Filgueiras v. Newark Public Schools, 426 N.J. Super. 449 (App. Div. 2012). This case arose out of the allegedly improper termination of a gym teacher by Newark Public Schools. [Disclosure: My firm,...
In decisions by two different Third Circuit panels today, in two different criminal cases, the court reversed the same District of New Jersey judge and remanded the cases for reassignment...
United States v. Kennedy, 682 F.3d 244 (3d Cir. 2012). In this decision, issued today and discussed here on a different subject, the Third Circuit sternly reprimanded a District of New Jersey...
Mazdabrook Commons Homewoners Ass'n v. Khan, 210 N.J. 482 (2012). "The question in this appeal is whether a homeowners' association can prohibit residents from posting political signs in the windows of their...
In State v. Morgan, 423 N.J. Super. 453 (App. Div. 2011), discussed here, the Appellate Division ruled that it was not improper to permit jurors to take their written jury...
Elliott v. Archdiocese of New York, 682 F.3d 213 (3d Cir. 2012). Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b) states that a district court may direct entry of a final judgment as to...
On this date in 1980, a unanimous Supreme Court decided Lepis v. Lepis, 83 N.J. 139 (1980). In an opinion by Justice Pashman, the Court addressed "the standards and procedures for...
In re Pelvic Mesh-Gynecare Litig., 426 N.J. Super. 167 (App. Div. 2012). In this mass tort matter involving medical devices that are used to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence, the...
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey have each had electronic filing for a number of years. Now, the...
Dewey v. Volkswagen, A.G., 681 F.3d 170 (3d Cir. 2012). This class action case involved allegations that Volkswagen vehicles had defective sunroofs that allowed water to infiltrate into the interior of the...