People v Persaud: Discretionary Reduction of Statutory-Maximum PRS Despite a Plea Bargain; Invalid Appeal Waiver When Court Demands Waiver Without Stated Reason Introduction In People v Persaud (2026...
Foreclosure Against Heirs Is Not a Jurisdictional Nullity, but Unexplained Prosecution Delay Can Equitably Toll Mortgage Interest 1. Introduction Case: Citizens Bank, N.A. v. Abrams, 2026 NY Slip Op...
No-Fault “Basic Economic Loss” Bars Inter-Covered-Person Recovery of the First $50,000 in Lost Earnings and Requires Post-Verdict Reduction Under CPLR 4404(a) Case: Kleiber v Fichtel, 2026 NY Slip Op...
Implied Covenant Limits in “Right to Bid” Clauses and Strict Statute-of-Frauds Treatment of Ancillary Oral Leasing Promises I. Introduction In Dimas Tower, Inc. v North Shore Towers Apts. Inc. (2026...
Discrete, Untimely Employment Acts Are Not Revived by the Continuing Violation Doctrine Under the Pre-Amendment One-Year SDHR Limitations Period 1. Introduction Sekul v New York State Div. of Human...
Fraud-Duplicative Pleading Bar, Sponsor-Board Fiduciary Exposure, and Revived Fraudulent-Conveyance Claims for Condo Boards Case: Board of Mgrs. of the 51 Jay St. Condominium v 201 Water St., LLC,...
So-Ordered Appellate Stipulations Moot Waived Divorce-Finance Issues, While Trust Transfers and Commingling Transmute Separate Property Into Marital Property 1. Introduction Borzilleri v Borzilleri...
No Summary Judgment on Defense-Cost Indemnity Where Causation Is Unknown (Even After Owner/GC Win Dismissal) 1. Introduction Talasazan v 4Matic Constr. Corp. (2026 NY Slip Op 02864 [249 AD3d 786] [2d...
FTCA Time Bar Is Nonjurisdictional: Courts May Reach Merits; SF95 Must Fairly Present a Discrimination Theory Introduction In Estate of Katherine Monica Vickers v. United States (4th Cir. May 4,...
Bruen Step Two Sustains 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(A): Allegiance-Based Historical Analogues and the “Why/How” Inquiry for Firearm Disabilities on Unlawfully Present Aliens 1. Introduction United States...
Adhering to Khan: No Appellate Jurisdiction to Review Untimely Asylum Determinations Absent a Developed “Question of Law” Theory Case: Sanaullah Mohammed v. Todd W. Blanche, No. 25-1901 Court: U.S....
Eleventh Circuit Reaffirms: (1) the 10% Absolute-Disparity Benchmark Governs Fair-Cross-Section/JSSA Challenges, (2) Limited Strike Statistics May Not Create a Batson Inference, and (3) Rozier/Dubois...
Wire Fraud Has No Economic-Loss Requirement After Kousisis: Discount-Diversion Misrepresentations Are Actionable Introduction In United States v. Byramji Moneck Javat (11th Cir. May 5, 2026)...
Hess v. Oakland County: No Preliminary Injunction to Block a Threatened State Prosecution for Past Speech Absent Concrete Future Chill or Inadequate State Remedies I. Introduction In Andrew Hess v....
Peavy v. State: Clarifying Edge Non-Sequential Jury Practice, Rule 702 Relevance-First Exclusion, and the Narrow Scope of Repugnant Verdicts 1. Introduction In Peavy v. State (Supreme Court of...
Dickey v. State (Ga. 2026): No Remand for Sparse Suppression Orders; Juvenile Miranda Waiver Valid Despite Parent Absence and Brief Bathroom Delay Introduction In Dickey v. State (decided May 5,...
Municipal Sidewalk-Defect Liability Turns on Notice and Negligent Maintenance—not an “Affirmative Act” Requirement 1. Introduction Johnson v. City of Vidalia reached the Supreme Court of Georgia on a...
United States v. Price — No Sua Sponte Rule 32.1 Balancing Required Absent a Confrontation/Hearsay Objection at Supervised-Release Revocation 1. Introduction In United States v. Price (10th Cir. May...
Interlocutory Appeals Under C.A.R. 4.1 Do Not Reach Statutory “Exclusion” Orders Under Colorado’s Body-Worn Camera Law I. Introduction In People v. Schneider, 2026 CO 27, the Colorado Supreme Court...
Concurrent-Sentence Merger Fixes the Start Date for Cross-Case Credit; Stipulated Street-Time Credit Is Waived on Appeal Case: State v. K. Schmiedeke, 2026 MT 96 (Mont. May 5, 2026) Court: Supreme...