According to a report on nj.com today, Governor Christie is withdrawing his nomination of Robert Hanna to the Supreme Court. Hanna and Governor Christie's other Supreme Court nominee, Monmouth County...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals announced today that, beginning next week, it will offer live audio streaming of all oral arguments. That announcement continues the Ninth Circuit's trend of...
Finkel v. Hopewell Tp. Committee, 434 N.J. Super. 303 (App. Div. 2013). This case involves the principle of "capable of repetition yet evading review" to defeat a mootness argument. That...
Caribbean House, Inc. v. North Hudson Yacht Club, 434 N.J. Super. 220 (App. Div. 2013). This decision by Judge Accurso, issued today, involves an "easement of way," or an access...
Baanyan Software Services, Inc. v. Kuncha, 433 N.J. Super. 466 (App. Div. 2013). Under Rule 4:4-4, New Jersey asserts personal jurisdiction over defendants to the outer limits of what due...
This post is by my colleague Jeffrey A. Shooman. He discusses an important criminal law decision that the Appellate Division issued today. State v. Saavedra, 433 N.J. Super. 501 (App. Div. 2013). At...
Midland Funding, LLC v. Albern, 433 N.J. Super. 494 (App. Div. 2013). "[I]s a defendant, who, in responding to a complaint, moved for dismissal but did not file an answer...
In each of the past two years, I have been a speaker on a Strafford Publications webinar titled "Class Action Settlement Objectors: Minimizing and Defending Challenges by Professional Objectors, Government...
In re Wilson
On this date in 1981, the Supreme Court decided In re Wilson, 81 N.J. 451 (1979), one of the landmark attorney discipline cases. In a unanimous opinion by Chief Justice...
In re Proposed Quest Academy Charter School, 216 N.J. 370 (2013). In this unanimous opinion, fittingly written by Justice LaVecchia given her Office of Administrative Law background, the Supreme Court...
