The saga of Carl Lewis' attempt to run for the State Senate has taken a new turn. Yesterday, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a decision of the district...

Jatczyszyn v. Marcal Paper Mills, Inc., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2011). The key issue in this case involves how to calculate the discovery period permitted by the Court Rules in a circumstance where...

Trump v. O'Brien, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2011). Donald Trump normally enjoys publicity. Tim O'Brien, a financial reporter, wrote a book about Trump that stated, among other things,...

Kieffer v. High Point Ins. Co., 422 N.J. Super. 38 (App. Div. 2011). This matter involves three consolidated cases. In each, one or more insureds sued their auto insurer after their cars had been...

In re Hess, 422 N.J. Super. 27 (App. Div. 2011). Suzanne Hess was employed as a Geographic Information Specialist by the New Jersey Office of Information Technology. She filed an application for a...

Lombardi v. Masso, 207 N.J. 517 (2011). In this case, a Law Division judge granted summary judgment to certain defendants. The judge then denied plaintiff's motion for reconsideration. Another defendant had defaulted....

Ingraham v. Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, 422 N.J. Super. 12 (App. Div. 2011). This case arose out of the reactions of defendant, plaintiff's employer, to plaintiff's deep and continuing grief over the death of...

Litman v. Cellco Partnership, 655 F.3d 225 (3d Cir. 2011). In AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1740 (2011), a 5-4 majority of the Supreme Court of the United States rejected...

In re Mushroom Direct Purchaser Antitrust Litig., 655 F.3d 158 (3d Cir. 2011). Under Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949), certain rulings that are not final may be...

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP v. New Jersey Dep't of Law & Public Safety, 421 N.J. Super. 489 (App. Div. 2011). Under settled caselaw, litigation discovery that is not filed with the court during the...