S.B.B. v. L.B.B., 476 N.J. Super. 575 (App. Div. 2023). Last week saw the first published Appellate Division opinion of the new Term. Judge Gooden Brown authored the opinion. Here...

On this date in 2011, the Supreme Court decided Gonzalez v. Wilshire Credit Corp., 207 N.J. 557 (2011). The Court's 6-0 decision, authored by Justice Albin, involved the question of...

Following up on yesterday's post regarding criminal appeals decided by the Supreme Court in the first half of August, this post summarizes the Court's decisions in civil cases during that...

On June 1, 1978, the Supreme Court decided Merenoff v. Merenoff, 76 N.J. 535 (1978). Involving two cases, Justice Handler's unanimous opinion for the Supreme Court addressed "the issue of...

Pace v. Hamilton Cove, 475 N.J. Super. 568 (App. Div. 2023). Class action waivers have infested numerous areas of our commercial lives, including cellphone contracts, banking agreements, and other documents...

On May 16, 1949, the Supreme Court decided A. Hollander & Son, Inc. v. Imperial Fur Blending Corp., 2 N.J. 235 (1949). A unanimous opinion by Justice Wachenfeld, the decision...

Merck & Co., Inc. v. Ace American Ins. Co., 475 N.J. Super. 420 (App. Div. 2023). Plaintiff ("Merck") suffered a cyberattack from malware known as NotPetya. An expert for Merck's...

Achey v. Cellco Partnership, 475 N.J. Super. 446 (App. Div. 2023). New Jersey and federal law favor arbitration, and courts will often enforce arbitration clauses contained in consumer contracts. But...

State v. Higginbotham, 475 N.J. Super. 205 (App. Div. 2023); In re Appeal of Denial of M.U.'s Application for a Handgun Purchase Permit, 475 N.J. Super. 148 (App. Div. 2023)....

On February 6, 1967, the Supreme Court decided Mayfair Fabrics v. Henley, 48 N.J. 483 (1967). In an opinion by Justice Jacobs, the Court unanimously held valid what came to...