Chief justice Rabner was the guest speaker at last night’s NJSBA Appellate Practice Committee meeting.  He was aware that Judge Vernoia spoke at a previous meeting about appellate briefing, as reported here.  So he chose to focus his remarks on ...

In both the Appellate Division and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, most opinions issued are not precedential.  Sometimes, however, parties wish to have a not precedential opinion changed to a precedential one so that it can be cited by ...

The guest speaker at last night’s meeting of the NJSBA Appellate Practice Committee was Judge Vernoia.  He offered some of his thoughts and insights about appellate practice and answered questions from Committee members.  It was a very valuable presentation.  Here ...

Murray v. Comcast Corp., 457 N.J. Super. 464 (App. Div. 2019).  In this employment case, the issue was whether the Law Division had subject matter jurisdiction to entertain a motion for reconsideration.  On June 9, 2017, the Law Division granted ...

J.G. v. J.H., 457 N.J. Super. 365 (App. Div. 2019).  Though many cases involving child custody arise out of divorce proceedings, other such cases occur in other settings.  In the Appellate Division’s first published opinion of 2019, issued today by ...

Flanzman v. Jenny Craig, Inc., 456 N.J. Super. 613 (App. Div. 2018).  The Appellate Division previously issued its opinion in this case, written by Judge Fasciale, on October 17, 2018, as discussed here.  Today, the court reissued the opinion in ...

Flanzman v. Jenny Craig, Inc., 456 N.J. Super. 613 (App. Div. 2018).  This opinion by Judge Fasciale today is yet another case arising out of an arbitration clause.  Plaintiff, having been terminated from her employment by defendant, filed an age ...

Palisadium Managemen Corp. v. Borough of Cliffside Park, 456 N.J. Super. 293 (App. Div. 2018).  This opinion by Judge Accurso involved an appeal from decisions of the Tax Court that rejected plaintiff’s challenge to tax assessments on its properties.  There ...

Balducci v. Cige, 456 N.J. Super. 219 (App. Div. 2018).  This opinion by Judge Nugent today affirmed a trial level decision, after a plenary hearing, that voided a retainer agreement between the defendant attorney and the plaintiff client for defendant ...

The Supreme Court announced late yesterday that it has adopted a number of amendments to the New Jersey Court Rules, effective as of September 1, 2018.  The full list of rule changes can be found here. A number of appellate ...