State of New Jersey v. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., 640 F.3d 545 (3d Cir. 2011). Does a forum selection clause providing that "exclusive jurisdiction … shall lie in the appropriate courts...
Retired Assistant Prosecutor/DAG is Not a "Retired Law Enforcement Officer" Entitled to a Gun Permit
In re Denial of Application of Giles W. Casaleggio for a Retired Law Enforcement Officer Handgun Permit, 420 N.J. Super. 121 (App. Div. 2011). Giles Casaleggio retired from a career in which he...
Frumer v. Nat'l Home Ins. Co., 420 N.J. Super. 7 (App. Div. 2011). This short opinion by Judge Simonelli, which involved claims under a new home warranty, reverses a lower court's refusal to...
Today is the anniversary of New Jersey Ass'n for Retarded Citizens v. New Jersey Dep't of Human Services, 89 N.J. 234 (1982). That case was an action on behalf of retarded...
Hoffman v. Supplements Togo Management, LLC, 419 N.J. Super. 596 (App. Div. 2011). In Caspi v. Microsoft Network, LLC, 323 N.J. Super. 118 (App. Div. 1999), the Appellate Division upheld a forum selection...
Sachau v. Sachau, 206 N.J. 1 (2011). In Pacifico v. Pacifico, 190 N.J. 258 (2007), the Supreme Court held that where a divorce agreement provides that the sale of a marital home is...
For many years, New Jersey followed the rule that an abutting property owner, even a commercial property owner, could not be liable for injuries suffered by a pedestrian on a defective or...
Prime Accounting Dep't v. Township of Carney's Point, 421 N.J. Super. 199 (App. Div. 2011). A complaint that sought to contest the assessment of certain property was filed in the Tax...
AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1740 (2011). From the same people who brought us the outrageous 5-4 decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 550 U.S....
The 70th Third Circuit Judicial Conference began last night in Philadelphia. Those of us in attendance were treated to an interesting keynote address by the Third Circuit's (and New Jersey's)...
