Stipulated Return of a Seized DWI Vehicle Moots Post‑Seizure Hearing Attacks; Suffolk County’s Chapter 420 Forfeiture Survives Preemption and Excessive-Fine Challenges Case: Cohen v. A 2019 Nissan,...
Skid-Steer Step Slip Falls: No Labor Law § 240(1) Elevation Hazard and No 12 NYCRR 23-1.7(d) “Working Surface”; 12 NYCRR 23-1.30 Lighting Claim May Proceed 1. Introduction Digangi v New York City...
Cooperative Auction Purchaser Must Submit a Complete Board Application Within the Contractual Deadline; Prevailing Co-op Recovers Counsel Fees Under Bidder-Suit Clause 1. Introduction Druzhinsky v...
Discovery Limits When Respondeat Superior Is Admitted: Personnel Files, Training/Retention Policies, Overbroad “All Documents” Demands, and Extra Corporate Depositions Case: Lewis v New York City Tr....
Matter of Douglass: One-Year Suspension for Unsupervised Nonlawyer “Agent” Communications, Tribunal Incivility, and Violation of a Federal Protective Order 1. Introduction Matter of Douglass (2026 NY...
CPL 30.30(2)(a) “Custody-Only” Speedy-Trial Clock: Time Counts Only While Defendant Is Actually Incarcerated, and Does Not Reset I. Introduction People ex rel. Liles v Richards (2026 NY Slip Op 05191...
People v. Merino: CPL 420.45 Voids Real-Property Instruments Beyond Forgery When a False-Instrument Conviction Triggers a Rebuttable Presumption Appellate Division, Second Department (Quirk, J.) —...
Administrative-Process Abuse of Process and Heightened Pleading Limits for Defamation, Tortious Interference, and Common-Law Indemnification Counterclaims 1. Introduction In Vaynman v 3 Kings Point...
Velasquez v. Kelly: No CPLR 3126 Striking Sanction Where the Sought Surveillance Footage Is Proven Not to Exist; Non-Aggrieved Third-Party Defendant Lacks Appellate Standing 1. Introduction Case:...
Idaho Code § 7-711(2) Business Damages: “Owned” Means Fee Title Ownership (Beneficial Ownership Insufficient) Case: IDAHO TRANSPORTATION BOARD v. TRIPLE CROWN DEVELOPMENT, LLC (Idaho Supreme Court,...
Rule 35(a) Authorizes Correction of Ambiguous Sentencing Credit, but Any Substantive Clarification Requires Defendant’s Presence Under Rule 43 I. Introduction In State v. Mooney (Idaho Supreme Court,...
Public-Employer Discretion After CORA Rehabilitation Documentation; ALJ Recommendation Not Final When Timely Rejected/Modified 1. Introduction Case: Jeremy McNitt, Respondent/Cross-Appellant v....
Qualified Immunity Applies Absent Clearly Established Eighth Amendment Protection from a Non-Prison Co-Worker’s Recklessness I. Introduction Case: Joshua M. Hubbert v. Kenny Brinley (11th Cir. Sept....
Tenth Circuit COA Gatekeeping: New Habeas Theories Disregarded, Oklahoma Rule 5.2(A) Defaults Enforced, and Posttrial Recantations Rarely Open the Schlup Gateway 1. Introduction In Collins v....
Striking a Defendant’s Entire Closing Argument Is a Prejudicial Abuse of Discretion (Even If Parts Were Improper) I. Introduction In United States v. Cristian Arevalo Arias (consolidated appeals...
NRCP 65(b)(2)’s 14-Day Limit Applies to TROs Issued With Notice: Indefinite TROs Automatically Expire Absent Proper Extension or Consent 1. Introduction Havens v. Dist. Ct. (CarWil, LLC) (Civil), 142...
Objective-Reasonableness Standard Governs Civil Detainee Diet Claims; Qualified Immunity Applies Where Kosher Request Appears Insincere and Officials Lack Personal Involvement Introduction In Logan...
Striking the Entire Defense Closing Argument Is a Prejudicial Abuse of Discretion Even When Parts Are Improper I. Introduction In United States v. Cristian Ariel Arevalo Arias, United States v....
Constructive “Application for Admission” After Unlawful Entry Validates Expedited Removal as a § 1326 Predicate (Fifth Circuit) 1. Introduction In United States v. Escobedo-Gomez (5th Cir. Sept. 3,...
FLSA Salary-Basis Rule: Comp-Time and Hypothetical Docking Do Not Defeat Exempt Status Absent an Actual Pay-Reduction Practice Moreau v. Harris County (5th Cir. Sept. 3, 2026) — No. 25-20045 1....