Today, the Supreme Court of New Jersey heard oral argument in this important case. The procedural history of the case is discussed here. The argument ran from just after 10...

Byrd v. Aaron's Inc., 784 F.3d 154 (3d Cir. 2015). In this case under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. §2511, there were "objective records" that could "readily identify"...

State v. Perini Corp., 221 N.J. 412 (2015). Three years ago, the Appellate Division issued an opinion that addressed whether the construction statute of repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1a, runs from the...

Bohus v. Restaurant.com, Inc., 784 F.3d 918 (3d Cir. 2015). [Disclosure: I argued this appeal for plaintiffs in this case]. Retroactivity of judicial opinions is sometimes a difficult question. The...

Today, in a Notice to the Bar that can be found here, the schedule of summer parts of the Appellate Division was announced. Each pairing of two judges (or, in...

In the wake of Governor Christie's decisions not to reappoint Justices Wallace and Hoens, the New Jersey State Bar Association convened a Task Force to study judicial independence. The Task...

State v. K.P.S., 221 N.J. 266 (2015). Two defendants who had been charged in the same indictment with many of the same crimes sought to suppress certain evidence. The Law...

Lawyers, and their clients, often want to file longer appellate briefs than the rules allow, or than judges desire. When the length of appellate briefs was governed by page limits,...

In re Appeal of Z.L. From Denial of Firearms Purchaser Identification Card and Handgun Permits, 440 N.J. Super. 351 (App. Div. 2015). Z.L. applied for a firearms purchaser identification card...

Llewelyn v. Shewchuk, 440 N.J. Super. 207 (App. Div. 2015). Orders directing that one parent in a divorce provide payments of child support terminate once the child become emancipated. Yesterday's...