State v. Camacho, 218 N.J. 533 (2014). It is an error "of constitutional dimension" for a trial judge in a criminal case to fail to instruct the jury that it...

Opalinski v. Robert Half Int'l Inc., 761 F.3d 314 (3d Cir. 2014). In this case under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §201 et seq. ("FLSA"), plaintiffs signed employment agreements...

Tumpson v. Farina, 218 N.J. 450 (2014). [Disclosure: Victor A. Afanador and Jeffrey A. Shooman, my colleagues at Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC, represented the municipal defendants in this case]. The Appellate Division in...

State v. Savoy, 218 N.J. 224 (2014). Under Article VI, section 2, paragraph 3 of the New Jersey Constitution, the Supreme Court has plenary power to "make rules governing the...

In re Opinion No. 17-2012 of the Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics, 220 N.J. 468 (2014). Chapter 7 bankruptcy is the most common resource of indigent individuals who must file...

Gormley v. Wood-El, 218 N.J. 72 (2014). Cases under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §1983, are often difficult for plaintiffs. Such cases often fail, frequently on dispositive motions, due to qualified...

Litwin v. Whirlpool Corp., 436 N.J. Super. 80 (App. Div. 2014). In Portee v. Jaffee, 84 N.J. 88 (1980), the Supreme Court established "a cause of action for damages to...

In re Makowka, 754 F.3d 143 (3d Cir. 2014). This opinion by Judge Hardiman, involving as it does an issue of Pennsylvania law with bankruptcy implications, likely would ordinarily be of...

Nuveen Municipal Trust v. WithumSmith Brown P.C., 752 F.3d 600 (3d Cir. 2014). As discussed here, the Supreme Court of New Jersey has occasionally accepted requests from the the Third Circuit...

State v. Buckner, 437 N.J. Super. 8 (App. Div. 2014). The issue of whether mandatory retirement of judges at age 70 is constitutional was discussed here. (As an aside, the Supreme Court ....