Today, the Supreme Court announced an amendment to Rule 1:21-3(b). That rule has, until now, permitted third-year law students at ABA-approved law schools to appear before trial courts or agencies in conjunction with a legal services or public interest organization ...
The Associated Press has reported that Judge Barry has decided to go on inactive status. According to Chief Judge Smith, Judge Barry will be giving up her chambers and staff. Inactive judges do not hear appeals but can still serve ...
In re Horizon Healthcare Services Inc. Data Breach Litig., 846 F.3d 625 (3d Cir. 2017). [Dislcosure: My firm, Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC, is co-lead counsel for the successful plaintiffs in this appeal]. Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc. (“Horizon”) provides health care ...
Last Friday, the Third Circuit announced that it will begin to post on its website, www.ca3,uscourts.gov, “videos of oral arguments in select cases,” more specifically, those that are “deemed to be of significant interest to the public, the bar, or ...
Coleman v. Superintendent Greene SCI, 845 F.3d 73 (3d Cir. 2017). Today, Judge Hardiman, writing for the Third Circuit in a habeas corpus case, addressed the weight to be given to dicta from the Supreme Court of the United States. ...
Moeck v. Pleasant Valley School District, 844 F.3d 387 (3d Cir. 2016). Motions for sanctions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 are not favored because, as Judge Shwartz pointed out in her opinion in this case today, Rule 11 ...
An analysis issued yesterday by the Judiciary and Data Analysis Office of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts revealed some interesting information about and trends in federal appeals. The total number of appeals dropped slightly in 2015, to ...
Polsky v. United States, 844 F.3d 170 (3d Cir. 2016). Plaintiffs are the parents of a permanently disabled daughter. They claimed a child tax credit on two years’ federal tax returns. The Internal Revenue Service disallowed that claim, on the ...
Carroll v. Delaware River Port Authority, 843 F.3d 129 (3d Cir. 2016). 28 U.S.C. §1292(b) permits a District Court to certify a question of law to a Court of Appeals for resolution. The Court of Appeals must consent to decide ...
As of October 1, Judge Smith has succeeded Judge McKee as Chief Judge of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge McKee has been Chief Judge since 2010, succeeding Judge Scirica in that role. Judge McKee is thus, to date, the only ...