Dodaj v. Blanche (6th Cir. 2026): No Duty for the BIA to Revisit Unappealed Removability, and No Judicial Review of Pure Discretionary Reweighing in Cancellation Introduction In Leke Dodaj v. Todd W....
Federally Qualified Health Centers Are “Organized Exclusively for Hospital Purposes” Under the Charitable Immunity Act and Are Limited to the $250,000 Cap Case: Cassandra Gigi Smith v. Newark...
State-of-Mind Hearsay Limits: Rule 803(3) Cannot Admit the Cause of a Victim’s Distress; Untimely Hearsay Objections Waive Appellate Review Case: State of West Virginia v. Randy C. Cain (Supreme...
Service Evasion Justifies Rule 4(m) Extension; Standing/Limitations Arguments Barred by Forfeiture and Preclusion in Texas Home-Equity Foreclosure Introduction In Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB...
Virginia Respondeat Superior at the Pleading Stage: The Morgan/Parker Presumption Must Be Applied Unless the Complaint Clearly Self-Refutes Case: Ian Auckland v. Gilead Sciences, Inc. (No. 25-1933) |...
Powder-and-Circumstances Suffice for 18 U.S.C. § 1038(a)(1) Hoax “Chemical” Threats Without Explicit Chemical Language; Chain-of-Custody Gaps Do Not Bar Admission Absent Tampering Introduction In...
Limited Remand to Correct Statutory-Maximum Errors Does Not Reopen Restitution or Require a New Resentencing Hearing Under the Mandate Rule Introduction In United States v. John Battle (4th Cir. June...
CFDBPA Limited to Consumer Transactions; Cybersecurity Risk Fear Alone Lacks Article III Standing; Utility Disconnection Process Satisfies Due Process When Meaningful Review Exists Case: Gordon...
Seventh Circuit: § 1325(b)(1)(B) Does Not Bar Paying Chapter 13 Debtors’ Attorneys’ Fees During the Commitment Period, and Administrative Fees Need Not Be Paid via Proof of Claim 1. Introduction In...
Minor Editorial Changes, Verifiable “Anonymous” Submissions, and Non-Retraction Policies Do Not Establish Actual Malice (and Sanctions Require Bad Faith) Introduction Jewel Sanitary Napkins, LLC v....
Res Judicata Bars Federal Vagueness and Related Constitutional Claims After Illinois Zoning Enforcement, Even Where Rooker-Feldman Leaves Room for Some Damages 1. Introduction In Clay Wortham v....
Seventh Circuit: A Rote § 3553(a) Recitation—Even at the Bottom of the Guidelines—Is Procedurally Inadequate Without an Individualized Response to Mitigation 1. Introduction In United States v. Frank...
“Relating To” in § 2252A(b)(2) Is Broad: Indiana Child Molesting (§ 35-42-4-3(b)) Categorically Triggers the Mandatory Minimum I. Introduction United States v. Joshua Schatz (7th Cir. June 9, 2026)...
Unreviewed State Administrative Decisions Do Not Preclude Title VII Claims, But Can Bar § 1983 and State-Law Claims Introduction Vairrun Strickland v. City of Markham (Seventh Circuit, decided June...
Fields v. CIR: Fifth Circuit Tightens § 2036(a) Bona Fide Sale Scrutiny for Deathbed FLP Discounts and Affirms “Too Good to Be True” Negligence Penalty Court: United States Court of Appeals for the...
Claim Preclusion Bars Later Constitutional Challenges to a Municipal Repeat Offender Designation When Both Suits Arise from the Same Post-Disaster Code-Enforcement Transaction 1. Introduction In FBCC...
RICO Trade-Secret Theft Pleading: Modus Operandi Allegations and Other Lawsuits Can Support Open-Ended Continuity Case: EnvTech, Incorporated v. Patrick Andrew DeBusk Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for...
SFIP One-Year Suit Limitation Bars Untimely Coverage and Claims-Handling Disputes (Including State Bad-Faith Theories) Against WYO Carriers Case: Reynolds-Stevens v. Bankers Specialty Insurance...
AdvanceMed Audit Notice as Proof of Willfulness and Post-Charge Misconduct as Grounds for Upward Variance in Medicare Hospice Fraud Case: United States v. Akula (5th Cir. June 8, 2026) Court: United...
Disciplinary Referrals Alone May Not Provide Title VII Notice of Student-on-Teacher Harassment in Alternative Schools Case: Shelly Hudson v. Charleston County School District (4th Cir. June 9, 2026)...