The Supreme Court has granted certification in this case, which addresses important issues under the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 to -21. The Appellate Division's decision that will be...
State v. Timmendequas, 2011 WL 2326967 (App. Div. June 14, 2011). Talk radio personalities and others whose job it is to create controversy or to enhance the public's fears have...
Nostrame v. Santiago, 420 N.J. Super. 427 (App. Div. 2011). Many attorneys have seen a potentially lucrative case walk out the door because the client has decided to switch attorneys. The...
Today, Judge Stern reached the mandatory retirement age of 70. Accordingly, Chief Justice Rabner appointed Judge Wefing, the Presiding Judge of the Appellate Division, to the seat that Judge Stern...
Fox v. Vice, 131 S.Ct. 2205 (2011). The Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §1983, includes a fee-shifting provision, 42 U.S.C. §1988. Most often, it is a prevailing plaintiff who seeks...
Last night, my family and I had the tremendous pleasure of attending the high school graduation of my nephew, for whom my wife and I are also godparents. My nephew was the salutatorian, and gave a well-received...
State v. Mierzwa, 420 N.J. Super. 207 (App. Div. 2011). This case involved a municipal court matter that was first tried on July 27, 2006, nearly five years ago. On appeal from a conviction...
Perrelli v. Pastorelle, 206 N.J. 193 (2011); Voss v. Tranquilino, 206 N.J. 93 (2011). Yesterday, the Supreme Court decided two cases involving two different sub-sections of N.J.S.A. 39:6A-4.5. Both cases...
Governor Christie's nomination of Anne Patterson to fill the seat that will soon be vacated by Justice Rivera-Soto won the approval of the Senate Judiciary Committee this week by a vote...
Here's an unusual pair of decisions. Laurence S. Newman married Lynda in 1985. They were divorced in 1994. Mr. Newman then married Debra in 1995. That marriage ended in divorce in...
