Rosenberg v. DVI Receivables XVII, LLC, 835 F.3d 414 (3d Cir. 2016).  As Judge Ambro noted in his opinion in this case today, an involuntary bankruptcy is one that is commenced by creditors, essentially forcing a debtor into bankruptcy proceedings.  ...

Raab v. City of Ocean City, 833 F.3d 286 (3d Cir. 2016).  In this case under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §1983, both plaintiff and the defendant municipality claimed to be the “prevailing party” and therefore sought an award ...

In re Reglan Litigation, 226 N.J. 315 (2016).  Plaintiffs in this mass tort matter claimed that defendants, who are generic manufacturers of metoclopramide, the generic version of the drug Reglan, were liable under New Jersey’s Product Liability Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:58C-1 ...

Catena v. Raytheon Company, 447 N.J. Super. 43 (App. Div. 2016).  The time when a cause of action accrues, for purposes of triggering the statute of limitations, is a recurring and often thorny one.  Most of the cases arise in ...

Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. New Kensington Arnold School District, 832 F.3d 469 (3d Cir. 2016).  Federal standing law sometimes involves nuances inquiries comparable to the famous question of how many angels can dance on the head of a ...

IE Test, LLC v. Carroll, 226 N.J. 166 (2016).  Until it was superseded by the Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, N.J.S.A. 42:2C-1 to -94 (“RULLCA”), on March 18, 2013, relationships among members of a limited liability company were governed ...

In re Adoption of a Child by J.E.V. and D.G.V., 226 N.J. 90 (2016).  In this unanimous opinion, authored by Chief Justice Rabner, the Supreme Court ruled that an indigent parent who faces the termination of her parental rights in ...

Williams v. American Auto Logistics, 226 N.J. 117 (2016).  Parties who fail to follow procedural rules are a source of frustration to busy trial judges.  As Justice Fernandez-Vina noted in today’s opinion for a unanimous Supreme Court, courts have “a ...

Jai Sai Ram, LLC v. South Toms River Planning and Zoning Bd., 446 N.J. Super. 338 (App. Div. 2016).  As Judge Reisner stated in her opinion in this case today, before the Legislature amended the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. ...

Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc. v. Benun, 226 N.J. 41 (2016).  A future advance mortgage, in broad outline, is a mortgage that secures a loan that is made in stages, rather than all at once.  This case called on the Supreme ...