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...
The Supreme Court announced today that it has granted review in four more cases. Three of those are criminal appeals. The fourth is a tort case relating to a residential...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted leave to appeal in one case and certification in another. Both cases doubtless will be closely watched. The Court granted leave to...