juvenile-sentencing-guidelines:-iowa-supreme-court Case Commentaries

Accrual of Personal-Injury Claims for Defective Pelvic Mesh: Convergence of Manifest-Injury and Discovery Rules

Date: May 2, 2025

Accrual of Personal-Injury Claims for Defective Pelvic Mesh: Convergence of Manifest-Injury and Discovery Rules Introduction This case arises from Rowena and Robert Crowe’s lawsuit against Johnson &...

Ensuring the Right to Appeal: Resentencing When Counsel Fails to File a Requested Appeal

Date: May 2, 2025

Ensuring the Right to Appeal: Resentencing When Counsel Fails to File a Requested Appeal Introduction State of West Virginia v. Aron Freeland arose from Monongalia County Circuit Court proceedings in...

Limits on Pension Correction under WV Code §5-10-44: Exclusion of DNR Subsistence Allowance for Active Officers

Date: May 2, 2025

Limits on Pension Correction under WV Code §5-10-44: Exclusion of DNR Subsistence Allowance for Active Officers Introduction Robert Clark and a group of current and retired Natural Resources Police...

Regulation of Camera Lighting in Public Meetings Does Not Impede First Amendment Rights

Date: May 2, 2025

Regulation of Camera Lighting in Public Meetings Does Not Impede First Amendment Rights Introduction Kamryn Randle v. Ladel Lewis, decided by the Sixth Circuit on May 1, 2025 (No. 24-1888), addressed...

Clarifying Anders Review Standards and Restitution Obligations in CSAM Plea Agreements

Date: May 2, 2025

Clarifying Anders Review Standards and Restitution Obligations in CSAM Plea Agreements Introduction United States v. Luke Shager (3d Cir. May 1, 2025) is an appeal from a 262-month sentence and...

Reinforcing Rule 9(b) Particularity in False Claims Act Qui Tam Suits

Date: May 2, 2025

Reinforcing Rule 9(b) Particularity in False Claims Act Qui Tam Suits Introduction The Third Circuit’s decision in John Collado v. Bracco USA, Inc., No. 24-1668 (3d Cir. May 1, 2025), clarifies and...

Expanding Aiding and Abetting Liability in Mississippi First-Degree Murder

Date: May 2, 2025

Expanding Aiding and Abetting Liability in Mississippi First-Degree Murder Introduction Jayme Lynn Tubbs v. State of Mississippi addresses the scope of accomplice liability in first-degree murder and...

Recognition of Foreign‐Law Enforcement Tips as Sufficient Basis for Probable Cause in Dark Web Child Pornography Investigations

Date: May 2, 2025

Recognition of Foreign‐Law Enforcement Tips as Sufficient Basis for Probable Cause in Dark Web Child Pornography Investigations Introduction The Fourth Circuit’s decision in United States v. Raymond...

Supreme Court of Mississippi Establishes Revised Ethics and Practice Standards for Certified Court Reporters

Date: May 2, 2025

Supreme Court of Mississippi Establishes Revised Ethics and Practice Standards for Certified Court Reporters Introduction On May 1, 2025, the Supreme Court of Mississippi issued an order granting the...

Aggravated Felony Attempted Theft: State Unarmed Assault with Intent to Rob or Steal as a Categorical Match under the INA

Date: May 2, 2025

Aggravated Felony Attempted Theft: State Unarmed Assault with Intent to Rob or Steal as a Categorical Match under the INA Introduction In Samir Fernandes Baptista v. Pamela Jo Bondi, the United...

Clarifying Transport-Related Exclusions: Application of Auto and Care, Custody & Control Exclusions in CGL & BAC Policies

Date: May 2, 2025

Clarifying Transport-Related Exclusions: Application of Auto and Care, Custody & Control Exclusions in CGL & BAC Policies Introduction In Clear Blue Specialty Insurance Company v. Landrieu Concrete &...

Hernandez v. Port Authority (2025): Expanding §240(1) Coverage to Heavy Ground-Level Loads and Re-mapping Indemnity Obligations on Complex Construction Sites

Date: May 2, 2025

Hernandez v. Port Authority (2025): Expanding Labor Law §240(1) Coverage to Heavy Ground-Level Loads and Re-mapping Indemnity Obligations on Complex Construction Sites Introduction In Hernandez v....

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juvenile-sentencing-guidelines:-iowa-supreme-court Case Commentaries

Accrual of Personal-Injury Claims for Defective Pelvic Mesh: Convergence of Manifest-Injury and Discovery Rules

Ensuring the Right to Appeal: Resentencing When Counsel Fails to File a Requested Appeal

Limits on Pension Correction under WV Code §5-10-44: Exclusion of DNR Subsistence Allowance for Active Officers

Regulation of Camera Lighting in Public Meetings Does Not Impede First Amendment Rights

Clarifying Anders Review Standards and Restitution Obligations in CSAM Plea Agreements

Reinforcing Rule 9(b) Particularity in False Claims Act Qui Tam Suits

Expanding Aiding and Abetting Liability in Mississippi First-Degree Murder

Recognition of Foreign‐Law Enforcement Tips as Sufficient Basis for Probable Cause in Dark Web Child Pornography Investigations

Supreme Court of Mississippi Establishes Revised Ethics and Practice Standards for Certified Court Reporters

Aggravated Felony Attempted Theft: State Unarmed Assault with Intent to Rob or Steal as a Categorical Match under the INA

Clarifying Transport-Related Exclusions: Application of Auto and Care, Custody & Control Exclusions in CGL & BAC Policies

Hernandez v. Port Authority (2025): Expanding §240(1) Coverage to Heavy Ground-Level Loads and Re-mapping Indemnity Obligations on Complex Construction Sites

Constitutional Limits on Geofence Warrants: Particularized Probable Cause for Non-Anonymous Location Data

Jury Determination and Harmless-Error Review for ACCA’s “Different Occasions” Element

Establishing Boundaries for Consent in Warrantless Protective Sweeps: United States v. Alvarado Dubon

Flexible Interpretation of Municipal Rezoning Criteria: Priestley v. Anchorage

Alford Pleas as Admissible 404(b) Evidence: United States v. Booker

Employers’ Wages as “Money or Property” in Wire Fraud: United States v. Nadege Auguste

Attorneys’ Duty to Monitor E-Filing Systems and the Limits of Excusable Neglect Under Rule 60(b)

Definite One-Year Suspension for Repeated Criminal and Professional Misconduct: In the Matter of Foster