Pedagogical “Approach” Is an Unprotectable Idea: Thin Copyright in Educational Course Materials and Early Dismissal Absent Substantial Similarity in Protectable Expression Nonprecedential posture....
Refusal to Engage in Settlement Discussions of Pending Discrimination Claims Can Constitute Protected “Opposition” Activity 1. Introduction Newton v. LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Inc. (2d Cir....
No “Newly Discovered Evidence” from Post-Trial Guilty Pleas; No Purnell Conflict Colloquy Absent an Actual Conflict (Del. Supr. Sept. 21, 2026) 1. Introduction In Brian Wilson aka Fudayl Wakim v....
Permanent Absentee Voting Upheld: Automatic Ballot Mailing Does Not Expand Article V, § 4A Categories in a Facial Challenge I. Introduction In Gerald W. Hocker and Steven Washington v. The Honorable...
Plain-Error Limits: Unpreserved Confrontation and Sufficiency Claims Fail Absent a “Clear Legal Norm” 1. Introduction United States v. Bolaji Bolarinwa (3d Cir. Sept. 18, 2026) concerns convictions...
Oral Pronouncement by Adoption: Discretionary Supervised-Release Conditions May Be Upheld Without an Express On-the-Record Confirmation of Defendant’s Review When the Record Reasonably Shows Notice...
NRCP 68 Fee Awards Must Exclude Pre-Offer Contingency Work Under Clark v. Marin 1. Introduction Parties: Louis Bellomo and his employer, SHAC, LLC (a/k/a Sapphire LV Gentleman’s Club) (collectively,...
Half-Truths as Actionable Fraud in the Inducement: Nevada Recognizes a Duty to Disclose Once a Solicitation Creates a Misleading Impression 1. Introduction In ROYAL UNION TR. v. JOHNSON (Nev. Sept....
Separate Sentencings Can Render a Defendant Ineligible for USSG § 4C1.1’s Zero-Point Offender Reduction, and Guideline Errors May Be Affirmed as Harmless Where the Same Sentence Would Be Imposed 1....
Third Circuit: Warrant (or Exigency) Required for Strip Searches Incident to Arrest Outside Jail/Prison Intake I. Introduction In Kyle Beatty v. Clinton Gardner (3d Cir. Sept. 16, 2026), the Third...
Fifth Circuit Clarifies De Novo Sufficiency Review for Inherent-Power Bad-Faith Sanctions in Bankruptcy and Reaffirms “But-For” Fee Causation I. Introduction NexPoint Real Estate Partners, L.L.C....
Paid Administrative Leave Plus Disciplinary Investigation May Be Materially Adverse Under Burlington; Independent Investigation Can Break Retaliation Causation I. Introduction Crawford v. West Texas...
Policy Amendments Do Not Moot Similar Speech Restrictions; Plaintiffs Clearly Covered by a Curfew Lack Vagueness Standing but May Pursue Facial Overbreadth and Pre‑Enforcement “Chilling” Challenges...
Separate Sentencings Can Defeat the USSG § 4C1.1 “Zero-Point Offender” Reduction and Support Assumed-Error Harmlessness Review in Guidelines Disputes 1. Introduction United States v. Robin Johnson is...
Nevada: Fee-Splitting Alone Does Not Create a Joint Venture for Malpractice Vicarious Liability Without Shared Control and Loss-Sharing 1. Introduction In HARPER v. BRUCE G. FAGEL, A LAW CORP. (Nev....
NRS 176.09183 Requires a Showing that New DNA Testing Could Have Prevented Prosecution Despite Other Circumstantial Evidence 1. Introduction In PINEDA-LAURENCIO (YIORKIS) v. STATE (CRIMINAL) (Nev....
Interstate Handgun Purchase Bans Are Presumptively Unconstitutional Under Bruen and Fail Without Founding-Era Analogues 1. Introduction In Elite Precision v. ATF (5th Cir. Sept. 18, 2026), the Fifth...
Enforcing Appeal Waivers After Hunter I: Ordinary Guidelines Disputes (Including Career-Offender Classification) Are Not “Miscarriages of Justice” I. Introduction United States v. Chaney (5th Cir....
Title-Insurance Damages Use Market Value of Title “As Insured” (Not Current Use) and Mandatory Prejudgment Interest Runs From the Policy’s Payment-Due Date 1. Introduction In Hayden Holdings, Ltd v....
No Partial PPP Forgiveness for Corporate-Group-Cap Violations Under SBA’s Corporate Group Rule Introduction In Celebrity of Springfield LLC v. SBA, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit...