This is a very difficult post to write.  Michael E. Patunas was my colleague at Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC for more than fifteen years.  He was my partner for a good portion of that time.  Mike died, too young, on ...

Balducci v. Cige, 456 N.J. Super. 219 (App. Div. 2018).  This opinion by Judge Nugent today affirmed a trial level decision, after a plenary hearing, that voided a retainer agreement between the defendant attorney and the plaintiff client for defendant ...

Cona v. Township of Washington, 456 N.J. Super. 197 (App. Div. 2018).  In Timber Glen Phase III, LLC v. Hamilton Tp., 441 N.J. Super. 514 (App. Div. 2015), the Appellate Division ruled that a local ordinance that required landlords to ...

This time of the year there are slim pickings in terms of published opinions of the Supreme Court of New Jersey or the Appellate Division.  Even unpublished Appellate Division opinions slow to a trickle.  And, of course, the Supreme Court ...

Alloco v. Ocean Beach and Bay Club, 456 N.J. Super. 124 (App. Div. 2018).  This opinion by Judge Leone focuses on the business judgment rule and its applicability in the context of a planned residential community.  As Judge Leone showed, ...

Due to travel over most of the past two weeks (and getting “back in the game” once having returned), there have been no posts here.  But the courts have been active during that time.  Here, in brief, are some of ...

Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO v. New Jersey Civil Service Commission, 234 N.J. 483 (2018).  In one of the biggest constitutional decisions of the current term, an unusually divided Supreme Court today modified and affirmed the decision of the Appellate ...

Montclair State University v. County of Passaic, 234 N.J. 434 (2018).  This case centered on the proper application of Rutgers v. Piluso, 60 N.J. 142 (1972).  As discussed here, in connection with the Appellate Division’s opinion in this case, which ...

Personal Service Ins. Co. v. Relievus, 455 N.J. Super. 508 (App. Div. 2018).  This opinion, issued by Judge Sumners today for a unanimous panel, concerned “whether a Law Division summary action seeking to vacate an award by a dispute resolution ...

The Supreme Court announced late yesterday that it has adopted a number of amendments to the New Jersey Court Rules, effective as of September 1, 2018.  The full list of rule changes can be found here. A number of appellate ...