Tyson Foods v. Bouaphakeo, ___ U.S. ___ (2016). This decision, issued today, is one of several closely-watched class action cases at the Supreme Court of the United States this year. In a 6-2 decision, the Court upheld a jury verdict ...
February 29 comes around only every four years (all right, every four years except for certain years that end in double zeros). February 29 was the birthdate of Frederic, the male lead in Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance,” ...
Within hours of the death of Justice Scalia, talk turned to who President Obama might nominate to fill his seat, and whether the United States Senate would consider that nomination in this presidential election year. Senator McConnell (R-KY), the Senate ...
Mammaro v. New Jersey Div. of Child Protection & Permanency, 814 F.3d 164 (3d Cir. 2016). In this case, plaintiff brought a civil rights case against the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency (“the Division”), supervisors and case ...
As discussed here, the en banc Third Circuit was to hear oral argument in this case today, and it did so this morning. The audio of that oral argument, which ran for about 70 minutes, is available here. Among the ...
Silviera-Francisco v. Elizabeth Bd. of Educ., 224 N.J. 126 (2016). “Whether a trial court order is final or interlocutory has bedeviled courts and attorneys for decades.” So said Judge Cuff in her opinion for the Court today in this matter, ...
Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, 136 S. Ct. 846 (2016). The Supreme Court of the United States has made some dreadful decisions in the class action area, including notorious rulings restricting class certification, making it harder for plaintiffs to use expert ...
Today, Heffernan v. City of Paterson was argued in the Supreme Court of the United States. [Disclosure: My partner Victor Afanador handled this matter on behalf of defendants in the District Court and the Third Circuit. He was at counsel ...
On this date in 1992, the Supreme Court issued a landmark separation of powers opinion in Communications Workers of America v. Florio, 130 N.J. 439 (1992). There, state employees and some members of the New Jersey Legislature sued Governor Florio ...
As predicted here, the Third Circuit has granted en banc review in NCAA v. Governor of the State of New Jersey, 799 F.3d 259 (3d Cir. 2015). Oral argument en banc has been scheduled for February 17, 2016 at 11 ...