State v. Witt, 435 N.J. Super. 608 (App. Div. 2014). Only the Supreme Court of New Jersey can overrule one of its own decisions. But a party who wishes to...
Bryan v. Erie County Office of Children & Youth, 752 F.3d 316 (3d Cir. 2014). A "high-low agreement" is one in which parties agree that, regardless of the outcome of...
On Friday afternoon, the Supreme Court announced that it had granted review in Kaye v. Rosefielde, 432 N.J. Super. 421 (App. Div. 2013). The opinion of the Appellate Division is discussed here....
This is another guest post by Jeffrey A. Shooman, my colleague at Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC: State v. Coles, 217 N.J. 467 (2014). Sergeant Zsakhiem James of the Camden Police...
At a press conference that just concluded, Governor Christie announced that he will renominate Chief Justice Rabner to the Supreme Court. The Chief Justice's initial term expires next month. Senate...
Komlodi v. Picciano, 217 N.J. 387 (2014). Causation is often a key factor in medical malpractice cases. And jury charges in such cases are, as in all cases, important to...
Nuveen Municipal Trust v. WithumSmith Brown P.C., 752 F.3d 600 (3d Cir. 2014). As discussed here, the Supreme Court of New Jersey has occasionally accepted requests from the the Third Circuit...
In an article available here, today's Star-Ledger reports that Chief Justice Rabner appeared for jury duty yesterday in Essex County Superior Court. AFter watching an orientation video for jurors that featured...
American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey v. New Jersey Div. of Criminal Justice, 435 N.J. Super. 533 (App. Div. 2014). Plaintiff ACLU filed an Open Public Records Act ("OPRA")...
Matthew Stiegler, an attorney in Pennsylvania, recently began to publish a Third Circuit of Appeals blog. It is available at http://thirdcircuitblog.com. He has already posted some very interesting things, and has...
