Recent Cases

• Criminal Law

  Commonwealth v. Eldred

  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds Drug-Free Probation Requirement Enforceable for Defendant with Substance Use Disorder.

• Comparative Law

  State of the Netherlands v. Urgenda Foundation

  Hague Court of Appeal Requires Dutch Government to Meet Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions By 2020.

• Wills Trusts & Estates

  In re Estate of Horton

  Michigan Court of Appeals Holds Electronic Document to be Valid Will Under Harmless Error Rule.

• Second Amendment

  Young v. Hawaii

  Ninth Circuit Panel Holds Open-Carry Law Infringes Core Right to Bear Arms in Public.

• LGBT Rights

  Doe ex rel. Doe v. Boyertown Area School District

  Third Circuit Holds that Allowing Transgender Students to Use Their Preferred Sex-Segregated Spaces Does Not Violate Cisgender Students’ Right to Privacy.

• Housing Law & Policy

  Wetzel v. Glen St. Andrew Living Community, LLC

  Seventh Circuit Holds Landlords May Be Liable for Tenant-on-Tenant Discriminatory Harassment.

• Qualified Immunity

  Zadeh v. Robinson

  Fifth Circuit Holds Medical Board Investigators Are Protected by Qualified Immunity in Warrantless Search of Records.

• Administrative Law

  Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General)

  Supreme Court of Canada Clarifies Standard of Review Framework.