The annual summary of Appellate Division statistics is out. They cover the 2017-18 Term, which ended on August 31, 2018. Once again, the figures have stayed remarkably consistent from year...
In an Order dated October 16, but released late yesterday, Chief Justice Rabner announced that Heather Baker is being appointed as Clerk of the Supreme Court, effective as of November...
The Supreme Court has announced that it has granted certification in three cases, all criminal matters, and that a civil case will be before it on an appeal as of...
Piech v. Layendecker, 456 N.J. Super. 367 (App. Div. 2018). This opinion by Judge Fasciale effectively summarizes all the issues, and the result on each issue, in its opening paragraph....
On October 19, 1977, the Supreme Court decided Polillo v. Deane, 74 N.J. 562 (1977). That decision is still the leading case under the New Jersey Sunshine Law, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6,...
Today marks the eighth anniversary of this blog. As has been so every year, I'm grateful to the many jurists, lawyers, law students, and laypeople who read the blog. I'm...
Flanzman v. Jenny Craig, Inc., 456 N.J. Super. 613 (App. Div. 2018). This opinion by Judge Fasciale today is yet another case arising out of an arbitration clause. Plaintiff, having...
T.L. v. Goldberg, which was the subject of a reported Appellate Division opinion where the panel split 2-1 in favor of plaintiffs, reversing the Law Division and awarding plaintiffs a...
In April, this blog reported on the nomination of David Porter to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Despite the opposition of one of his home state Senators, Robert Casey,...
Russo v. Friedrich, 2018 WL 4904555 (App. Div. Oct. 10, 2018); City of Newark Public Schools v. OPEIU Local 32, 2018 WL 4905414 (App. Div. Oct. 10, 2018). It's a...
