Third Circuit (en banc): Common-Use Addressed at Bruen Step Two; New Jersey’s De Facto Bans on Semi-Automatic Rifles and >10-Round Magazines Unconstitutional I. Introduction In Association of New...
Hayden v. Koons: Constructive Discovery in Copyright Accrual Does Not Require “Inquiry Notice” or Actual Knowledge of Triggering Facts 1. Introduction Parties and setting. Hayden v. Koons is a Second...
Casual Third-Party Expressions of Guilt May Not Require a New Trial When No Outside Facts Are Introduced and the Evidence Is Overwhelming Introduction United States v. Malcolm Whiteside (7th Cir....
Alaska “Small Business Exemption”: “Field of Health” Is a Federal Term of Art; Status Is Measured as of Tax-Year Day One, Not Decided Then Case: Alyeska International, Inc., d/b/a Alaska Sleep Clinic...
Bruen Step-Two “Common Use” and the Unconstitutionality of De Facto Bans on Semi-Automatic Rifles and >10-Round Magazines Case: Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs I v. Attorney General...
Discredited Forensic Microscopy as “False Evidence”: HRPP Rule 40 Relief When Science Invalidates Trial Expert Testimony 1. Introduction Case: Granillo v. State, SCWC-22-0000740 (Haw. July 15, 2026)....
18 U.S.C. § 1519 Reaches Intentional Bodycam/Dashcam Deactivation That Creates a Misleadingly Incomplete Official Record I. Introduction In United States v. Smith (10th Cir. July 20, 2026), the Tenth...
Ward v. National Credit Systems: “Objectively and Readily Verifiable” Inaccuracy as a Prima Facie Element of Furnisher § 1681s-2(b) Claims Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit...
“Manifest Error” Limits Board Conclusiveness Clauses: An Indenture Determination Is Incontrovertibly Wrong When It Measures the Wrong Contractual Metric 1. Introduction In Tennenbaum Living Tr. v....
Medically Grounded Findings Required for Supervised-Release Medication Mandates; Electronic Search Conditions Upheld When Device Use Is Self-Evident 1. Introduction In United States v. McCrone (2d...
Coordination-as-Control: Manager/Supervisor Enhancement for Orchestrating Laundering Tasks, and No Required § 3553(a)(6) Discussion When Imposing a Below-Guidelines Sentence 1. Introduction In United...
Juror Misconduct: No Categorical New-Trial Rule for Outside “Guilt” Remarks; Remmer Presumption Rebutted by Contact’s Nature, Timing, and Overwhelming Evidence 1. Introduction Case: United States v....
Express Power-of-Attorney Authority Required to Waive ERISA Spousal Survivor Annuity Rights Under Wis. Stat. § 244.41(1)(f) Case: Nancy Lyon Havlik v. University of Chicago, No. 25-2821 (7th Cir....
Rule 412 Excludes Minor Victim’s Sexting with Others; Similar Grooming Admissible Under Rule 404(b) to Prove Identity in § 2251(a) Cases I. Introduction In United States v. Andrew Boltz (7th Cir....
Title IX Deliberate-Indifference Safe Harbor: Readmission After Acquittal with an Effective No‑Contact Order Is Not “Clearly Unreasonable” 1. Introduction Case: Isabelle Arana v. Board of Regents of...
Capital Gains Tax as Marital Debt: Merrill-Factor Findings Required When Allocation Changes the Net Property Split Case: Jonathan J. Cline v. Melinda L. Duckett, f/k/a Melinda L. Cline Court: Supreme...
Clarifying that AS 47.10.011(8)(B)(ii) Encompasses Misdemeanor Domestic Violence Exposure (Including Fourth-Degree Assault) Case: Erin I. v. State of Alaska, Department of Family & Community...
Rule 24(a) Intervention in Restitution-Lien Foreclosure: Post–Summary-Judgment Motions Are Presumptively Untimely Absent a Developed Timeliness Showing I. Introduction In United States v. David...
Title VII Retaliation Limits: Gratuitous Display of Co-Workers’ Nude Images at Work Is Not Protected Opposition Activity Case: Gertrude Crisp v. Scioto Ambulance Dist. (6th Cir. July 17, 2026)...
Protective-Custody Failure-to-Protect: Leaving a Segregated Prisoner’s Door Unsecured Can Support Eighth Amendment Deliberate Indifference Without Identifying a Specific Assailant 1. Introduction...