Casino Reinvestment Development Authority v. Birnbaum, 458 N.J. Super. 173  (App. Div. 2019).  On January 7, 2019, the Appellate Division decided Borough of Glassboro v. Grossman, 457 N.J. Super. 416  (App. Div. 2019), as discussed here.  The key takeaway from ...

In reading an unpublished Appellate Division decision recently, I learned about the “two-court rule.”  That rule, which dates back at least as far as a 1949 Supreme Court of the United States decision, Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde ...

New Jersey Land Title Association v. Rone, 458 N.J. Super. 120 (App. Div. 2019).  May a County Register or Clerk charge a surcharge or convenience fee when a document is filed electronically?  That was the question that today’s opinion by ...

All the Way Towing, LLC v. Bucks County International, Inc., 236 N.J. 431 (2019).  Plaintiffs (an individual and his company, treated as one plaintiff here) purchased a customized tow truck from defendant.  Though it was customized, any member of the ...

Skuse v. Pfizer, Inc., 457 N.J. Super. 539 (App. Div. 2019).  Sometimes, the first sentence of a judicial opinion tells you all you need to know about the result, even if the full opinion is 35 pages long.  That was ...

Kernahan v. Home Warranty Administrator of Florida, Inc., 236 N.J. 301 (2019).  When the Supreme Court grants review based on a particular issue raised by the petitioner, but the petitioner subsequently abandons that issue, the Court has at least three ...

Borough of Glassboro v. Grossman, 457 N.J. Super. 416 (App. Div. 2019).  The Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 to -49 (“LRHL”) allows municipalities or redevelopment agencies to acquire by condemnation lands or buildings “necessary for the redevelopment project.”  ...

Reinig v. RBS Citizens, N.A., 912 F.3d 115 (3d Cir. 2018).  This was the final published opinion of 2018 for the Third Circuit.  Authored by Judge Vanaskie, the opinion reverses an order that granted class certification under Federal Rule of ...

Interactive Brokers, LLC v. Barry, 457 N.J. Super. 357 (App. Div. 2018).  This final post of 2018 features an opinion issued today by Judge Currier.  The case arose out of a Ponzi scheme perpetrated by a hedge fund founded by ...

M.G. v. S.M., 457 N.J. Super. 286 (App. Div. 2018).  As Judge Mawla stated in his opinion in this case today, “[i]ncreasingly, executive compensation has been achieved through means other than salary and retirement assets.”  Today’s opinion relates to one ...