Title IX Covers Emasculatory Same-Sex Hazing and Attempted Sexual Assault in School Athletics Case: C. W. v. Steve Smith (No. 24-12547) Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit...
General FBI–Foreign Cooperation Is Not Enough: Specific Allegations of U.S. Control or Substantial Participation Are Required to Earn a Suppression Hearing Under the “Joint Venture” Doctrine 1....
§ 2255 “Second or Successive” Motions: A Post-Resentencing Amended Judgment Is a New, Intervening Judgment (No Claim-by-Claim Bar) I. Introduction In Antonio U. Akel v. United States (11th Cir. June...
Email-Assented Mediated Settlements Are Enforceable and Admissible Despite Mediation Confidentiality; Mediators May Testify to Settlement Existence Under Georgia Law Introduction Mark D. Weissman and...
Express-Contract Coverage Bars Quantum Meruit and Eliminates Fee Recovery Under Section 38.001 I. Introduction In CHAMPION FOOD SERVICE, INC. AND CHAMPION FOOD SERVICE 2, INC. v. PROALAMO FOODS,...
Materiality Is Required for Omissions Under Texas’s Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act 1. Introduction In LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS D/B/A LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA v....
Article I, Section 33(d) Bars Private Suits to Enforce Texas’s Constitutional Open-Beaches Right (and Courts Must Test “Facial Validity” Before Finding an Immunity Waiver) 1. Introduction This...
Contempt Requires Personal Show-Cause Notice to Each Proposed Contemnor and a Reasonable Time to Defend I. Introduction In Eagle Rise Development, LLC, Troy Scott Wilbur and Alexander Scott Wilbur v....
“Attempted Purchase” Human Trafficking Under Iowa Code § 710A.1(4)(b) (2024) Requires an Actual Victim or Actual Trafficker (Pre-2025 Sting Limitation) I. Introduction Case: State of Iowa v. Kevin...
Texas Constitution Article I, Section 33(d) Bars Private Enforcement of the Public-Beach Right I. Introduction This consolidated Supreme Court of Texas decision (Nos. 24-0237, 24-0407, 24-0457)...
Out-of-Time Appeals in Texas Parental-Termination Cases Based on Ineffective Assistance of Counsel 1. Introduction Case: In the Interest of J.D.H., a Child (Supreme Court of Texas, June 19, 2026)....
No Extra-Textual Materiality for Medicaid-Fraud Omissions Under TEX. HUM. RES. CODE § 36.002(2): “Permits” Means Causation, Not Common-Law Fraud Materiality 1. Introduction This dissenting opinion by...
Out-of-Time Appeals for Ineffective Assistance in Parental-Rights Termination Accelerated Appeals I. Introduction Case: In the Interest of J.D.H., a Child, No. 25-0588 (Tex. June 19, 2026) (per...
Hard-40 Sentences Are “Complete” Without an Express Parole Pronouncement; Erroneous Postrelease Supervision Terms Must Be Corrected Nunc Pro Tunc I. Introduction In State v. Brown (Kan. 2026-06-18),...
Particularized Knowledge of a High-Probability Hazard Is Required to Pierce Co-Employee Immunity Under Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-104(a) Introduction In Dusty Courtney v. Kenneth Meyer, 2026 WY 67 (June...
Florida District Courts Have Jurisdiction to Review Denials of Downward Departure Sentences Case: Eric Desmond Parrish v. State of Florida Court: Supreme Court of Florida Date: June 18, 2026 Author:...
Whitton v. State (Fla. 2026): Due-Diligence “Discoverability” (Not Later Testimony) Triggers the One-Year Window for Successive Newly-Discovered-Evidence Claims in Capital Postconviction Case: Gary...
Independent Reasonable Suspicion Survives: An Officer Need Not End a Traffic Stop When One of Multiple Bases Is Extinguished 1. Introduction In State v. Mathis, Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-2269 (June...
Relocation Denied Where a Child’s Autism-Related Need for Stability and Established Family Bonds Outweighs Economic Upside 1. Introduction Matter of Elya L. v Aaron L. (2026 NY Slip Op 03864) is a...
People v. Guerra: Ineffective Assistance Where a Stipulation Effectively Concedes Mens Rea in CSAM Promotion/Possession Trials Court: New York Court of Appeals (Halligan, J.) Citation: 2026 NY Slip...