In re Revocation or Suspension of Provisional Accreditation of Eastwick College LPN-to-RN Bridge Program, 225 N.J. 533 (2016).  As Justice Patterson reminded us in her opinion in this case today, an administrative agency’s interpretation of its own regulations receives deference ...

In re Declaratory Judgment Actions Filed by Various Municipalities, 446 N.J. Super. 259 (App. Div. 2016).  It has been 41 years since the Supreme Court issued its original Mount Laurel opinion.  Southern Burlington Cty. NAACP v. Mount Laurel Tp., 67 ...

Doe v. Hesketh, 828 F.3d 159 (3d Cir. 2016).  Today, the Third Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Greenaway, ruled in a case of a child victim of federal crimes related to child pornography, under 18 U.S.C. §2255.  The government ...

Rutgers University Student Assembly v. Middlesex Cty. Bd. of Elections, 446 N.J. Super. 221 (App. Div. 2016).  This appeal involved the constitutionality of N.J.S.A. 19:31-6.3b, which requires eligible voters to register at least twenty one days before an election in ...

Mortgage Grader, Inc. v. Ward & Olivo, LLP, 225 N.J. 423 (2016).  Justice Fernandez-Vina issued an opinion in this legal malpractice appeal today, his first opinion in quite some time, due to his illness. It is good that he is ...

In each of the last two days, the Supreme Court issued unanimous opinions involving the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to -42 (“LAD”).  Yesterday, in Smith v. Millville Rescue Squad, 225 N.J. 373 (2016), the Court ruled that ...

Berg v. Christie, 225 N.J. 245 (2016).  Today’s decision in this closely-watched case shows once again the importance of the standard of review applied.  In a 6-1 decision by Justice LaVecchia, the Court held that cost of living increases (“COLAs”) ...

Capital Health System, Inc. v. New Jersey Dep’t of Banking & Insurance, 445 N.J. Super. 522 (App. Div. 2016).  In September 2015, the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (“the Department”) approved a plan put forward by Horizon Blue ...

AIT Global Inc. v. Yadav, 445 N.J. Super. 513 (App. Div. 2016).  Plaintiff in this case was a temporary help service firm (“THSF”) that provided short-term information technology consultants for plaintiff’s customers.  Defendant was one of those consultants.  The parties ...

Cranford Development Associates v. Cranford Tp., 445 N.J. Super. 220 (App. Div. 2016).  This Mount Laurel litigation resulted in a builder’s remedy for construction of a 360-unit residential development in Cranford.  The Township and other defendant municipal agencies appealed, but ...