The Sunday Review section of today’s New York Times features a “Sunday Dialogue” entitled “Putting the Justices on TV.”  In response to a Times article about whether oral arguments at the United States Supreme Court should televised, Professor Nancy Marder ...

The Supreme Court of New Jersey has historically been willing to adopt the views of the American Law Institute, as stated in its various Restatements of the Law, including, in particular, the Restatement (Second) of Trusts.  E.g., McKelvey v. Pierce, 173 ...

In Nostrame v. Santiago, 420 N.J. Super. 427 (App. Div. 2011), discussed here, the Appellate Division held that an attorney whose client replaced him with another attorney could not sue the new attorney for tortious interference.  The Supreme Court has ...

Newark Morning Ledger Co. v. New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority, 423 N.J. Super. 140 (App. Div. 2011).   The Newark Star-Ledger filed a request under the Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 to -13 (“OPRA”), seeking to obtain from the New Jersey ...

Schulmann v. Director, New Jersey Div. of Taxation, 423 N.J. Super. 333  (App. Div. 2011).  Daniel Schulmann used personal funds to pay certain commissions that two “S corporations” were contractually obligated to pay to instructors at Tiger Schulmann karate schools.  The corporations did not ...

Rogers v. Cape May County Office of the Public Defender, 208 N.J. 414 (2011).  Rogers sought to sue his public defender attorney for legal malpractice after Rogers’s application for post-conviction relief was granted and the indictment against him was thereafter dismissed with ...

Animal Protection League of New Jersey v. New Jersey Dep’t of Environmental Protection, 423 N.J. Super. 549 (App. Div. 2011).  With the coming of this season often comes an effort by the State of New Jersey to conduct a bear hunt, and ...

State v. Yough, 208 N.J. 385 (2011).  The main focus of this opinion by Justice Albin was whether the Law Division abused its discretion in declining to grant a mistrial when a key witness gave different testimony than expected.  By a 5-0 ...

Kane Properties, LLC v. City of Hoboken, 423 N.J. Super. 49 (App. Div. 2011).  Plaintiff had obtained use variances from Hoboken’s Zoning Board of Adjustment.  Those variances allowed plaintiff to build a high-rise residential structure.  The Skyline Condominium Association (“Skyline”), which operates a nearby ...

Happy Thanksgiving to all readers of this blog.  At your Thanksgiving table, think about this:  the opposite of gratitude is not ingratitude– it is expectation.  Enjoy the holiday! ...