Today, the Senate voted to grant tenure to Chief Justice Rabner and to confirm Judge Solomon as an Associate Justice. This was as expected. The vote on Chief Justice Rabner...
Following yesterdays' 11-2 Senate Judiciary Committee vote in favor of the reappointment of Chief Justice Rabner, the Judiciary Committee held a one-hour hearing on Governor Christie's nomination of Judge Lee...
The Senate Judiciary Committee this afternoon voted 11-2 to recommend to the full Senate that Chief Justice Rabner be granted tenure on the Supreme Court. The only negative votes came from Senators Michael...
Litwin v. Whirlpool Corp., 436 N.J. Super. 80 (App. Div. 2014). In Portee v. Jaffee, 84 N.J. 88 (1980), the Supreme Court established "a cause of action for damages to...
Senator Nicholas Scutari (D-Union), the Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has announced that the Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on Governor Christie's nominations of Chief Justice Rabner for tenure...
In re Makowka, 754 F.3d 143 (3d Cir. 2014). This opinion by Judge Hardiman, involving as it does an issue of Pennsylvania law with bankruptcy implications, likely would ordinarily be of...
Perez v. Zagami, LLC, 218 N.J. 202 (2014), and Cottrell v. Zagami, LLC, 218 N.J. 217 (2014). In these two cases, the Supreme Court addressed the question of whether the...
State v. Witt, 435 N.J. Super. 608 (App. Div. 2014). Only the Supreme Court of New Jersey can overrule one of its own decisions. But a party who wishes to...
On Friday afternoon, the Supreme Court announced that it had granted review in Kaye v. Rosefielde, 432 N.J. Super. 421 (App. Div. 2013). The opinion of the Appellate Division is discussed here....
This is another guest post by Jeffrey A. Shooman, my colleague at Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC: State v. Coles, 217 N.J. 467 (2014). Sergeant Zsakhiem James of the Camden Police...
