Van Dunk v. Reckson Associates Realty Corp., 210 N.J. 449 (2012). New Jersey's Workers' Compensation Act, N.J.S.A. 34:15-1 to -128.5 ("the Act"), creates what is normally the sole recourse for an employee...
In re Estate of Richard Ehrlich, 427 N.J. Super. 64 (App. Div. 2012). Richard Ehrlich, a trust and estates lawyer, died. The only purported will of his that could be found was...
Fox v. Millman, 210 N.J. 401 (2012). This case is one of many cut from a similar pattern: an employee subject to a duty of loyalty to his employer left that job for a new...
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, 132 S.Ct. 2566 (2012). Today, the Supreme Court of the United States voted 5-4 to uphold the constitutionality of the so-called "individual mandate," a centerpiece...
Pitcock v. Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, LLP, 426 N.J. Super. 582 (App. Div. 2012). This case arose out of a dispute between defendant, a New York law firm with a Newark...
The Supreme Court has granted leave to appeal to review the decision of the Appellate Division in State v. Perini Corp., 425 N.J. Super. 62 (App. Div. 2012), discussed here. As phrased...
Filgueiras v. Newark Public Schools, 426 N.J. Super. 449 (App. Div. 2012). This case arose out of the allegedly improper termination of a gym teacher by Newark Public Schools. [Disclosure: My firm,...
United States v. Kennedy, 682 F.3d 244 (3d Cir. 2012). In this decision, issued today and discussed here on a different subject, the Third Circuit sternly reprimanded a District of New Jersey...
In State v. Morgan, 423 N.J. Super. 453 (App. Div. 2011), discussed here, the Appellate Division ruled that it was not improper to permit jurors to take their written jury...
On this date in 1980, a unanimous Supreme Court decided Lepis v. Lepis, 83 N.J. 139 (1980). In an opinion by Justice Pashman, the Court addressed "the standards and procedures for...
