Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, ___ U.S. ___ (2016). Class action defendants often label cases seeking statutory damages as "no-injury class actions." Those defendants do not like statutes such as the Fair Credit...
In re Estate of Byung-Tae Oh, 445 N.J. Super. 402 (App. Div. 2016). In 2001, the decedent in this estate matter, Byung-Tae Oh, at all times a citizen of South...
In the federal system, Justice Brandeis' concurrence in Ashwander v. TVA, 297 U.S. 288 (1936), has been the source most often cited for the principle that courts will avoid reaching...
This has been a busy past ten days for the Supreme Court. Unfortunately, that busy period coincided with one of my own busy periods. So here is a very brief...
Baskin v. P.C. Richard & Son, LLC, ___ N.J. ___ (2021). [Disclosure: I am one of the counsel for the successful plaintiffs in this matter]. In this case, the Appellate...
The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it had granted review in In re New Jersey State Fireman's Ass'n Obligation to Provide Relief Application, 443 N.J. Super. 238 (App. Div....
Cranford Development Associates v. Cranford Tp., 445 N.J. Super. 220 (App. Div. 2016). This Mount Laurel litigation resulted in a builder's remedy for construction of a 360-unit residential development in...
Sackman v. New Jersey Manufacturers Ins. Co., 445 N.J. Super. 278 (App. Div. 2016). [Disclosure: I represent New Jersey Manufacturers in certain litigation, but not in this case]. This opinion,...
With breathtaking speed, Walter Timpone, whom Governor Christie, in a surprise move, nominated to the Supreme Court on April 11, and who cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee last Thursday with...
As expected, the Senate Judiciary Committee today took up Governor Christie's nomination of Walter Timpone to the Supreme Court. Though there was some questioning of the nominee about his decision...
