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Atalese Arbitration Ruling Applies to Common Law Claims as Well as Statutory Claims

Dispenziere v. Kushner Companies, 438 N.J. Super. 11 (App. Div. 2014). In Atalese v. United States Legal Services Group, L.P., 219 N.J. 430 (2014), discussed here, the Supreme Court ruled that...

Rutgers University Student Assembly v. Middlesex Cty. Bd. of Elections, 438 N.J. Super. 93 (App. Div. 2014). Plaintiffs challenged the constitutionality of N.J.S.A. 19:31-6.3b, which, as Judge Haas described it...

L.T. v. F.M., 438 N.J. Super. 76 (App. Div. 2014). This case began with plaintiff obtaining a final restraining order ("FRO") against defendant in the Family Part because defendant had...

Mortgage Grader, Inc. v. Ward & Olivo, LLP, 438 N.J. Super. 202 (App. Div. 2014). In the legal malpractice context, a "tail" insurance policy is one that "provides insurance coverage for malpractice...

In an article in Tuesday's New York Times, Adam Liptak reported that opponents of same-sex marriage are challenging the composition of Ninth Circuit panels that have heard cases involving gay...

Education Law Center v. New Jersey State Bd. of Educ., 438 N.J. Super. 108 (App. Div. 2014). In In re Grant of Charters to Merit Preparatory School and Newark Preparatory...

Today is Veterans Day, which currently is made a federal holiday by 5 U.S.C. §6103(a) and a state holiday by N.J.S.A. 36:1-1. The holiday began as Armistice Day, since it was...

Rule 2:6-10, which addresses the format of appellate briefs, states (among other things) that Supreme Court of New Jersey and Appellate Division briefs "shall contain no more than 26 double-spaced lines...

In a Notice to the Bar that was published today, the Supreme Court announced that a number of fees in various courts will increase as of November 17, 2014. Of...

Yesterday, as expected, the Supreme Court announced that an appeal as of right has been filed, and had been accepted by the Supreme Court, in State v. Buckner, 437 N..J....