National Ass’n for the Advancement of Multijurisdiction Practice (NAAMP) v. Castille, 799 F.3d 216 (3d Cir. 2015). For many years, New Jersey has not offered “reciprocity” to allow attorneys licensed in other jurisdictions to become members of the New Jersey ...
National Collegiate Athletic Ass’n v. Governor of the State of New Jersey, 799 F.3d 259 (3d Cir. 2015). In 2012, in an effort to aid Atlantic City, New Jersey passed the Sports Wagering Act, N.J.S.A. 5:12A-1 et seq. That law ...
In re Tribune Media Company, 799 F.3d 272 (3d Cir. 2015). Roughly one month ago, Judge Krause authored a powerful concurring opinion in In re One2One Communications, LLC, 805 F.3d 428 (3d Cir. 2015), that criticized the bankruptcy doctrine of ...
In re Community Bank of Northern Virginia Mortgage Lending Practices Litigation, 795 F.3d 380 (3d Cir. 2015). Every five years, the Third Circuit issues an opinion on class certification in this protracted class action case. See In re Community Bank ...
Regular readers of this blog have seen frequent criticism of the class action “ascertainability” doctrine espoused by Carrera v. Bayer Corp., 727 F.3d 300 (3d Cir. 2013). Recently, as discussed here, the Appellate Division in Daniels v. Hollister Co., 440 ...
There are times when a non-party to a case would like to have his, her, or its views heard by an appellate court. A way to do that is to become an amicus curiae (in English, a friend of the ...
In re One2One Communications, LLC, 805 F.3d 428 (3d Cir. 2015). This post about In re Semicrude, L.P., 728 F.3d 314 (3d Cir. 2013), which discussed the bankruptcy doctrine of equitable mootness noted that “the Third Circuit is not wild ...
Evankavitch v. Green Tree Servicing, LLC, 793 F.3d 355 (3d Cir. 2015). “[A]bsent compelling reasons to the contrary, a party seeking shelter in an exception to the statute has the burden of proving it.” So stated Judge Krause in the ...
As discussed here, amendments to the proposed Third Circuit Rules of Attorney Discipline Enforcement were published for comment earlier this year. Today, the Third Circuit announced that amendments to those rules had been approved by the Court, effective as of ...
Jensen v. Pressler & Pressler, 791 F.3d 413 (3d Cir. 2015). Plaintiff defaulted on a credit card debt. The debt was sold, and the buyer attempted to collect on it. After obtaining a default judgment, the buyer served plaintiff with ...