Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, 133 S.Ct. 1426 (2013). In this antitrust class action case, the Supreme Court of the United States split 5-4, among all too predictable lines. The majority, in a...

Ethypharm S.A. Fr. v. Abbott Labs., 707 F.3d 223 (3d Cir. 2013). This is an antitrust standing case. The Third Circuit's opinion, written by Judge Jordan, found that plaintiff had...

L&W Supply Corp. v. DeSilva, 429 N.J. Super. 179 (App. Div. 2012). In Craft v. Stevenson Lumber Yard, Inc., 179 N.J. 56 (2004), the Supreme Court ruled that a supplier of materials...

Machado-Rodriguez v. Shinseki, 700 F.3d 48 (1st Cir. 2012). This was an employment discrimination case, a type of lawsuit that the First Circuit Court of Appeals recognized is often complex. Summary judgment was granted...

The Third Circuit has issued the attached Notice to Counsel, which covers two subjects. First, the Court states that "[m]otions for extension of time to file a brief or to otherwise comply with the...

An opinion issued late last week by the Sixth Circuit began by saying "When a party comes to us with nine grounds for reversing the district court, that usually means there...

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey have each had electronic filing for a number of years. Now, the...

The NJSBA Annual Meeting in Atlantic City featured a program today on the "nuts and bolts" of appellate practice. The panel of speakers was headed by Judges Carchman and Messano....

Yesterday's New York Times contained a column by Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court of the United States, entitled "Are Oral Arguments Worth Arguing About?" That column makes the...

In an order entered yesterday and issued per curiam, on behalf of the entire Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Chief Judge McKee directed that "a three-judge Standing Motions Panel is hereby...