Record-Based Notice Requirement for New Disciplinary Charges at the Screening Panel Stage (Reversal of Rule 1.1 Absent Proof of Timely Notice) Case: OPC v. Cox, 2026 UT 17 (Utah Supreme Court) Date:...
Workers’ Compensation IME Obstruction: Suspension Is the Exclusive Statutory Sanction (Dismissal Unavailable) 1. Introduction In Hooker v. Labor Commission, 2026 UT 16, the Utah Supreme Court...
“Majority Vote” in CNMI Attorney-Discipline Elections Means Majority of Votes Cast (Not Majority of All Active Members) I. Introduction In re Myers, 2026 MP 6 (NMI Sup. Ct. July 15, 2026), resolves a...
White v. Bowling: Expert Causation Proof Required for Jail-Delay Death Claims Amid Intervening Hospital Care; Systemic Monell Liability Still Requires a Constitutional Violation Court: United States...
18 U.S.C. § 4042(d) Exempts Only Military or Naval Prisons: BOP Discipline Authority in Federal Institutions Affirmed 1. Introduction Davis v. Baysore (10th Cir. July 16, 2026) addresses a recurring...
Certification on Whether Hotel Beach-Area Contractors Owe Puerto Rico’s Heightened Innkeeper Duty Case: Wilson v. Iguana Sport Services, Corp. (1st Cir. July 15, 2026) Court: United States Court of...
Ambiguous Sentencing Rationale Requires Remand for Clarification When “Association with Convicted Felons” Obstructs Appellate Review 1. Introduction United States v. Figueroa-Roman is a First Circuit...
Constructive Tying by Exorbitant Standalone Pricing Is Actionable Under Sherman Act § 2; Automatic Stay Does Not Freeze Debtor-Plaintiff Claims 1. Introduction Cumulus Media New Holdings Inc. v. The...
Abercrombie Abrogates the Second Circuit’s Prior Prima Facie Test for Title VII Religious-Accommodation Claims: “Actually Required Accommodation” + “Motivating-Factor Avoidance” 1. Introduction...
Contractual Fee-Shifting Remains Enforceable for Distinct Nonwage Employment Claims Despite 21 V.S.A. § 347 Elizabeth Rossetti v. Bare, Ltd. and Jamie Spano, 2026 VT 28 (Vt. July 17, 2026) I....
State v. Chamberlin: Circumstantial Proof of Penetration and Contextual Admission of Subsequent Out-of-State Abuse 1. Introduction In State v. Richard J. Chamberlin (2026 VT 29), the Vermont Supreme...
Wakefield v. Wakefield (2026 VT 34): Text-First Enforcement of Premarital Separate-Property Clauses and No Constructive Abandonment by Contemporaneous Estate Planning 1. Introduction Scott Wakefield...
2026 VT 31 (Justin Tiedemann v. Bernard Wheeler & Catherine Wheeler): Low Noneconomic Damages Upheld Absent Clear Proof of Compromise; Premises-Liability Instructions Need Not Track Restatement § 343...
Mutual-Wills Contracts Bind the Surviving Spouse’s Nonprobate Survivorship Property and Bar Bad-Faith Lifetime Diversions Case: Susan Inouye v. Estate of Patricia McHugo (Gregory McHugo and Nancy...
Probation Conditions Are Not a Substitute for Extending a Relief-from-Abuse Order 1. Introduction In Jennifer Townsend v. Cody Townsend (2026 VT 32), the Vermont Supreme Court reviewed a Windsor...
Certification on Economic-Loss Bar and Athlete “Eligibility Injury” from Nonconsensual Ingestion of a Banned Substance Case: Asinga v. Gatorade Co. (2d Cir. July 17, 2026) Court: United States Court...
United States v. DeJesus: PSR Page-Reference Incorporation Satisfies Oral Pronouncement of Supervised-Release Conditions; Mental-Health Condition Upheld Where Need Is Self-Evident 1. Introduction In...
Continuances Based on Speculative Compassionate Release and Limits on Appellate Judicial Notice in Termination Proceedings (Interest of A.L. and D.L.) 1. Introduction In Interest of A.L. and D.L.,...
Florida Probate “Small Estate” Expansion and New Adversary Classification for Enforcing Personal Representative Authority (2026) 1. Introduction In In Re: Amendments to Florida Probate Rules - 2026...
Deference to Postconviction Credibility Findings Defeats Coercion-Based Brady/Giglio Claims; Polygraph Reports Remain Inadmissible Case: Jermaine Foster v. State of Florida (Supreme Court of Florida,...