FDA’s “Comparative-Efficacy” PMTA Requirement Is a Substantive Rule Requiring APA Notice-and-Comment (and Cannot Be Imposed via Informal Adjudication) Introduction In Breeze Smoke, L.L.C. v. FDA...
Rule 23(f) Limits and No Pendent Review of FLSA Collective Certification Absent “Inextricably Intertwined” Issues Case: Hamm v. Ochsner-Acadia (5th Cir. Aug. 19, 2026) Court: United States Court of...
Comparative-Efficacy PMTA Denials Require APA Notice-and-Comment: Fifth Circuit Treats FDA’s ENDS Standard as a Substantive Rule Case: Lead by Sales, L.L.C. v. FDA (consolidated) Court: U.S. Court of...
Fifth Circuit: FDA’s Comparative-Efficacy Requirement for ENDS PMTAs Is a Substantive Rule Requiring APA Notice-and-Comment (Cannot Be Imposed via Informal Adjudication) I. Introduction Vapermate,...
Essential-Function and Reasonable-Accommodation Questions Under § 504 Are Generally for the Factfinder; RA Disparate-Impact Requires Comparative Proof Case: Carolyn Gardner v. Kutztown University (3d...
CAFA Local-Controversy “Significant Basis” Requires a Complaint-Focused, Comparative Conduct Analysis; Jurisdictional Remand Characterization Bars § 1291 Review 1. Introduction Parties and posture....
Claims-Made Coverage Barred by Unambiguous Prior-Knowledge Provision When Pre-Policy Events Create a Reasonable Basis to Expect a Claim Case: Meshinsky & Associates LLC v. Continental Casualty Co...
Plain-Language Enforcement of “Prior Knowledge” Provisions Bars Coverage Under Claims-Made Professional Liability Policies 1. Introduction In Meshinsky & Associates LLC v. Continental Casualty Co...
Rooker-Feldman and Eleventh Amendment Dismissals Must Be Without Prejudice Even When Other Claims Fail on the Merits 1. Introduction In Richard Silverberg v. DuPont De Nemours Inc. (Third Circuit,...
Renewal-Notice Clauses Apply Only to Insurer-Elected Nonrenewal, Not Insured’s Failure to Timely Accept a Renewal Offer Introduction In Virgin Grand Estates #60 Villa Association v. Inter-Ocean...
Bio-Lab, Inc. v. Tartt: Equitable Relief Requires a Cognizable Injury and Traditional Equity Prerequisites; Scope of Injunction in Federal Diversity Likely Governed by Federal Equity Court: Supreme...
Transferred Intent Sustains Malice Murder; Trial Concessions and Requested Charges Constitute Affirmative Waiver Simmons v. State Supreme Court of Georgia Decided: August 18, 2026 1. Introduction In...
Rule 11(b)(1)(O) Plain-Error Vacatur: Immigration Advisement Cannot Be Deemed Immaterial for Unlawfully Present Noncitizens Introduction In United States v. Andres Alvarado (11th Cir. Aug. 18, 2026)...
Single-RTO DFAX Studies May Establish “Deliverable into this State” for Noncontiguous Renewable Facilities under R.C. 4928.64(B)(3)(b) I. Introduction Case: In re Application of Moraine Wind, L.L.C.,...
Prison Policy Cannot Override Ohio Public Records Act Duties to Produce Disclosable Portions of an Inmate Master File Case: State ex rel. Harris v. Rasey, Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-3104 (Ohio Aug....
Trust-Account Mismanagement and Negligent Compliance Misrepresentations Warrant a “Six Months and One Day” Suspension with Reinstatement Conditions 1. Introduction This attorney-discipline matter...
Robinson v. State (Del. 2026): Successive Rule 61 “Actual Innocence” Exception Requires Truly New, Non-Impeachment Evidence Likely to Change the Verdict 1. Introduction In Robinson v. State (Del....
Circumstantial Proof of “Concealment” for Delaware CCDW: Jury May Infer Concealment from Video Comparison 1. Introduction In Scott v. State (Del. Aug. 18, 2026), the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed...
Barker v. State: Appellate Non-Reviewability of “General Grounds” New-Trial Claims Absent Discretion Error; Jury-Disbelief Defeats Justification on Sufficiency Review 1. Introduction In Barker v....
Brittain v. State: A Prospective Juror’s Bare Statement “He’s Guilty” Does Not Require Striking the Entire Venire, and a 911 Call Is Admissible Under Rule 403 When It Probatively Explains the Crime...