Personal Goodwill of a Professional Practice Is Not Marital Property for Equitable Distribution (North Carolina) I. Introduction Case: Sneed v. Johnston (Supreme Court of North Carolina, Filed 14...
State v. Moore (N.C. 2026): “Additional Bindings” Beyond Suffocation-Related Restraint Sustain First-Degree Kidnapping 1. Introduction Case: State v. Moore, No. 285A24 (N.C. Aug. 14, 2026). Court:...
School Board “Deliberate Indifference” After a Single Severe Classroom Assault Can Support a Corum Sound-Basic-Education Claim I. Introduction In K.H. v. Dixon (N.C. Aug. 14, 2026), the Supreme Court...
Successive Sex-Offender Deregistration Petitions Are One Proceeding; Unappealed SORNA Tier Rulings Become Law of the Case I. Introduction State v. Lingerfelt (Supreme Court of North Carolina, filed...
Limiting NRS 293.182 Candidate Challenges to Substantive Office Qualifications (Not Filing-Procedure Defects) Case: Mercer v. Candelaria (Ballot Issue) (In the Matter of the Challenge to the...
State v. McGirt: Totality-of-the-Circumstances Proof of a “Clear and Unequivocal” Pro Se Election and Fenner’s “Life-Equivalent” Sentencing-Colloquy Rule Supreme Court of North Carolina (14 Aug....
Third-Party Settlement Offsets Under Utah Code § 34A-2-106 Require Proof of Overlap With Compensable Injury (and ALJs Have Broad Discretion Over Medical-Panel Framing and Reopening Evidence) I....
Post-Dismissal Allowance of § 503(b) Fees in Unconfirmed Chapter 13 Cases Under § 1326(a)(2) Case: Gregory Brian Myers v. Undine C. George Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit...
Unclassified Title, For-Cause Protection: Clear Charter Rights Trigger Pretermination Due Process Absent a “Clear and Unmistakable” Waiver Case: Michael Washington v. City of Cincinnati Court: U.S....
Sixth Circuit: Tasing a Submissive, Non-Resisting Person Is Excessive Force; Right Clearly Established by July 2020 1. Introduction In Cornelius Phelps v. City of Saginaw, Michigan (6th Cir. Aug. 13,...
Harboring “Intent to Safeguard” Under 8 U.S.C. § 1324 May Be Inferred from Coercive Isolation and Exploitative Domestic Labor; Cultural Norms Need Not Mitigate Sentence I. Introduction United States...
Pre-Enforcement Standing Requires a Credible, Plaintiff-Specific Threat: “Intellectual Diversity” Laws and Interim University Policies 1. Introduction David McDonald v. Trustees of Indiana University...
Somerville v. State: No Plain Error for Implied Confrontation-Clause Testimony and “Slip-of-the-Tongue” Jury Instructions Cured by the Written Charge 1. Introduction In Somerville v. State (Supreme...
Edwards v. State (Ga. 2026): Ineffective-Assistance Claims Are Barred on Appeal When Not Raised (and Explicitly Disclaimed) at the Motion-for-New-Trial Stage Introduction In Edwards v. State, the...
Rule 403 Admissibility of Social-Media Gun Imagery to Prove Access to Distinctive Weapon Features (Laser/Sight) and Strickland No-Prejudice for Omitted Identification Charges 1. Introduction In...
Mootness Risk Is Only a Factor in Rule 54(b) Certification; Monell Liability Requires Specific, Similar Patterns and Causation 1. Introduction Aaron Davis v. Tyler W.A. Duncan (6th Cir. Aug. 13,...
Unpaid Domestic Servitude as “Harboring for Private Financial Gain”: Intent to Shield Inferred from Coercive Control, and Credibility Attacks Rarely Defeat Sufficiency 1. Introduction United States...
Post-Release “Registration” Orders Are Unauthorized Absent a Term of Supervised Release United States v. Jerid Hinz (7th Cir. Aug. 13, 2026) 1. Introduction In United States v. Jerid Hinz, the...
Gray-Market Prescription Drugs: “Material Differences” and Quality-Control Bypass Render Foreign-Labeled Medicines Non-Genuine Under the Lanham Act; Contributory Liability Requires Knowledge (Not...
Sixth Circuit: No § 2255 Evidentiary Hearing Where the Record Forecloses Prejudice from Alleged Misadvice on a Physician’s Good-Faith Defense Under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) I. Introduction In Afzal Beemath...