In re Arthur Baldwin, 700 F.3d 122 (3d Cir. 2012). This was an adversary proceeding in bankruptcy, involving claims of breach of the fiduciary duty of care and loyalty, and deepening insolvency,...
Machado-Rodriguez v. Shinseki, 700 F.3d 48 (1st Cir. 2012). This was an employment discrimination case, a type of lawsuit that the First Circuit Court of Appeals recognized is often complex. Summary judgment was granted...
Bellevue Drug Co. v. Caremark SPCS, 700 F.3d 109 (3d Cir. 2012). This was an antitrust class action. Plaintiffs, who are retail pharmacy businesses, and defendant, who is a prescription benefits manager for...
In re Pelvic Mesh-Gynecare Litig., 426 N.J. Super. 167 (App. Div. 2012). In this mass tort matter involving medical devices that are used to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence, the...
House of Fire Christian Church v. Clifton Bd. of Adj., 426 N.J. Super. 157 (App. Div. 2012). The Appellate Division has repeatedly admonished parties, attorneys, and trial level judges that it is improper to...
Zehl v. Elizabeth Bd. of Educ., 426 N.J. Super. 129 (App. Div. 2012). Rule 4:41 allows a court to appoint a discovery master to deal with discovery issues "only upon approval by...
CTC Demolition Co., Inc. v. GMH AETC Management, 424 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2012). The "first-filed" rule of comity says that, as a general notion, the court that first acquires jurisdiction over...
Judge Feinberg's decision yesterday finding unconstitutional a law that purported to increase the amount that sitting Superior Court judges and Supreme Court Justices must pay toward their pensions and health care has already...
Baskett v. Cheung, 422 N.J. Super. 377 (App. Div. 2011). The facts of this case, detailed in the opinion of Judge Harris for this appellate panel, were about as egregious as they come....
President Obama has nominated Magistrate Judge Patty Shwartz to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. She would fill the "New Jersey seat" that was created when Judge Barry took senior...