-Enforcement Training Exercises Absent Intent to Restrain Introduction In Danielle Arthur v. Douglas Krause (Sixth Cir. Aug. 11, 2026),...