Fourth Circuit: MCS-90 Endorsement Obligates Payment Only for Judgments Against the Named Motor-Carrier Insured Case: The Cincinnati Insurance Company v. Levi Owens Court: United States Court of...
Mootness of Interlocutory Appeals After Preliminary Injunction Expiration, and the Tenth Circuit’s Usual Refusal to Vacate Case: Edwards Lifesciences LLC & Edwards Lifesciences Corporation v. Michael...
Producer-Controlled Hiring Defeats Union Liability and “Average Age” Comparisons: ADEA Causation and Hiring-Hall Limits Under Producer’s Choice Introduction In Timothy McLaughlin v. International...
Forfeiture on Petition for Review and the Prejudice Requirement for Administrative-Closure Due Process Claims Case: Deylin Ortega Villalba v. Todd Blanche (6th Cir. Aug. 10, 2026) | Posture: Petition...
Haysbert v. Outback: No Third-Party Standing to Appeal Counsel’s Pro Hac Vice Revocation; Anderson Governs Added Rule 37 Sanctions Beyond Automatic Exclusion Court: United States Court of Appeals for...
Second Amendment Does Not Extend to Unlicensed Export of Firearms Abroad; AECA’s U.S. Munitions List Delegation Sustained 1. Introduction In United States v. Derby Clerfe (3d Cir. Aug. 10, 2026), the...
Standing to Enjoin Allegedly Racist Policing Requires (1) a Plausible Policy/Pattern and (2) a Real, Immediate Personal Threat—Advocacy Resource-Diversion Is Not Organizational Injury Case: NAACP...
Rule 32 Notice Challenges to Sentencing “Extra-Record Facts” Require a Contemporaneous Objection; Record-Based Inferences Defeat Plain-Error Review Introduction In United States v. Trujillo (10th...
ERISA § 1024(b)(4) Requires Disclosure of Administrative Services Agreements That Govern Plan Operations Case: Richard Kelly v. Altria Client Services, LLC (consolidated Nos. 25-1350 & 25-2080) |...
ERISA § 1024(b)(4) Requires Disclosure of Administrative Services Agreements as Instruments “Under Which” a Plan Is Operated Case: Richard Kelly v. Altria Client Services, LLC Court: United States...
Accumulated Record Evidence—Not a Formal Diagnosis—Can Support Mental-Health Supervised-Release Conditions Under Plain-Error Review Introduction In United States v. Wilkerson (5th Cir. Aug. 10, 2026)...
Knight v. Methanex USA: Conclusory Safety-Violation Pleadings Do Not Trigger LWCA Intentional-Act Exception; Written Statutory-Employer Clauses Presumptively Bar Negligence Claims for Integral...
Recklessness for Felony Evasion Under Miss. Code § 97-9-72(2): Dangerous Flight—Not Speed Alone—Supports Conviction 1. Introduction In Elizabeth Ann Bozard a/k/a Elizabeth A. Jones a/k/a Elizabeth...
Minutes-Rule Bar to Equitable Pay Claims for Unapproved School-District Coaching Stipends (and Interlocutory Review Under MRAP 5) Introduction In Coahoma County School District Board of Education,...
Patient Suspicion Starts MTCA Discovery-Rule Clock Without Second Opinion 1. Introduction In University of Mississippi Medical Center v. Corlexia Carter (Miss. Aug. 6, 2026), the Supreme Court of...
Cellebrite Cell-Phone Extractions as Non-Expert “Operator” Evidence: No Rule 702 Reliability Finding Required Joseph David Heard v. State of Mississippi (Miss. Aug. 6, 2026) — Capital murder...
Adverse-Possession Claimants Have Standing to Challenge Tax Sales; § 29-1-21 Is Not a Standing Bar Case: Jermille Johnson v. Elizabeth Cleveland, et al. Court: Supreme Court of Mississippi Date:...
State v. Bekkum: Post-Conviction Charging Challenges Apply the Motta/Wells Presumption—No “Fair Notice” Dismissal Absent Prejudice or Failure to Allege a Crime I. Introduction State v. Bekkum (Haw....
HRS § 91-7 Authorizes Facial Declaratory Challenges to Tax Rules; HRS § 91-7(a) Is Venue (Not Jurisdiction), Overruling Hawaii Home Infusion Associates v. Befitel I. Introduction In Booking.com B.V....
Schuemann v. Timperley (321 Neb. 955): Expert Proof of Proximate Cause Remains Essential in Informed-Consent Malpractice—Even When Breach Is Factually Disputed I. Introduction Case: Schuemann v....