Lippman v. Ethicon, Inc., 222 N.J. 362 (2015). In 2013, the Appellate Division determined that so-called "watchdog" employees (that is, employees whose job it is to bring forward issues relating...

Templin v. Independence Blue Cross, 785 F.3d 861 (3d Cir. 2015). "A party seeking attorney's fees under ERISA [the Employees Retirement Income Security Act] must show ‘some success' on the...

Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Co., LLC v. Owens, ___ U.S. ___ (2014). This case reached a fairly simple conclusion: a notice of removal that removes to federal court a putative...

Education Law Center v. New Jersey State Bd. of Educ., 438 N.J. Super. 108 (App. Div. 2014). In In re Grant of Charters to Merit Preparatory School and Newark Preparatory...

The Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference of the United States has proposed amendments to various sets of federal procedural rules. The entire set of...

The Supreme Court today published Court Rule amendments that (except for certain changes that will take effect on January 1, 2015) that will become effective on September 1, 2014. Those amendments...

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...

The 2014 Report of the Supreme Court Civil Practice Committee has been issued. The Committee has recommended changes to certain appellate rules. Other changes proposed to the Committee were not recommended. The...

Karl Asch, one of the pioneers of asbestos litigation in New Jersey, died yesterday at age 84. He filed the first New Jersey case on behalf of persons exposed to...

Belmont Condominium Ass'n, Inc. v. Geibel, 432 N.J. Super. 52 (App. Div. 2013). This case resulted in another magnum opus by Judge Parrillo. Plaintiff sued over defective construction of a...