This past Monday, I argued two appeals in the Supreme Court of New Jersey. They were the Accutane matters discussed and . In the period leading up to those arguments, and the days following, the courts continued to issue opinions. ...
The Supreme Court announced that it will review two new cases. One is at the Court as of right, due to a dissent in the Appellate Division. The Court granted certification in the other. The appeal as of right is ...
Spade v. Select Comfort Corp., 232 N.J. 504 (2018). [Disclosure: My partner Susana Cruz Hodge and I submitted an amicus curiae brief in support of the plaintiffs in this case, on behalf of the Consumers League of New Jersey]. This ...
Unsuccessful litigants sometimes try to persuade appellate courts to reconsider and amend or reverse their decisions. Rarely does that succeed. On this day in 1972, however, the Supreme Court, acting on new information provided not by a losing party, but ...
The Supreme Court announced this afternoon that it has granted certification in four new cases, all criminal matters. Here is the summary. In State v. Nelson, the question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s Office, is “Under the ...
The Supreme Court announced two more criminal cases that have been added to its calendar. One is there by virtue of a dissent in the Appellate Division, while the Court granted certification in the other matter. In State v. Vasco, ...
The Supreme Court announced four more cases that will come before it. The subject matters, and the paths that the cases took to reach the Court, are quite varied. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. ...
The Supreme Court announced today that it has granted review in State v. Hyppolite. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s Office, is “Did the State withhold exculpatory evidence from defendant at the time of the detention ...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in Pulice v. Greenbrook Sports & Fitness, LLC. The question presented in that appeal, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s Office, is “Did the trial court properly dismiss plaintiffs’ complaint ...
Lee v. Brown, 232 N.J. 114 (2018). [Disclosure: My firm, Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC, represented certain defendants in this case who were dismissed from the case on motion prior to the appeal that is the subject of this post] Today’s ...