EMSA Paramedic Immunity: Two Physician Calls Can Satisfy “Maintain Direct Voice Communication” and an Intubation Order Can Cover Multiple Attempts I. Introduction In Jari Almonte v. Township of Union...
Dismissed-with-Prejudice, Joined Charges: Probable-Cause Affidavit Allegations May Be Considered at Sentencing Without Triggering the Pending-Charge Rule 1. Introduction In State v. Pope, 2026 ND...
Nonfinal Post-Divorce Redistribution Orders Are Not Appealable; Remedial Contempt Sanctions May Rest on Reasonable, Non-Precise Proof of Loss 1. Introduction Clooten v. Clooten, 2026 ND 126, arose...
Legislatively Proposed Repeal or Alteration of Voter‑Imposed Term Limits Is Constitutionally Barred and Void Ab Initio Case: Bjerke v. North Dakota Legislative Assembly, 2026 ND 118 Court: Supreme...
State v. Boynton (2026 ND 120): A Guilty Plea to “False Information to Law Enforcement” Requires an On-the-Record Factual Basis for Materiality I. Introduction In State v. Boynton, the North Dakota...
Mandatory-Arbitration Case-Closures Are a SAPA “Rule”: Limits on DOL Enforcement Discretion Require Rulemaking 1. Introduction Matter of Gui Zhu Chen v. Reardon (2026 NY Slip Op 04014) is a Third...
Remittal Required When the Trial Court Fails to Decide a CPL 30.30 Motion Challenging the Validity of a Certificate of Compliance 1. Introduction In People v Presley (2026 NY Slip Op 04012 [3d Dept...
Discovery Sanctions After a So-Ordered Stipulation: Willfulness May Be Found, But Dismissal Must Still Be Proportionate 1. Introduction Connors v ASM Global Parent, Inc. (2026 NY Slip Op 04016 [3d...
“Proceedings” in Penal Code § 2900.5(b) Means a Single Criminal Case: No Automatic Cross-Case Pooling of Presentence Custody Credits People v. Cofer (Cal. June 25, 2026) — Supreme Court of California...
Municipal PFAS Claims May Seek Alternative Clean Water and Stigma Damages Despite DEC Remediation—No CPLR 3211 Dismissal on Double Recovery, Speculation, or Primary Jurisdiction 1. Introduction In...
Matter of Chu: Serious-Crime Status Requires a Statutory “Necessary Element” or Plea-Record Facts; Foreign Discipline Still Supports New York Disbarment 1. Introduction Matter of Chu (2026 NY Slip Op...
FOIL After § 50-a Repeal: No Blanket Privacy Redactions for Unsubstantiated Officer-Complaint Names; Remedy Is Individualized Review on a Definite Timeline 1. Introduction Matter of New York Civ....
Zeledon v. Zeledon: Unserved Pro Se Letters Do Not Toll CPLR 5015(a)(1) and Lengthy Delay Defeats Vacatur Even in Matrimonial Defaults 1. Introduction Case: Zeledon v Zeledon, 2026 NY Slip Op 04022...
Competitive-Bidding Disputes Are Reviewable After Project Completion Under the Public-Interest Mootness Exception; Trade Associations Have Standing to Pre-Enforce Challenge Municipal Ordinances...
PUCO Discretion to Raise Residential Fixed Charges and End Non‑Low‑Income DSM Under SFV (with Strict Rehearing Issue Preservation) I. Introduction Case: In re Application of Columbia Gas of Ohio,...
CEQA Class 1 “Negligible Expansion of Use” Measures Change in Use, Not Environmental Risk I. Introduction Sunflower Alliance v. Dept. of Conservation (Cal. June 25, 2026) addresses how courts and...
Assigned Counsel in Family Ct Act Article 6 Visitation: No Denial Absent Knowing Waiver or Egregious Forfeiture 1. Introduction Matter of Carlene R. v Heather A. (2026 NY Slip Op 04015 [3d Dept June...
Judicial Estoppel Does Not Bar WSI’s Statutory Subrogation Under N.D.C.C. § 65-01-09 Case: Moos v. WSI, 2026 ND 119 (N.D. June 25, 2026) 1. Introduction In Moos v. WSI, the North Dakota Supreme Court...
Santacruz v. 58 Gerry St. LLC — Conflicting Accident Accounts Defeat Labor Law § 240(1) Summary Judgment and Anti-Subrogation Limits Additional-Insured Indemnity (with a Potential Excess-Coverage...
R.C. 4928.148 OVEC Rider Audits: No Presumption of Prudence Shifting the Initial Proof Burden; PUCO Must Make a Prudence Determination Even When Utilities Lack Unilateral Control Introduction In In...