That did not take long. As discussed here, Justice LaVecchia announced on March 8 that she would leave the bench in August. Today, one week later, Governor Murphy announced that...

Justice LaVecchia announced yesterday that she will retire from the Supreme Court in August of this year. Her full statement follows: "It has been a privilege to hold the position...

Delanoy v. Township of Ocean, ___ N.J. ___ (2021). As discussed here, the Appellate Division issued the first opinion regarding the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, a component of the New...

Late last week, the Supreme Court and the Appellate Division each issued two published opinions. Neither court has issued any published opinions this week (nor is either court slated to...

The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in three new cases. Two are criminal appeals and the third involves two questions certified by the Third Circuit. The Supreme...

In re Request to Release Certain Pretrial Detainees, 245 N.J. 218 (2021). This matter arose out of a motion filed by the Office of the Public Defender and the American...

On this date in 1983, a unanimous Supreme Court decided Callen v. Sherman's, Inc., 92 N.J. 114 (1983). The case involved whether distraint, a procedure that allowed commercial landlords to...

Goulding v. NJ Friendship House, Inc., ___ N.J. ___ (2021). This opinion by Justice Fernandez-Vina today, for a unanimous Supreme Court, dealt with a claim under the Workers Compensation Act....

The Bank of New York Mellon v. Corradetti, ___ N.J. ___ (2021). As discussed here, this case came before the Supreme Court on an appeal as of right, based on...

Most of us think that age discrimination in employment claims are limited to plaintiffs who allege discrimination based on their advanced age. But on this date in 1999, the Supreme...