Vorchheimer v. The Philadelphian Owners Association, 903 F.3d 100 (3d Cir. 2018). Today's opinion by Judge Bibas focuses on what is "necessary" for purposes of the Fair Housing Amendments Act,...
SLUSA Does Not Bar Investors' Claims That Broker Overcharged Them to Execute Securities Transactions
Taksir v. The Vanguard Group, 903 F.3d 95 (3d Cir. 2018). As relevant to this appeal, the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998, 15 U.S.C. §78bb ("SLUSA"), states that...
This is a very difficult post to write. Michael E. Patunas was my colleague at Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC for more than fifteen years. He was my partner for a...
Balducci v. Cige, 456 N.J. Super. 219 (App. Div. 2018). This opinion by Judge Nugent today affirmed a trial level decision, after a plenary hearing, that voided a retainer agreement...
Cona v. Township of Washington, 456 N.J. Super. 197 (App. Div. 2018). In Timber Glen Phase III, LLC v. Hamilton Tp., 441 N.J. Super. 514 (App. Div. 2015), the Appellate...
This time of the year there are slim pickings in terms of published opinions of the Supreme Court of New Jersey or the Appellate Division. Even unpublished Appellate Division opinions...
Alloco v. Ocean Beach and Bay Club, 456 N.J. Super. 124 (App. Div. 2018). This opinion by Judge Leone focuses on the business judgment rule and its applicability in the...
Due to travel over most of the past two weeks (and getting "back in the game" once having returned), there have been no posts here. But the courts have been...
Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO v. New Jersey Civil Service Commission, 234 N.J. 483 (2018). In one of the biggest constitutional decisions of the current term, an unusually divided Supreme...
Montclair State University v. County of Passaic, 234 N.J. 434 (2018). This case centered on the proper application of Rutgers v. Piluso, 60 N.J. 142 (1972). As discussed here, in...