This past Monday, I argued two appeals in the Supreme Court of New Jersey. They were the Accutane matters discussed and . In the period leading up to those arguments,...

On this date in 1983, the Supreme Court decided In re Vincenti, 92 N.J. 591 (1983). As noted here, this is a morbidly entertaining disciplinary opinion involving a practitioner who...

The Supreme Court announced that it will review two new cases. One is at the Court as of right, due to a dissent in the Appellate Division. The Court granted...

Spade v. Select Comfort Corp., 232 N.J. 504 (2018). [Disclosure: My partner Susana Cruz Hodge and I submitted an amicus curiae brief in support of the plaintiffs in this case,...

Morris v. T.D. Bank, 454 N.J. Super. 203 (App. Div. 2018). This case arose out of a robbery at a T.D. Bank in Union, New Jersey. Plaintiff, an African-American man,...

Unsuccessful litigants sometimes try to persuade appellate courts to reconsider and amend or reverse their decisions. Rarely does that succeed. On this day in 1972, however, the Supreme Court, acting...

In re Trust of Violet Nelson, 454 N.J. Super. 151 (App. Div. 2018). As Judge Ostrer stated in his opinion in this case today, the issue was "whether a trial...

The Supreme Court announced this afternoon that it has granted certification in four new cases, all criminal matters. Here is the summary. In State v. Nelson, the question presented, as...

The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in Kocanowski v. Bridgewater Tp. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk's Office, is "Is claimant, a volunteer...

The Supreme Court announced two more criminal cases that have been added to its calendar. One is there by virtue of a dissent in the Appellate Division, while the Court...