Richter v. Oakland Bd. of Educ., ___ N.J. ___ (2021). Justice LaVecchia wrote the opinion in this important Law Against Discrimination (“LAD”) case for a unanimous Court. There were two questions: whether the fact that the plaintiff teacher sought and ...
Butt v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, ___ F.3d ___ (3d Cir. 2021). This opinion by Judge Hardiman involved an attorneys’ fee dispute. In the underlying consolidated discrimination cases, plaintiffs’ original attorney, Ryan Paddick, had a 40% ...
Oakwood Laboratories, LLC v. Thanoo, ___ F.3d ___ (3d Cir. 2021). Judge Jordan wrote this opinion. This was a trade secret case that also involved other claims. “More than two years and four iterations of its complaint later, Oakwood was ...
In re Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive Nos. 2020-5 and 2020-6, ___ N.J. ___ (2021). As discussed in more detail here, the Appellate Division upheld the power of the Attorney General to require every law enforcement agency in New Jersey ...
Yesterday, the Senate voted 37-0 to give life tenure, until age 70, to Justice Solomon. He will reach that mandatory retirement age in 2024. After Governor Murphy, a Democrat, nominated Justice Solomon, a Republican, for tenure on the Court, the ...
Diaz v. Reynoso, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2021). Near the beginning of his opinion for the Appellate Division today, Judge Sabatino succinctly stated the issue in this case: “whether a volunteer who assures police officers at a roadside ...
Lawson v. Dewar, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2021). This opinion by Judge Fisher was made on summary disposition, a rare occurrence in our appellate courts. In the first paragraph of the opinion, Judge Fisher emphasized that the opinion ...
State v. Lodzinski, 246 N.J. 331 (2021). As discussed here, this was a highly publicized case, in which a jury found defendant was guilty of the first-degree murder of her five-year old son. The Appellate Division affirmed the conviction in ...
In re Civil Commitment of J.S., SVP 24-99, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2021). Judge Mawla issued this opinion for the Appellate Division today. It involved an appeal from the decision of the Law Division that defendant continued to ...
Jeffrey v. State of New Jersey, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2021). This opinion by Judge Fuentes involved the ability of a tort claimant against a public entity (here, the State of New Jersey and Rutgers Biomedical and Health ...