By a 22-16 vote, the Senate passed and sent to the Assembly a bill known as S-2515. An identical bill, A-3269, has been introduced in the Assembly. That legislation would confer the title of “Acting Justice” on any judge of ...
In re Petition of Fishermen’s Atlantic City Windfarm, LLC, 2015 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1265 (App. Div. May 29, 2015). This not precedential decision, issued last Friday, May 29, addresses issues relating to whether the decisions of the Board of ...
Electronic filing in the New Jersey appellate courts has been on the way for several years. Previous steps toward that end were discussed here and here. Today, attorneys and firms who use the Judiciary Account Charge System (“JACS”) were notified ...
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 one instance, a trio consisting of Judges Messano, Maven, and ...
On his CA3Blog, Matthew Stiegler has this analysis of recently published Administrative Office of the Courts statistics that discuss the percentage of opinions issued by various Circuit Courts of Appeals that are designated for publication. That analysis reveals that the ...
As discussed here, the Third Circuit previously published proposed disciplinary rules for comment. Having received a number of comments, the Third Circuit has now issued revised proposed rules, which are available here, for public comment. The revised proposed rules are ...
Electronic filing in the Appellate Division was heralded several years ago, and the rollout began in June 2013. But the process has been slow to expand. This week, however, a notice to the bar was issued that contains the latest ...
The Third Circuit has proposed a set of Rules of Attorney Discipline Enforcement for public comment. The text of the proposed rules can be found here. In summary, the proposal provides for discipline for attorneys who are convicted of “a ...
Senator Nicholas Scutari (D-Union), the Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has announced that the Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on Governor Christie’s nominations of Chief Justice Rabner for tenure and Judge Lee Solomon for an initial term on the ...
At a press conference that just concluded, Governor Christie announced that he will renominate Chief Justice Rabner to the Supreme Court. The Chief Justice’s initial term expires next month. Senate President Stephen Sweeney was present at the press conference as ...