Parker v. Poole, 440 N.J. Super. 7 (App. Div. 2015). Appellate decisions that explicate rules of evidence are not frequent. Today's opinion in this case, written by Judge Hoffman, is such...

Wacker-Ciocco v. Gov't Employees Ins. Co., 439 N.J. Super. 603 (App. Div. 2015). In Procopio v. Gov't Employees Ins. Co., 433 N.J. Super. 377 (App. Div. 2013), discussed here, the...

Delray Holding, LLC v. Sofia Design & Development, 439 N.J. Super. 502 (App. Div. 2015). Two real estate development entities ("the Sofia Entities") went into bankruptcy and, during bankruptcy proceedings, settled claims...

Carlyle Investment Management LLC v. Moonmouth Company SA, 779 F.3d 214 (3d Cir. 2015). Parties can, and often do, include forum selection clauses in their contracts. Such clauses are frequently...

Morristown Associates v. Grant Oil Co., 220 N.J. 360 (2015). The New Jersey Spill Compensation and Control Act, konwn as the "Spill Act," allows parties who clean up contamination to seek...

Rosenstein v. State of New Jersey, Dep't of Treasury, 438 N.J. Super. 491 (App. Div. 2014). As this concise opinion by Judge Fisher today explains, in 2011, as part of...

Davis v. Husain, 220 N.J. 270 (2014). "Post-verdict ex parte communication between the trial court and jurors cannot be countenanced." That is the holding of today's opinion, for a unanimous Supreme...

Justice Robert L. Clifford died on Saturday, November 29. He was 89 years old. Justice Clifford served on the Supreme Court for twenty one years, from 1973 to 1994. During...

Atalese v. U.S. Legal Servs. Grp., L.P., 219 N.J. 430 (2014). Plaintiff entered into a contract with defendant for debt-adjustment services. The contract contained an arbitration clause that did not...

New Century Financial Services, Inc. v. Oughla, 437 N.J. Super. 299 (App. Div. 2014). This case encompassed two consolidated collection cases. Opposing counsel in these matters regularly face off against...