The Supreme Court announced late yesterday that it had granted certification to review Maeker v. Ross, 430 N.J. Super. 79 (App. Div. 2013). The decision of the Appellate Division is...
Lightner v. 1621 Route 22 West Operating Co., LLC, 729 F.3d 235 (3d Cir. 2013). This short decision by Judge Ambro addressed a narrow question: when does the mootness of...
The Appellate Division has announced new procedures for emergent applications. The Notice to the Bar that details those procedures is available here. The key change is that the Appellate Division...
This seminar, previously mentioned here, has the official title of "Building the Trial Record and Arguing it on Appeal." [Disclosure: As you can see in the link, I am one of...
Lippman v. Ethicon, Inc., 432 N.J. Super. 378 (App. Div. 2013). Today's opinion under the Conscientious Employee Protection Act, N.J.S.A. 34:19-1 to -8 ("CEPA"), written by Judge Fuentes, reversed a summary...
Kaye v. Rosefielde, 432 N.J. Super. 421 (App. Div. 2013). This first post of the 2013-2014 Term focuses on the longest published decision issued by the Appellate Division in the just-ended 2012-2013...
In re Semcrude, L.P., 728 F.3d 314 (3d Cir. 2013). An egg cream is a fountain drink, associated primarily with New York City, whose ingredients include neither egg nor cream....
It was announced today the Chief Justice Rabner has temporarily elevated Judges Garry S. Rothstadt and Amy O'Connor to the Appellate Division. The two judges will serve there from September...
Alicea v. Board of Review, 432 N.J. Super. 347 (App. Div. 2013). In Rivera v. Board of Review, 127 N.J. 578 (1992), a case that, like today's decision, involved a...
The title of this post is the title of an e-mail that went to members of the Morris County Bar Association to announce a seminar on appellate practice that will...