New Jersey Dept’ of Labor & Workforce Development v. Crest Ultrasonics, 434 N.J. Super. 34 (App. Div. 2014).  N.J.S.A. 34:8B-1 “bars employers seeking to fill job vacancies in this State from purposefully or knowingly publishing advertisements stating that job applicants ...

Baanyan Software Services, Inc. v. Kuncha, 433 N.J. Super. 466 (App. Div. 2013).  Under Rule 4:4-4, New Jersey asserts personal jurisdiction over defendants to the outer limits of what due process allows.  But personal jurisdiction is not unlimited, as this ...

Redd v. Bowman, 433 N.J. Super. 178 (App. Div. 2013).  This is another case that involves the power of citizens of a municipality established under the Faulkner Act, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1 to -210, to propose municipal ordinances by initiative, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-184, or approve or ...

Petrozzi v. City of Ocean City, 433 N.J. Super. 290 (App. Div. 2013).  This case presented a concept of basic contract law– impossibility of performance– in an unusual setting.  Judge Parrillo wrote a typically careful and comprehensive opinion for the panel ...

Delaware Coalition for Open Government, Inc. v. Strine, 733 F.3d 510 (3d Cir. 2013).  It is rare that judges, and a court, are defendants in a lawsuit.  It is even more rare that they are the losers in such an ...

This morning, the State of New Jersey submitted a letter to the Supreme Court Clerk’s Office requesting that the letter be accepted as a withdrawal of the State’s appeal in the same sex marriage case that is pending before the ...

Today, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion, written by Chief Justice Rabner, denying the State’s request to stay the Law Division’s ruling that allows same sex marriages in New Jersey.  The Supreme Court’s opinion is available here.  That opinion largely ...

Soliman v. The Kushner Companies, Inc., 433 N.J. Super. 153 (App. Div. 2013).  Defendants secretly installed hidden surveillance cameras in bathrooms in an office building that they operated.  The stated reason for doing that was that there had been “complaints of ...

On Friday, the Supreme Court announced that it would grant the State’s application for direct certification to review the September 27 ruling of the Law Division that granted summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs in Garden State Equality v. ...

Allstate New Jersey Ins. Co. v. Lajara, 433 N.J. Super. 20 (App. Div. 2013).  Plaintiff insurers sued a number of defendants under the Insurance Fraud Prevention Act, N.J.S.A. 17:33A-1 to -30 (“the Act”).  Plaintiffs asserted that they had paid out ...