A3228 was recently introduced in the Legislature byAssemblywoman Spencer (D-Essex). The bill would provide a 30-day period for filing a notice of appeal from municipal court decisions. The current time for appeal,...

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas v. Angeles, 428 N.J. Super. 315 (App. Div. 2012). In this foreclosure case, defendant tried to argue that because his mortgage was not assigned to...

The Supreme Court of the United States has been very active in granting review of cases seeking to compel arbitration in various contexts. Now, the Supreme Court of New Jersey...

Natural Medical, Inc. v. New Jersey Dep't of Health & Human Services, 428 N.J. Super. 259 (App. Div. 2012). This decision, written by Judge Parrillo, involved plaintiff's interest in opening an...

ZF Meritor, LLC v. Eaton Corp., 696 F.3d 254 (3d Cir. 2012). This is a rare antitrust case that went to trial and resulted in a plaintiffs' verdict. The 2-1...

The Supreme Court of New Jersey announced yesterday that webcasts of archived Supreme Court oral arguments can now be viewed in an MP4 format, on notepads, smart phones, or other...

On September 25, 1789, the First Congress proposed twelve amendments to the Constitution. The first two of those amendments, which addressed the number of constitutents for each representative in Congress...

On this date in 1956, the Appellate Division decided Romano v. Maglio, 41 N.J. Super. 561 (App. Div. 1956). For 56 years, that opinion, written by Judge Clapp for himself...

Winters v. North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue, 212 N.J. 67 (2012). When a public employee who is the subject of a disciplinary proceeding before the Civil Service Commission ("the...

Nichole Medical Equipment & Supply, Inc. v. Tri-Centurion, Inc., 694 F.3d 340 (3d Cir. 2012). Some posts on this blog have much substantive content. This one does not. Though this...