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Diluting the Right to Oral Argument on Trial Level Motions

Abulkhair v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 2010 WL 4226222 (App. Div. Oct. 27, 2010). Here, a party's notice of motion in the Law Division requested oral argument only if there...

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In Its First Week of Recess, The Appellate Division Issues Three Published Opinions

Though the Appellate Division's two-week recess means no oral arguments, that court has not been dormant. In the week just ending, the first of the two recess weeks, the Appellate Division issued three published opinions. Here are summaries:...

An Amendment to the Appellate Division's Guidelines for Entertaining Emergent Applications

On March 19, 2018, the Appellate Division issued guidelines setting forth the criteria considered by the court in reviewing applications for permission to file an emergent motion and offered examples of how those guidelines are applied. Yesterday, the Appellate Division issued an amendment that addresses the procedures for emergent applications after hours, on weekends, or on holidays....

Appellate Division in Recess This Week and Next

The Appellate Division announced that it is in recess for the weeks of February 9 and 16. So there will be no "Appellate Division Oral Argument of the Week" for those weeks....

Judge Bishop-Thompson Answers a Novel Question of Landlord-Tenant Law

Pine Ridge Realty Associates, LLC v. A.O., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2026). One might think that there are no novel legal issues in landlord-tenant law. Today's opinion by Judge Bishop-Thompson shows the error of that belief....