Botis v. Estate of Kudrick, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2011).  January 18, 2010 was the effective date of an amendment to the Statute of Frauds that includes palimony agreements among the types of agreements that must be in writing and ...

Nutley Policemen’s Benevolent Ass’n v. Township of Nutley, 419 N.J. Super. 160 (App. Div. 2011).  The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) , 29 U.S.C. §§201-219, requires a public employer who gives an employee compensatory time off instead of overtime pay to allow ...

Policemen’s Benevolent Ass’n v. City of Trenton, 205 N.J. 422 (2011).  The City of Trenton ordered certain employees to report for “muster” ten minutes before their shifts were to start, so that roll calls could be completed and the personnel promptly deployed ...

RAB Performance Recoveries, LLC v. George, 419 N.J. Super. 81 (App. Div. 2011), and Cowger v. Cherry Hill Mitsubishi, Inc., 2011 WL 848133 (App. Div. March 14, 2011).  The Appellate Division recently made two pro-consumer decisions.  In RAB, a published opinion written by Judge Reisner, ...

Seidman v. Clifton Savings Bank, S.L.A., 205 N.J. 150 (2011).  Under the business judgment rule, there is a rebuttable presumption that good faith decisions of a corporate board of directors are valid and not subject to attack by shareholders, absent fraud, self-dealing or unconscionable ...

Tri-M Group, LLC v. Sharp, 638 F.3d 406 (3d Cir. 2011).  In this case, the Third Circuit affirmed a district court ruling that Delaware’s Prevailing Wage Regulations unlawfully discriminated against out-of-state contractors, in violation of the dormant Commerce Clause.  For appellate practitioners, ...

Jennings v. Borough of Highlands, 418 N.J. Super. 405 (App. Div. 2011).  “The right to protest zoning amendments has existed in this State for more than eighty years.”  A successful protest under the Municipal Land Use Law (“MLUL”), N.J.S.A. 40:55D-63, has the ...

YA Global Investments, L.P. v. Cliff, 419 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2011).   This is a personal jurisdiction case.  But it is not the usual circumstance, where a plaintiff asserts jurisdiction based on a defendant’s contact with the forum state.  Instead, the entire ...

Trautmann v. Christie, 418 N.J. Super. 559 (App. Div. 2011).   In 2009, the Legislature passed a law that required drivers who have learner’s permits or probationary licenses to display a special decal on their cars.  The Motor Vehicle Commission applied that requirement only to drivers ...

Government of the Virgin Islands v. Mills, 634 F.3d 746 (3d Cir. 2011).   It’s not often that a case from the Virgin Islands affects the law of appellate practice in the Third Circuit generally.  This case, however, deals with two important appellate ...