Nexus for Home Search Warrants: Probable Cause from a Drug Courier Leaving the Residence and Drug-Trafficker-at-Home Inferences (Fourth Circuit) I. Introduction In United States v. Rebecca Barker...
Corrected-Affidavit Probable Cause and Objectively Reasonable Execution of Overbroad Premises Warrants in Multi-Unit Searches 1. Introduction In Krystal Underwood v. Camden County Office of the...
Lusk v. McNamee: Contemporaneous Deed–Contract–Note Read as One; Extrinsic Emails Resolve Ambiguity and Prior Holdover Notice Can Satisfy Ejectment Notice-to-Quit Case: Lusk v McNamee, 2026 NY Slip...
Violation Petitions Must Allege Post–Order Conduct; Consent Orders of Protection Are Not Modifiable Under Family Ct Act § 844 Absent a Dispositional Hearing Case: Matter of King v. King, 2026 NY Slip...
RPAPL 1304 Strict-Compliance Requires the Statutory Notice Language in Effect When the Foreclosure Is Commenced 1. Introduction Case: Bank of Am., N.A. v Thomas, 2026 NY Slip Op 04485 (App Div, 2d...
PREP Act Immunity Reaches Contract Claims for Vaccine-Related “Loss” and Supports Collateral-Order Appeals I. Introduction In Dressen v. AstraZeneca AB (10th Cir. July 23, 2026), the Tenth Circuit...
Hughes v. Stancil: Military Ineligibility Triggered by Federal Policy Is Not “Custody Pursuant to” a State Judgment Under § 2254 1. Introduction In Hughes v. Stancil (10th Cir. July 23, 2026),...
Plea Stipulations Control Guidelines Loss and Victim Enhancements—Restitution Limits Do Not Recast Sentencing Facts Case: United States v. Ford (10th Cir. July 23, 2026) | Court: Court of Appeals for...
Rana v. Blanche: Medical Evidence Triggering Matter of M-A-M- Requires a Competency Finding; Credibility Is Not a Substitute Introduction In Rana v. Blanche (1st Cir. July 23, 2026), the United...
Second Circuit Reaffirms Non-Reviewability of Denied Rule 59(a) Weight-of-the-Evidence Motions; “Effectiveness” Governs ADA Accommodations Case: Raymond v. 1199SEIU National Benefit Fund (2d Cir....
Reputation and Employability Alone Do Not Justify Pseudonymous Article 78 Litigation or Sealing Absent “Unusual” or “Compelling” Circumstances 1. Introduction Matter of Smith v New York State Educ....
Binding Shock Incarceration Orders Under Penal Law § 60.04(7)(a) Despite Concurrent Non-Disqualifying Non-Drug Convictions 1. Introduction Matter of Adams v Martuscello (2026 NY Slip Op 04542) is a...
Buy/Sell “Net-Out” Oil Transactions Treated as Inventory Exchanges (Not Business Receipts) for Article 9-A BAP; Tribunal May Apply Step-Transaction to Prevent Distorted Receipts Factors 1....
No Parcel-Specific Findings Required to Include Property in a State Historic District; Owner Objections Limit National Register Action to an Eligibility Submission 1. Introduction Matter of Sunoco,...
Matter of Uzamere: A Relationship That Began During Representation Cannot Be “Pre‑Existing” for Later Domestic-Relations Appointments 1. Introduction Matter of Uzamere (2026 NY Slip Op 04511 [App...
Agency-Consent Jurisdiction Bar in New York Agency Adoptions: No Best-Interests Hearing After Consent Is Withdrawn I. Introduction Matter of Aurora A. (Leigh A.--Giuseppe A.) (2026 NY Slip Op 04500)...
Pre-Answer Pleading in New York: Alter-Ego Liability and Unjust Enrichment May Proceed, While Duplicative Tort/Accounting and Unsupported Constructive Trust Claims Are Dismissed 1. Introduction In...
Nonprejudicial Motion-Paper Defects Must Not Eclipse Merits Under CPLR 2001; Alter-Ego and Unjust-Enrichment Claims Survive, but Constructive-Trust and Contract-Duplicative Claims Do Not 1....
Post-Prince/Watson Anders Dismissals: § 922(g)(1) Challenges Are Frivolous for Drug-Delivery Felons and Scrivener’s-Error Indictment Fixes Are Permissible 1. Introduction In United States v. James...
Eleventh Circuit Reaffirms the “Same Sentence” Harmless-Error Rule for Alleged Guidelines Miscalculations 1. Introduction In United States v. Jerelle Jones (11th Cir. July 23, 2026) (per curiam) (not...