Default Admissions in Georgia Lawyer Discipline: Disbarment for Multi-Client Neglect, Misrepresentation, and Noncooperation 1. Introduction In the Matter of Kerry Eston Hand (Supreme Court of...
Approved Ethics Rule: Third-Party Vendors May Pursue Nonparty Document Production Only Under Lawyer Supervision and Independent Professional Judgment 1. Introduction In In Re: Formal Advisory Opinion...
Recreational Property Act Immunity Depends on the Landowner’s General Invitation, Not the Plaintiff’s Moment-of-Injury Activity I. Introduction McLamb v. Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah...
Goodell v. Moulton: Pavesich Balancing (Not Strict Scrutiny) Governs Georgia Constitutional Medical-Privacy Objections to Civil Discovery Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date: August 11, 2026 |...
Civil Jury Selection in Georgia: A Party’s Right to a 24-Person Panel of “Competent and Impartial” Jurors Is Violated (and Presumptively Harmed) When an Insurance-Defense Attorney for the Defendant’s...
Civil Appeals in Georgia: A Pro Se Notice of Appeal Filed While Counsel Remains of Record Is a Nullity and Cannot Confer Appellate Jurisdiction 1. Introduction Muhammad et al. v. Clayton County et...
Standing in FLSA Wage Cases: Courts Must Assume Legal Validity and Avoid Merits Rulings on Rule 12(b)(1) 1. Introduction In Mighell v. HPG Pizza I (10th Cir. Aug. 11, 2026), plaintiff Steve Mighell,...
Rule 28 Noncompliance in Pro Se Bankruptcy Appeals: Frivolous, Incoherent Briefing Warrants Affirmance Introduction Rusk v. Beutler (10th Cir. Aug. 11, 2026) arises from a Chapter 13 bankruptcy in...
Failure to Warn of Medication Side Effects During a Competency Evaluation Does Not Plead Fourteenth Amendment Deliberate Indifference (and Mislabeling “Frivolous” Dismissals Matters for Review and...
“Facilitation” Is Not an Exclusionary Agreement: Continuing-Conspiracy Tolling Requires a Plausible Conspiracy in the Challenged Rules Themselves Case: Homie Technology, Inc. v. National Association...
Forfeiture of Rule 33 Untimeliness Makes FRAP 4(b)(3) Tolling Effective (and Preserves District-Court Jurisdiction) United States v. Castro, Nos. 24-11000 & 26-10428 (5th Cir. Aug. 11, 2026) (per...
EPCA Direct Final Rules Are “Prescribed” Only Upon DOE Adherence After Comments—and Must Be Withdrawn When Adverse Comments Provide a Reasonable Basis I. Introduction In State of Mississippi v. DOE...
Appellate Waiver and “Uncontroverted Facts” in Pro Se Summary Judgment: Procedural Defaults Control Title VII/ADA Retaliation Outcomes Case: Mitchell-Pennington v. Installtec, Inc. (No. 25-3141) |...
Forfeiture of Rule 33 Timeliness Treats Notice of Appeal as Ineffective Under FRAP 4(b)(3) (and Limits Review of Post‑Judgment Orders Without a New Notice) Case: United States v. Castro (5th Cir....
Plain-Error Reversal of § 922(g)(1) As Applied After Intervening Precedent, and “Unbundling” Grouped Counts for Resentencing Case: United States v. Elliott (5th Cir. Aug. 11, 2026) (per curiam,...
QPA Must Reflect Negotiated Market Rates: Excluding Ghost Rates and Including Incentives Under the No Surprises Act Introduction Texas Medical Association v. HHS is an en banc Fifth Circuit decision...
Appellate Abandonment in FTCA Cases: Unchallenged Discretionary-Function and Alternative Dismissal Grounds Require Affirmance Case: Timothy Taylor v. United States (4th Cir. Aug. 11, 2026)...
App.R. 26(B) Reopening Requires a “Genuine Issue” of Ineffective Appellate Counsel; Court Will Not Revisit Aggregate-Consecutive-Sentence Proportionality After Polizzi 1. Introduction In 08/11/2026...
No Fourth Amendment “Seizure” from Force Used in Voluntary Law-Enforcement Training Exercises Absent Intent to Restrain Introduction In Danielle Arthur v. Douglas Krause (Sixth Cir. Aug. 11, 2026),...
Ortiz y Pino v. Oliver: Enforcement Assurances Cannot Narrow Campaign-Fund Spending Bans to Avoid First Amendment Scrutiny I. Introduction Case: Ortiz y Pino v. Oliver, No. 25-2016 (10th Cir. Aug....