reinforcing-the-implied-covenant-of-good-faith-in-commercial-development-contracts:-anthony& Case Commentaries

Title VII Retaliation Limited to Employment Practices & No Equal-Protection Retaliation Cause of Action

Date: May 31, 2025

Title VII Retaliation Limited to Employment Practices & No Equal-Protection Retaliation Cause of Action 1. Introduction In Bobby Shed v. University of South Florida Board of Trustees, the U.S. Court...

Clarifying Bribery vs. Honest Services Fraud: University-Account Payments Excluded under §1346 and §666 Conspiracy Liability Reaffirmed

Date: May 31, 2025

Clarifying Bribery vs. Honest Services Fraud: University-Account Payments Excluded under §1346 and §666 Conspiracy Liability Reaffirmed Introduction United States v. Vavic is a First Circuit decision...

Koenigsberg v. Columbia University: Equitable Estoppel Limits in GBL §349/350 Claims

Date: May 31, 2025

Koenigsberg v. Columbia University: Equitable Estoppel Limits in GBL §349/350 Claims Introduction In Koenigsberg et al. v. Board of Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (2d Cir....

Clarifying the Constructive Amendment Doctrine and Post-Expiration Supervised Release Revocation under 18 U.S.C. § 3583(i)

Date: May 31, 2025

Clarifying the Constructive Amendment Doctrine and Post-Expiration Supervised Release Revocation under 18 U.S.C. § 3583(i) Introduction United States v. Peppers, Nos. 23-3112 & 23-3113 (10th Cir. May...

Estate Entitlement to Pending Specific‐Loss Benefits Under Section 410

Date: May 31, 2025

Estate Entitlement to Pending Specific‐Loss Benefits Under Section 410 Introduction This case arises from the appeal in Steets, K., Aplt. v. Celebration Fireworks, Inc. (Workers’ Compensation Appeal...

Schwartz v. Gentempo: Arbitrary Force on Pretrial Detainees Clearly Unlawful Under the Fourteenth Amendment

Date: May 31, 2025

Schwartz v. Gentempo: Arbitrary Force on Pretrial Detainees Clearly Unlawful Under the Fourteenth Amendment 1. Introduction In Schwartz v. Gentempo, 10th Cir. No. 23-1393 (May 30, 2025), the United...

Profit-Linked Compensation and Related-Entity Transfers Disqualify Purely Public Charities from Property Tax Exemption

Date: May 31, 2025

Profit-Linked Compensation and Related-Entity Transfers Disqualify Purely Public Charities from Property Tax Exemption Introduction This commentary examines Justice Mundy’s dissent in Pottstown...

Possession as Presumption of Ownership: Fourth Circuit Upholds Virginia Law in Elam v. Early

Date: May 31, 2025

Possession as Presumption of Ownership: Fourth Circuit Upholds Virginia Law in Elam v. Early Introduction The dispute in William Nile Elam, III v. Stephen Timothy Early arises from a family quarrel...

Preservation of Potentially Exculpatory Evidence: Bad-Faith Requirement and Procedural Exhaustion in Federal Habeas Review

Date: May 31, 2025

Preservation of Potentially Exculpatory Evidence: Bad-Faith Requirement and Procedural Exhaustion in Federal Habeas Review Introduction This case arises from Mark Johnson’s federal habeas corpus...

Preservation of Attorney Fee Awards Under Nebraska Revised Statutes §25-603 and §25-824: Beatty v. Poitier

Date: May 31, 2025

Preservation of Attorney Fee Awards Under Nebraska Revised Statutes §25-603 and §25-824: Beatty v. Poitier Introduction Beatty v. Poitier (319 Neb. 56, May 30, 2025) addresses whether a district...

Eighth Amendment Protections Against Medical Hazards and Environmental Deprivation: From Pepper Spray to Frigid Cells

Date: May 31, 2025

Eighth Amendment Protections Against Medical Hazards and Environmental Deprivation: From Pepper Spray to Frigid Cells Introduction In Antonio Smith v. John Kind, the Seventh Circuit addressed the...

Sentencing Discretion and Harmless Error: Reconciling Oral-Written Pronouncements, Delegation of Supervision Conditions, and Treatment Considerations in U.S. v. Bland

Date: May 31, 2025

Sentencing Discretion and Harmless Error: Reconciling Oral-Written Pronouncements, Delegation of Supervision Conditions, and Treatment Considerations in U.S. v. Bland Introduction The Sixth Circuit’s...

Affirmation of District Court Sentencing Discretion: Sixth Circuit Clarifies Post-Judgment Corrections, Supervised Release Delegations, and Drug Purity Calculations

Date: May 31, 2025

Affirmation of District Court Sentencing Discretion: Sixth Circuit Clarifies Post-Judgment Corrections, Supervised Release Delegations, and Drug Purity Calculations 1. Introduction In United States...

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reinforcing-the-implied-covenant-of-good-faith-in-commercial-development-contracts:-anthony& Case Commentaries

Title VII Retaliation Limited to Employment Practices & No Equal-Protection Retaliation Cause of Action

Clarifying Bribery vs. Honest Services Fraud: University-Account Payments Excluded under §1346 and §666 Conspiracy Liability Reaffirmed

Koenigsberg v. Columbia University: Equitable Estoppel Limits in GBL §349/350 Claims

Clarifying the Constructive Amendment Doctrine and Post-Expiration Supervised Release Revocation under 18 U.S.C. § 3583(i)

Estate Entitlement to Pending Specific‐Loss Benefits Under Section 410

Schwartz v. Gentempo: Arbitrary Force on Pretrial Detainees Clearly Unlawful Under the Fourteenth Amendment

Profit-Linked Compensation and Related-Entity Transfers Disqualify Purely Public Charities from Property Tax Exemption

Possession as Presumption of Ownership: Fourth Circuit Upholds Virginia Law in Elam v. Early

Preservation of Potentially Exculpatory Evidence: Bad-Faith Requirement and Procedural Exhaustion in Federal Habeas Review

Preservation of Attorney Fee Awards Under Nebraska Revised Statutes §25-603 and §25-824: Beatty v. Poitier

Eighth Amendment Protections Against Medical Hazards and Environmental Deprivation: From Pepper Spray to Frigid Cells

Sentencing Discretion and Harmless Error: Reconciling Oral-Written Pronouncements, Delegation of Supervision Conditions, and Treatment Considerations in U.S. v. Bland

Affirmation of District Court Sentencing Discretion: Sixth Circuit Clarifies Post-Judgment Corrections, Supervised Release Delegations, and Drug Purity Calculations

Qualified Immunity in Joint Administrative Searches and Emergency Evictions

Permissible Rule 35 Corrections and Delegated Supervised-Release Authority: United States v. Ellis

Enforcement of the Single Satisfaction Rule in Bankruptcy Preference Recoveries Under 11 U.S.C. § 550

Neutral Laws with Discretionary Exemptions Trigger Strict Scrutiny & Robust Title VII Accommodation Standards

“Relaxed Irreparable-Harm” Standard for Government Stay Applications – A Commentary on Noem v. Doe (605 U.S. ___ 2025)

Clarifying Willfulness under the IEEPA: Knowledge of Unlawful Conduct without Specific Regulatory Awareness

Final Compensability Determinations Trigger Mandatory Penalties for Late TTD Payments Under HRS § 386-92