PFAS Disclaimers Cannot Defeat Federal-Officer Removal When the Gravamen Is Riverwide Contamination and a Contractor Plausibly Links AFFF to the Harm Case: The Town of Pine Hill, Alabama v. 3M...
Second Circuit: NFA Registration and (Former) $200 Tax Do Not “Meaningfully Constrain” Second Amendment Rights Under Bruen Step One United States v. DeFelice (2d Cir. Sept. 2, 2026) I. Introduction...
United States v. Yasinov: When Omitted § 111(b) Elements in a General Verdict Form Do Not Require Reversal, and When Multiple § 111(b) Counts Are Not Multiplicitous 1. Introduction In United States...
Verified Complaints and “Extreme” Verbal Harassment: Evidence, Local-Rule Compliance, and the Eighth Amendment at Summary Judgment 1. Introduction In James Kruger v. Tristan Retzlaff (7th Cir. Sept....
Bankruptcy Dispositive Orders Must Disclose the Applicable Standard and Reasoning: Vacatur Where Conversion and Grounds Are Unclear 1. Introduction In Instituto Medico del Norte, Inc. v. Greengift...
Hallucinations Alone Do Not Trigger a Sua Sponte Competency Hearing; Employment Conditions with Built-In Alternatives Survive Plain-Error Review 1. Introduction In United States v. Matthew Frazier...
Hybrid Weekly Salary + Day-Rate Plans Fall Under 29 C.F.R. § 541.602(a), and Equitable Tolling After FLSA Decertification Is Not Automatic 1. Introduction In Boudreaux v. Schlumberger TechCourt (5th...
Second Circuit Rejects NLRB’s Tesla, Inc. Presumption and “Narrow Tailoring” for Dress Codes; Requires a Balanced Republic Aviation Analysis Case: Siren Retail Corp. v. NLRB (2d Cir. Sept. 2, 2026) |...
Procedural Reasonableness: No Error When a District Court Omits Explicit Discussion of a Psychological Evaluation Yet Acknowledges and Applies § 3553(a) Case: United States v. Edward Cordovez (11th...
Suicide Is Not “Willfully Caused” Relevant Conduct for § 2B3.2 Firearm-Discharge and Bodily-Injury Enhancements in Extortion Sentencing I. Introduction In United States v. Glenn Daeward Boyd (6th...
Indivisible-Conduct Disclaimers Cannot Defeat Federal-Officer Removal for PBMs in Opioid Public-Nuisance Litigation 1. Introduction In County of Westchester v. Express Scripts (2d Cir. Sept. 2,...
Public-Policy Rejection of an Offer-in-Compromise May Stand Despite Collectability Disputes When Undisputed Noncompliance Would Undermine Voluntary Compliance I. Introduction Case: Andrew Filipowski...
Stipulating to SORNA Tier III Invites Error Reviewable Only for Manifest Injustice; Forced-Medication Conditions Are Unripe Absent an Actual Prescription 1. Introduction United States v. Dominguez...
Post-Decision Supreme Court Authority Cannot “Clearly Establish” Prior Conduct for Qualified Immunity (and Conclusory Monell Pleading Fails Under Twombly) Case: Smith v. Locker, No. 25-50862 (5th...
Comparator-or-None: No Prima Facie § 1981 / § 2000a Discrimination Inference Under McDonnell Douglas Without a Similarly Situated Comparator 1. Introduction Case: Futrell-Smith v. Brinker...
Guideline-Driven Statutory-Maximum Revocation Sentences Upheld When Grounded in Deterrence and Public Protection Case: United States v. Christopher Lewis (11th Cir. Sept. 2, 2026) (per curiam)...
Qualified Immunity for Late-Arriving Bystander Officers During a Short Canine Bite: No Clearly Established Duty to Intervene Absent an Analogous Precedent Case: Thomas v. Bruss (5th Cir. Sept. 2,...
Younger Abstention and Judicial Immunity Bar Federal Collateral Attacks Seeking State-Judge Recusal, Case Transfers, and Reversal of Ongoing State Proceedings 1. Introduction Case: Aymara Sorhegui v....
Enforcing Narrow Plea-Agreement Appellate Waivers: Only Suppression Arguments Actually Raised in Carve-Out Filings Survive 1. Introduction United States v. Derrick Polk (3d Cir. Sept. 2, 2026) arises...
Sixth Circuit: A § 1326(a) “Found-In” Offense Commences at First Unlawful Physical Presence (Continuing-Offense Rule for U.S.S.G. § 4A1.2(e)(2)) I. Introduction In United States v. Prisiliano...