On Friday, the same day that he held his promised second meeting with Judge Shwartz, Senator Menendez announced that he was now supporting her nomination to the Third Circuit Court...

It is being reported that Senator Menendez has agreed to meet again with Judge Shwartz, in connection with President Obama's nomination of Judge Shwartz to the Third Circuit Court of...

Bell Tower Condominium Ass'n v. Haffert, 423 N.J. Super. 507 (App. Div. 2012). A condominium association imposed a special assessment on each of its five unit owners. The purpose of the assessment...

In an order entered yesterday and issued per curiam, on behalf of the entire Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Chief Judge McKee directed that "a three-judge Standing Motions Panel is hereby...

Today, I was one of two panelists on a webinar entitled "Class Action Settlement Objectors: Minimizing and Defending Challenges by Professional Objectors, Government Officials and Public Interest Groups." My topic...

Johnson v. Downe Tp. Combined Planning/Zoning Bd., 2012 WL 33897 (App. Div. Jan. 9, 2012). How many times has the Appellate Division warned that a purported appeal as of right from...

In October, President Obama nominated Judge Shwartz to a seat on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Senator Lautenberg promptly hailed that nomination. Senator Menendez did not. Today, major newspapers...

Cambria v. Two JFK Blvd, LLC, 423 N.J. Super. 499 (App. Div. 2012). Plaintiff was injured when he fell in the parking lot of a strip mall owned by defendant Two JFK...

Last week's decision in the Diamond Antitrust case, where an en banc Third Circuit undid a 2-1 panel decision in which a district judge, sitting by designation, was one of the members of...

State v. Morgan, 423 N.J. Super. 453 (App. Div. 2011). Rule 1:8-8(a) states that a trial court, "in its discretion, may submit a copy of all or part of its instructions to...