Bruesewitz v. Wyeth LLC, 131 S. Ct. 1068 (2011), and Williamson v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc.., 131 S. Ct. 1131 (2011). On February 22, 2011, the Supreme Court of the United...

On this date in 2007, a unanimous Supreme Court of New Jersey decided L.W. v. Toms River Regional Schools Bd. of Educ., 189 N.J. 381 (2007). The opinion, written by...

McGovern v. Rutgers, The State University, 418 N.J. Super. 458 (App. Div. 2011). New Jersey's Sunshine Law, also known as the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 to -21, is the focus...

On this date in 1892, Robert H. Jackson, later a Justice of the United States Supreme Court, was born. Justice Jackson, an appointee of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was also...

The Supreme Court of New Jersey has granted certification to review that portion of the decision in Walker v. Giuffre, 415 N.J. Super. 597 (App. Div. 2010), that involved an...

State v. Gaffey, 92 N.J. 374 (1983). Today is the 28th anniversary of this opinion, so it seems appropriate to revisit this case today. Though the "meritorious issue [was] whether...

Porreca v. City of Millville, 419 N.J. Super. 212 (App. Div. 2011). Rule 4:42-9(a)(2) permits recovery of attorneys' fees from a "fund in court." Porreca, a decision written by Judge Axelrad, held that the...

The courts are closed today for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. That may mean that there is some time to check out the recently updated version of the New Jersey...

D. Russo, Inc. v. Union Tp., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2010). In Mason v. Hoboken, 196 N.J. 51 (2008), an Open Public Records Act ("OPRA") case, the Supreme...

Henry v. New Jersey Dep't of Human Services, 204 N.J. 320 (2010), and Johnson v. Johnson, 204 N.J. 529 (2010). These two decisions will not be remembered for the facts or holdings of the...