Materiality Is Required for Omissions Under Texas’s Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act 1. Introduction In LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS D/B/A LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA v....
Article I, Section 33(d) Bars Private Suits to Enforce Texas’s Constitutional Open-Beaches Right (and Courts Must Test “Facial Validity” Before Finding an Immunity Waiver) 1. Introduction This...
Contempt Requires Personal Show-Cause Notice to Each Proposed Contemnor and a Reasonable Time to Defend I. Introduction In Eagle Rise Development, LLC, Troy Scott Wilbur and Alexander Scott Wilbur v....
“Attempted Purchase” Human Trafficking Under Iowa Code § 710A.1(4)(b) (2024) Requires an Actual Victim or Actual Trafficker (Pre-2025 Sting Limitation) I. Introduction Case: State of Iowa v. Kevin...
Texas Constitution Article I, Section 33(d) Bars Private Enforcement of the Public-Beach Right I. Introduction This consolidated Supreme Court of Texas decision (Nos. 24-0237, 24-0407, 24-0457)...
Out-of-Time Appeals in Texas Parental-Termination Cases Based on Ineffective Assistance of Counsel 1. Introduction Case: In the Interest of J.D.H., a Child (Supreme Court of Texas, June 19, 2026)....
No Extra-Textual Materiality for Medicaid-Fraud Omissions Under TEX. HUM. RES. CODE § 36.002(2): “Permits” Means Causation, Not Common-Law Fraud Materiality 1. Introduction This dissenting opinion by...
Out-of-Time Appeals for Ineffective Assistance in Parental-Rights Termination Accelerated Appeals I. Introduction Case: In the Interest of J.D.H., a Child, No. 25-0588 (Tex. June 19, 2026) (per...
Florida District Courts Have Jurisdiction to Review Denials of Downward Departure Sentences Case: Eric Desmond Parrish v. State of Florida Court: Supreme Court of Florida Date: June 18, 2026 Author:...
Whitton v. State (Fla. 2026): Due-Diligence “Discoverability” (Not Later Testimony) Triggers the One-Year Window for Successive Newly-Discovered-Evidence Claims in Capital Postconviction Case: Gary...
Hard-40 Sentences Are “Complete” Without an Express Parole Pronouncement; Erroneous Postrelease Supervision Terms Must Be Corrected Nunc Pro Tunc I. Introduction In State v. Brown (Kan. 2026-06-18),...
Particularized Knowledge of a High-Probability Hazard Is Required to Pierce Co-Employee Immunity Under Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-104(a) Introduction In Dusty Courtney v. Kenneth Meyer, 2026 WY 67 (June...
Independent Reasonable Suspicion Survives: An Officer Need Not End a Traffic Stop When One of Multiple Bases Is Extinguished 1. Introduction In State v. Mathis, Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-2269 (June...
People v. Guerra: Ineffective Assistance Where a Stipulation Effectively Concedes Mens Rea in CSAM Promotion/Possession Trials Court: New York Court of Appeals (Halligan, J.) Citation: 2026 NY Slip...
Relocation Denied Where a Child’s Autism-Related Need for Stability and Established Family Bonds Outweighs Economic Upside 1. Introduction Matter of Elya L. v Aaron L. (2026 NY Slip Op 03864) is a...
Fee-for-Service Contractors Are Not FOIL “Agencies” Absent Governmental Control 1. Introduction Matter of Ryan v Watershed Agric. Council of the N.Y. City Watersheds, Inc. (2026 NY Slip Op 03853 [3d...
EDPL Not Implicated Absent an “Acquisition”: Municipal Roadway Guardrails Within the Right-of-Way Do Not State a Takings Claim Case: Draina v Town of Ballston, 2026 NY Slip Op 03863 (App Div 3d Dept...
Deficiency Judgments in New York Foreclosures: Speculative Redevelopment Potential Does Not Inflate “Fair Market Value,” and Unpaid Tax Liens Exceeding Sale Proceeds Do Not Void the Sale 1....
Mandatory DCJS Registry Reporting Is Qualifiedly Privileged Absent Actual Malice; Settlement Confidentiality Does Not Bar Nonspecific Personnel-File References Introduction In Carpenter v City of...
Post-Warrant Claims Must Satisfy Rule 3.851 Discoverability; No Eighth Amendment Elderly Exemption in Florida I. Introduction In Dusty Ray Spencer v. State of Florida (Fla. June 18, 2026), the...