In the recent period, the Third Circuit has published a small number of opinions. Here are summaries of some of those decisions: Mallet and Company Inc. v. Lacayo, ___ F.4th ___ (3d Cir. 2021). This was a trade secret and ...

Oakwood Laboratories, LLC v. Thanoo, ___ F.3d ___ (3d Cir. 2021).  Judge Jordan wrote this opinion. This was a trade secret case that also involved other claims. “More than two years and four iterations of its complaint later, Oakwood was ...

At this time of the year, our Supreme Court and Appellate Division go relatively quiet. But the Third Circuit often reaches a peak. Today, for example, that court issued five published opinions. Here are summaries: Association of New Jersey Rifle ...

Chartis Property Casualty Co. v. Inganamort, 953 F.3d 231 (3d Cir. 2020). Yesterday, the Third Circuit issued its first published opinion in nearly two weeks. The ruling, authored by Judge Jordan, involved the question of whether defendants were entitled to ...

Even as the Appellate Division wound down the number of its published opinions in the second half of August, the Third Circuit seemed to rev up its publication of opinions. From August 14 through August 29, the court published thirteen ...

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  Even unpublished Appellate Division opinions slow to a trickle.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 ...

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.  ...

Joyce v. Maersk Line Ltd., 876 F.3d 502 (3d Cir. 2017).  Today’s decision by Judge Jordan for a unanimous en banc court began with a pun and continued as follows: “Today we stop swimming against the tide of opinion on ...

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 ...

North Jersey Media Group Inc. v. United States, 836 F.3d 421 (3d Cir. 2016).  The 2013 closure of lanes at the George Washington Bridge, which led to extraordinary traffic backups in Fort Lee, has taken on the label of “Bridgegate” ...