“True Threat” Requirement for Harassment Findings and Domestic-Violence–Informed Custody: Sole Custody with Supervised Parenting Time 1. Introduction Matter of Raelene KK. v Anthony LL. (2026 NY Slip...
Wisconsin Supreme Court May Treat a “Notice of Appeal” as Sufficient to Invoke Review of a Three‑Judge Apportionment Panel and Apply Court of Appeals Procedures by Default 1. Introduction Case:...
Probation Revocation Requires Independent Verification Beyond Probable Cause; Preliminary-Hearing Cross-Examination Can Satisfy Due Process Without Anaya Balancing 1. Introduction In GARCIA (BYRON)...
Third Department Adopts Farnsworth: Clear-and-Convincing Proof of Sexual Motivation for Pre-SOMTA Designated Felonies Satisfies Due Process in Article 10 1. Introduction Matter of State of New York v...
People v. Hartfield: A Guilty Verdict on the Greater Count Operates as a Statutory Dismissal of Submitted Lesser Counts (CPL 300.40[3][b]) 1. Introduction In People v Hartfield, 2026 NY Slip Op 03698...
Venue Incident to Consolidation: No Independent CPLR 510(3) Showing Required; “Special Circumstances” May Override the First-Filed Rule Case: Preferred Mut. Ins. Co. v. Monahan, 2026 NY Slip Op 03716...
Workers’ Compensation Law § 10 (3) (c) Is Not Retroactive to Final Board Decisions; Correction Officers Are Not “Other Person[s] Certified to Provide Medical Care in Emergencies” Under § 10 (3) (b)...
Electronic FROI “L-With Liability” Entry Is Not a Binding Acceptance Where System-Required; SROI-Employer Paid Preserves One-Year Controvert Period Under WCL § 21-a in Unindexed Claims 1....
Matter of Clemente: Surrogate’s Court Jurisdiction Over Lifetime Trusts Based on Trustee “Residence” and Finality of Open-Court Settlements Despite Suspected Fraud 1. Introduction Matter of Clemente...
People v. Monahan: Shooting Toward Occupied Departing Vehicles Supports Depraved-Indifference Murder; Tampering May Be Inferred from Missing Ballistic Debris and Post-Event Cleaning I. Introduction...
Final Divorce Judgment Bars Relitigation of Disability-Pension Distribution; Courts Must Amend DROs to Conform and Award Arrears from Accrual Case: Tierney v Tierney, 2026 NY Slip Op 03720 (App Div...
People v. Thornton: A CPL 440 Hearing Is Required Where Counsel Allegedly Withheld Known Impeachment Material About the Defense’s Sole Expert 1. Introduction Case: People v Thornton, 2026 NY Slip Op...
Bivens Will Not Extend to Post-Assault “Failure-to-Treat” Claims Intertwined with Prison Security; FTCA Accrual Turns on Inquiry Notice and Tolling Requires Diligence Introduction In Lyasia N....
CFDBPA Confined to Consumer Transactions; Speculative Cybersecurity Risk Cannot Establish Article III Standing; Utility Shutoff Due Process Satisfied by Notice and Meaningful Bill-Dispute Procedures...
Actual Notice + No Self-Help: Civil Contempt for Extending a Non-Preclusive Bankruptcy Dictum to New Property Liens Case: In re: Milton Thomas, No. 24-1861 (3d Cir. June 9, 2026) Court: U.S. Court of...
Jefferson v. Moore: Immunity Does Not Create a Collateral-Order Right to Appeal Non-Dispositive Procedural Denials Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Date: June 8, 2026 Case:...
Standing and Ripeness Limits on Challenges to Unimplemented Statutory Exceptions: Redressability, Severability, and Generalized Stigmatic Harm Case: New Mexico Trappers Association v. Torrez (10th...
U.S.S.G. § 2A2.2 Is the “Most Analogous” Guideline for Oklahoma Child-Abuse-by-Injury (Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 843.5(A)) Sentenced in Federal Indian-Country Prosecutions 1. Introduction In United...
U.S.S.G. § 2A2.2 (Aggravated Assault) Is the “Most Analogous” Guideline for Oklahoma Child Abuse by Injury Under U.S.S.G. § 2X5.1 Case: United States v. Smith (10th Cir. June 9, 2026) (published)...
Homeowners “Business” Exclusion Applies to Third-Party Commercial Activity Conducted from the Insured Location; Excess-Protection Letters Do Not Waive Reserved Coverage Defenses 1. Introduction Case:...