Affirmative Sentencing Choices Waive Appellate Challenges, and Counterfeit-Drug Loss May Include Buyers’ Full Payments Case: United States v. Michael Basalyga, consolidated with the appeal of Reina...
Affirmative Waiver Limits Sentencing Appeals; Counterfeit-Drug Loss Can Include Buyers’ Full Payments Case: United States v. Reina Chirinos de Urena, consolidated with Michael Basalyga’s appeal, Nos....
The 2025 Sentencing Guidelines Preserve Fact-Specific Mitigation and Limits on Substantial-Assistance Appeals Case: United States v. Richard Hunt Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth...
Expressly Protected Third-Party Beneficiaries May Enforce Arbitration Without Signing the Agreement Case: UATP Management, LLC; UATP IP, LLC; UA Attractions, LLC; Rachelle Nurse-Goodly; and Joseph...
CFIUS Review Does Not Impliedly Preempt Texas’s Restrictions on Foreign Access to Critical Infrastructure Case: GH America v. Fohn, No. 25-50879 Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth...
Joint Expert Reports Must Identify the Designated Expert’s Own Opinions and Analysis Case: Cain v. State Farm, No. 25-60442 Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Decision:...
Physicians and Physician Assistants Practice in Substantially Similar Fields Under Iowa’s Medical-Expert Qualification Statute Case: Joshua Davenport v. Nathanael K. Fuller Court: Supreme Court of...
Specific Attorney-Discipline Confidentiality Rules Prevail over Iowa’s General Open Records Requirements Case: Robert Teig v. Iowa Judicial Branch, Molly Weber, Robert Gast, Nicholas Critelli, Iowa...
Title VII’s Religious-Employer Exemption Does Not Shield Religiously Motivated Sex Discrimination Commentary on John Doe v. Catholic Relief Services United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth...
Pervasive Trial Misconduct Can Require a New Trial Without a Prior Mistrial Motion Case: Banner v. Wright Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Decision: October 16, 2026...
Securities Class Certification Requires Weighing Market-Inefficiency Evidence Beyond the Cammer/Krogman Factors Case: Bozorgi v. Cassava Sciences Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth...
Systematic Seafood Mislabeling Can Establish Article III Injury Without Exact Substitution Rates Case: McCain v. Mary Mahoney's Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Date:...
Appellate Briefing Waiver and the Limits of Review of Later Filing Restrictions Case: Wakat v. Lamar Advertising Co. and related appeals, Nos. 25-5127, 25-5134, 25-5135, and 25-5137 Court: United...
Unbriefed Dismissal Challenges Are Waived; Later, Separately Entered Filing Restrictions Require Their Own Appeal Case: Wakat v. Okie Smoke.com Dispensary, decided together with three related appeals...
Appellate Briefing Waiver and the Need to Separately Appeal Later Filing Restrictions Case: Wakat v. Plainview Salvage, decided together with three related appeals Court: United States Court of...
Unbriefed Dismissal Challenges Are Waived; Separate Filing Restrictions Require a Proper Appeal Case: Wakat v. Robson and related appeals Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit...
Suspension-Order Violations Do Not Mechanically Require Disbarment: The Proportionality Analysis in People v. Mann Deciding tribunal: Office of the Presiding Disciplinary Judge of the Supreme Court...
Comparative Fault Requires Comparison, Not Merely Proof of Negligence: The Dissent in Darrin Harper v. Lorenzo Reed Court: Supreme Court of Michigan Date: October 16, 2026 Docket: SC 169770...
Delayed Appeals in Iowa Child Welfare Cases Are Available Only After Termination of the Appealing Parent’s Rights Case: In the Interest of E.S., Minor Child Court: Supreme Court of Iowa Decided:...
Alaska Limits Domestic-Partnership Property Division to Partnership-Era Acquisitions and Adopts Separate-Asset Tracing Case: Scott King v. Courtenay Carty Court: Supreme Court of the State of Alaska...