People v. Crews: Holistic “Bay Factors” Due-Diligence Review Sustains Discovery Compliance and CPL 30.30 Readiness Despite Belated BWC Disclosure 1. Introduction In People v Crews (2026 NY Slip Op...
Ambiguous Additional-Insured Contract Scope Bars Summary Judgment and Requires Discovery Rulings Before Determining the Duty to Defend 1. Introduction In County of Erie v Selective Ins. Co. of Am.,...
Post‑Crime Psychiatric Diagnosis Is Relevant to Penal Law § 40.15 and Cannot Be Precluded as “Speculative” When Grounded in Pre‑Incident Records 1. Introduction In People v Williams, 2026 NY Slip Op...
R.C. 5717.03(G) Limits the BTA’s Sua Sponte Issue-Spotting and Confirms “Direction or Control” Survives Third-Party Parking Management Under R.C. 5709.121(A)(2) Case: RiverSouth Auth. v. Harris, Slip...
Post-Judgment “Clarifying” Orders and Finality: No Loss of Appellate Jurisdiction Absent an Express, Specific Written Modification 1) Introduction This Texas Supreme Court matter arises from a...
Conclusory Tolling Allegations Cannot Defeat Rule 91a Limitations Dismissal on the Pleadings Case: AMBER CARDEN AND WILLIAM DUNCAN MCGEE v. MINTON, BASSETT, FLORES & CARSEY, P.C.; AND JOHN C. CARSEY,...
Texas “Red Flag” Reliance Rule: A Sophisticated Party’s Suspicion Triggers a Duty to Investigate (At Least by Asking) 1. Introduction In Maya Walnut LLC f/k/a Maya Foods, Inc. v. Bryan Ly, Walnut...
Peeler Is Not a Categorical Shield: Unexonerated Defendants and Third-Party Payors May Pursue Independent Fee-and-Accounting Claims I. Introduction In Amber Carden and William Duncan McGee v. Minton,...
Injunctions Are Remedies, Not Claims: Limitations Bars Nuisance-Abatement Injunctions When the Underlying Cause of Action Is Time-Barred (and Express Finality Must Be Expressly Undone) I....
Texas Medical-Liability Limitations: For Relationship-Based Counseling, § 74.251(a) Runs from the End of the Counselor–Patient Relationship Introduction In Soren Aldaco v. Barbara Rose Wood and Three...
People v. Shaw: People v Gonzalez Governs Third-Party Consent Voluntariness After a Payton Arrest; People v Borges Attenuation Can Purge the Taint 1. Introduction In People v Shaw (2026 NY Slip Op...
Noncommittal Lease-Negotiation Assurances Are Immaterial as a Matter of Law to “Bet-the-Farm” Reliance Introduction MAYA WALNUT LLC f/k/a MAYA FOODS, INC. v. BRYAN LY, WALNUT CREEK CENTER, INC., LENG...
Exclusive § 971.14 Commitments Cannot Use § 51.61(1)(g)3 to Support Court-Ordered Dangerousness Medication Case: State v. N.K.B., 2026 WI 22 (Wis. June 26, 2026) (Dallet, J.) Court: Supreme Court of...
New Wisconsin Rule: A § 971.14-Only Competency Commitment Cannot Support a Court-Ordered Involuntary Medication Order Based on “Dangerousness” Under § 51.61(1)(g)3. Case: State v. N.K.B., 2026 WI 22...
COA Denial in § 2254: Oklahoma Rule 4.2(B) Waiver Bars Unpreserved Plea Claims, and AEDPA “Double Deference” Forecloses Debatable Ineffectiveness/Competency and McGirt Relief 1) Introduction Case:...
STC Codes in Bills of Lading Can Evidence a Carmack Liability Limitation When Confirmed by Course of Dealing and Published Rates 1. Introduction In Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's v. CSX...
Immediate-Donation Panhandling Bans Are Content-Based; Standing Must Be Proven Provision-by-Provision; Injunctions Must Be Party-Specific After Trump v. CASA, Inc. 1. Introduction In Dennis Scott v....
Bell-Only Review for Prison Strip Searches: Turner Inapplicable and Qualified Immunity Applies Absent Clearly Established Law I. Introduction Marcus Ingram v. Israel Hamilton (4th Cir. June 24, 2026)...
APA Limitations Accrual for Pre-Enforcement Facial Challenges: Injury Occurs at Rule Promulgation, Not Later Enforcement Signals I. Introduction In Henry McMaster v. United States Department of Labor...
Plausibility Is Defeated When the Complaint Supplies a Non-Discriminatory Termination Rationale; § 1981 Requires But-For Causation at the Pleading Stage 1. Introduction In Munther Qader v. Federal...