Retired Third Circuit Judge John Gibbons died yesterday. He was 94 years old. Judge Gibbons was nominated to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals by President Nixon in December 1969 and was confirmed by the Senate twelve days later. He ...
At his award-winning CA3 Blog, Matthew Stiegler has this post about Judge Vanaskie. The judge became eligible to take senor status earlier this month, and he will do so effective as of November 30, 2018. That will create a new ...
United States v. Baroni, 909 F.3d 550 (3d Cir. 2018). In a unanimous opinion by Judge Scirica today, the Third Circuit upheld the convictions of “Bridgegate” defendants Bill Baroni and Bridget Kelly on charges of conspiracy to obtain by fraud, ...
In April, this blog reported on the nomination of David Porter to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Despite the opposition of one of his home state Senators, Robert Casey, the Senate confirmed Judge Porter, among a group of fifteen ...
In re New Jersey Tax Sales Certificates Antitrust Litigation, 750 Fed. Appx. 73 (3d Cir. Sept. 6, 2018). [Disclosure: I am among the plaintiffs’ leadership team in this matter]. In this hotly-contested class action case, which began in 2012, plaintiffs ...
The House Judiciary Committee, by a voice vote, advanced the Judiciary Reforms, Organizational and Modernization Act of 2018, known as “the Judiciary ROOM Act.” The bill number is H.R. 6755. Among many other things, along with adding new District Judges ...
Vorchheimer v. The Philadelphian Owners Association, 903 F.3d 100 (3d Cir. 2018). Today’s opinion by Judge Bibas focuses on what is “necessary” for purposes of the Fair Housing Amendments Act, 42 U.S.C. §3604(f). That section prohibits discrimination against any person ...
SLUSA Does Not Bar Investors’ Claims That Broker Overcharged Them to Execute Securities Transactions
Taksir v. The Vanguard Group, 903 F.3d 95 (3d Cir. 2018). As relevant to this appeal, the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998, 15 U.S.C. §78bb (“SLUSA”), states that “[n]o covered class action based upon the statutory or common ...
This time of the year there are slim pickings in terms of published opinions of the Supreme Court of New Jersey or the Appellate Division. Even unpublished Appellate Division opinions slow to a trickle. And, of course, the Supreme Court ...
Mielo v. Steak ‘n Shake Operations, Inc., 897 F.3d 467 (3d Cir. 2018). This was an appeal under Rule 23(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure from a District Court decision that granted class certification in this case under ...