May 25, 2026WCABRamirez: A Voluntary 10-Percent Check Did Not Settle the Penalty QuestionFiled decision PDF
May 25, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtLandon v. Plasencia: A Returning Resident’s Hearing Must Satisfy Due ProcessFiled decision PDF
May 25, 2026CA Supreme CourtIloff: A Berman Appeal Does Not Erase the Worker’s Paid-Sick-Leave ClaimFiled decision PDF
May 25, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCrane: Why Depreciation Allowed or Allowable Affected the Sale GainFiled decision PDF
May 24, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCrowell v. Benson: Compensation Factfinding Could Be Administrative, With Judicial LimitsFiled decision PDF
May 24, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtArizona v. United States: Federal Immigration Law Preempted Most State Enforcement ProvisionsFiled decision PDF
May 24, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtBostock: An Orientation Policy Can Still Make Sex Part of the Firing DecisionFiled decision PDF
May 24, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtOld Colony Trust: The Court Did Not Decide the Further Tax-on-Tax ComputationFiled decision PDF
May 23, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtBridges v. Wixon: Deportation Evidence Had to Comply With the Agency’s Own RulesFiled decision PDF
May 22, 2026WCABDennis: Avoiding an SJDB Voucher Requires a Bona Fide Offer of WorkFiled decision PDF
May 22, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtSale: The INA’s Return Restriction Did Not Apply to Coast Guard Interdictions on the High SeasFiled decision PDF
May 22, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtManhart: Sex-Based Pension Contributions Violated Title VII Despite Group Longevity StatisticsFiled decision PDF
May 22, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtBurnet v. Logan: Unvalued Contingent Payments Could Remain an Open Transaction Until Basis Was RecoveredFiled decision PDF
May 21, 2026WCABCruz: The TD Limit Ended Wage Payments, Not the Medical-Treatment AwardFiled decision PDF
May 21, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtChew: A Returning Permanent Resident Could Not Be Permanently Excluded Without a HearingFiled decision PDF
May 21, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtReeves: A Prima Facie Case Plus Evidence of Pretext May Support a Discrimination VerdictFiled decision PDF
May 21, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtKirby Lumber: Retiring Debt Below Its Issue Price Produced Taxable IncomeFiled decision PDF
May 20, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtMandel: A Facially Legitimate and Bona Fide Visa-Waiver Reason Limited Judicial ReviewFiled decision PDF
May 20, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtHolowecki: An ADEA Filing Is a Charge When It Can Be Read as Asking the EEOC to ActFiled decision PDF
May 20, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtHiggins: A Sale to a Wholly Owned Corporation Did Not Create a Deductible LossFiled decision PDF
May 19, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtJean: Parole Decisions Required Individualized, Nondiscriminatory Consideration Under Existing LawFiled decision PDF
May 19, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtHazen Paper: Pension Status Is Not Automatically a Proxy for Age Under the ADEAFiled decision PDF
May 19, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtBollinger: A Corporate Nominee Was Disregarded When a Genuine Agency Was Fully DocumentedFiled decision PDF
May 18, 2026WCABKnight: Defective MPN Notice Can Shift Liability for Self-Procured TreatmentFiled decision PDF
May 18, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtStevic: Withholding Required a Clear Probability of PersecutionFiled decision PDF
May 18, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtGardner-Denver: A Union Grievance Arbitration Did Not Bar a Title VII ActionFiled decision PDF
May 18, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtKowalski: Separate Payroll Accounts Did Not Shield Cash Meal AllowancesFiled decision PDF
May 17, 2026WCABLeinon: The Section 4650 Penalty Clock Followed a Final Liability DeterminationFiled decision PDF
May 17, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtWoodby: Deportability Requires Clear, Unequivocal, and Convincing EvidenceFiled decision PDF
May 17, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtTeamsters: Statistics Can Prove a Pattern or Practice, but Seniority Relief Has LimitsFiled decision PDF
May 17, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtSullivan: Rent and Wages of an Illegal Gambling Business Were DeductibleFiled decision PDF
May 16, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCostello: A Conviction While Naturalized Did Not Trigger the Statute for an Alien Convicted After EntryFiled decision PDF
May 16, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtReeves and Gross: Pretext Proof and the ADEA Jury ChargeFiled decision PDF
May 16, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtTellier: Business-Related Criminal Defense Fees Were DeductibleFiled decision PDF
May 15, 2026WCABAbney: The 2004 Section 5814 Penalty Rules Reached Earlier Delays Decided LaterFiled decision PDF
May 15, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtErrico: The Fraud Waiver Protected Family Unity Despite Related Entry DefectsFiled decision PDF
May 15, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtBrown: Private-Employer Remedy Rules Did Not Carry Over to a Federal AgencyFiled decision PDF
May 15, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtDeputy v. du Pont: Paying Another Party’s Stock-Borrowing Costs Was Not an Ordinary Business ExpenseFiled decision PDF
May 14, 2026WCABPebworth: The Court Rejected the Board’s Injury-Date Bar to SettlementFiled decision PDF
May 14, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtDada: A Noncitizen May Withdraw Voluntary Departure to Pursue ReopeningFiled decision PDF
May 14, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtHarris: Steady Productivity Does Not Defeat a Hostile-Workplace ClaimFiled decision PDF
May 14, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCottage Savings: Why the Section 165 Loss Ruling Was NarrowFiled decision PDF
May 13, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtMata: A Court of Appeals Has Jurisdiction to Review an Untimely Motion to ReopenFiled decision PDF
May 13, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtDesert Palace: The Same-Decision Defense Limited Relief, Not the ViolationFiled decision PDF
May 13, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCrane: The Mortgage Counted Even Without Personal AssumptionFiled decision PDF
May 12, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtJennings: The Detention Statutes Did Not Contain an Implied Six-Month Hearing RuleFiled decision PDF
May 12, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtThompson: Who Could Sue When the Alleged Retaliation Targeted Someone Else?Filed decision PDF
May 12, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtHorst: Negotiable Coupons Were Separate Property, but Their Gift Did Not Shift the Interest TaxFiled decision PDF
May 11, 2026WCABNavarro: ERISA Preempted a Section 132a Claim Based on Plan ContributionsFiled decision PDF
May 11, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtMathis: Alternative Means Do Not Make a Statute DivisibleFiled decision PDF
May 11, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtOld Colony Trust: Employer-Paid Income Tax Was Additional CompensationFiled decision PDF
May 10, 2026WCABGarcia: A Seriously Untimely Reconsideration Petition Can Support SanctionsFiled decision PDF
May 10, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtScialabba: Aging Out Did Not Preserve Every Family-Visa Priority DateFiled decision PDF
May 10, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtKentucky Retirement Systems: Age as a Pension Factor Was Not Necessarily Age DiscriminationFiled decision PDF
May 10, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtGilmore: Why an Eighty-Percent Fee Allocation Did Not Establish a DeductionFiled decision PDF
May 9, 2026WCABFarris: An Unpaid Late-Payment Increase Was Part of the Underlying BenefitFiled decision PDF
May 9, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtNken: A Stay of Removal Uses the Traditional Four-Factor TestFiled decision PDF
May 9, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtLedbetter: The Charge Period Ran From the Discrete Pay Decision Under Then-Existing LawFiled decision PDF
May 9, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtGroetzinger: Full-Time Gambling Could Be a Trade or BusinessFiled decision PDF
May 8, 2026WCABSimi: An Examination Order Did Not Justify a Mixed Suspension WarningFiled decision PDF
May 8, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtDoherty: The Attorney General Retains Broad Discretion Over ReopeningFiled decision PDF
May 8, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtGreen: A Timely Constructive-Discharge Claim Does Not Revive Earlier ClaimsFiled decision PDF
May 8, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtDalm: Equitable Recoupment Cannot Create Jurisdiction for an Untimely Refund SuitFiled decision PDF
May 7, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtNational Bank of Commerce: An IRS Levy Can Reach a Taxpayer’s Joint Account RightsFiled decision PDF
May 6, 2026WCABGuitron: Interpreter Services May Be Required During Medical TreatmentFiled decision PDF
May 6, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtBouarfa: Discretionary Visa-Petition Revocation Is Not Judicially ReviewableFiled decision PDF
May 6, 2026CA Supreme CourtFrlekin: Mandatory Exit Searches Are Compensable Work TimeFiled decision PDF
May 6, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCraft: Tenancy-by-the-Entirety Rights Can Support a Federal Tax LienFiled decision PDF
May 5, 2026WCABBlackledge: The Physician, Judge, and Rater Have Distinct Rating RolesFiled decision PDF
May 5, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtElias-Zacarias: Forced Recruitment Alone Does Not Prove Political-Opinion NexusFiled decision PDF
May 5, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtMeritor: Hostile-Environment Sexual Harassment Violates Title VIIFiled decision PDF
May 5, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtGregory: A Valid Corporation Still Did Not Create a Qualifying ReorganizationFiled decision PDF
May 4, 2026WCABBrower: Permanent-Disability Advances Follow the Temporary-Disability CapFiled decision PDF
May 4, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtLuna Torres: A State Offense May Match Without the Federal Commerce ElementFiled decision PDF
May 4, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtMach Mining: Courts May Review Whether the EEOC Attempted ConciliationFiled decision PDF
May 4, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtIndianapolis Power: Refundable Customer Deposits Were Not Income on ReceiptFiled decision PDF
May 3, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtNegusie: The BIA Misread the Persecutor Bar by Treating Duress as IrrelevantFiled decision PDF
May 3, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtMcKennon: After-Acquired Misconduct Limits Remedies but Does Not Erase DiscriminationFiled decision PDF
May 3, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtSoliman: The Supreme Court Required a Comparative Home-Office InquiryFiled decision PDF
May 2, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtMartinez Gutierrez: A Parent’s Residence Is Not Imputed for LPR CancellationFiled decision PDF
May 2, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtThompson: Why the Court Refused a Fixed List of Protected RelationshipsFiled decision PDF
May 2, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCommissioner v. Banks: A Litigation Recovery Includes the Contingent FeeFiled decision PDF
May 1, 2026WCABNabors: Follow the Reversal History Before Using the 2005 CalculationFiled decision PDF
May 1, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtKawashima: Materially False Tax Returns Can Be Fraud-or-Deceit Aggravated FeloniesFiled decision PDF
May 1, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtPrice Waterhouse: Mixed Motives and Proof of Discriminatory CausationFiled decision PDF
May 1, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtO’Gilvie: Punitive Damages Were Not Excluded as Personal-Injury CompensationFiled decision PDF