Ricci v. Ricci, 448 N.J. Super. 546 (App. Div. 2017).  As Judge Lihotz observed in the opening sentence of her opinion for the Appellate Division in this case, Newburgh v. Arrigo, 88 N.J. 529 (1982), established the principle that “the ...

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 ...

Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. New Kensington Arnold School District, 832 F.3d 469 (3d Cir. 2016).  Federal standing law sometimes involves nuances inquiries comparable to the famous question of how many angels can dance on the head of a ...

Jai Sai Ram, LLC v. South Toms River Planning and Zoning Bd., 446 N.J. Super. 338 (App. Div. 2016).  As Judge Reisner stated in her opinion in this case today, before the Legislature amended the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. ...

Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, ___ U.S. ___ (2016).  Class action defendants often label cases seeking statutory damages as “no-injury class actions.”  Those defendants do not like statutes such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. §1681 et seq. (“FCRA”), which was ...

Hassan v. City of New York, 804 F.3d 277 (3d Cir. 2015).  This opinion by Judge Ambro yesterday is one of the most important decisions that the Third Circuit has made in some time.  The case involves New York City ...

Delray Holding, LLC v. Sofia Design & Development, 439 N.J. Super. 502 (App. Div. 2015).  Two real estate development entities (“the Sofia Entities”) went into bankruptcy and, during bankruptcy proceedings, settled claims that they had against two other real estate development entities ...

Rosenstein v. State of New Jersey, Dep’t of Treasury, 438 N.J. Super. 491 (App. Div. 2014).  As this concise opinion by Judge Fisher today explains, in 2011, as part of larger pension reforms, legislation was passed that conferred on the ...

New Century Financial Services, Inc. v. Oughla, 437 N.J. Super. 299 (App. Div. 2014).  This case encompassed two consolidated collection cases.  Opposing counsel in these matters regularly face off against each other in high-volume collection cases and each is familiar with many ...

In re Grant of Charters to Merit Preparatory Charter School and Newark Preparatory Charter School, 435 N.J. Super. 273 (App. Div. 2014).  Charter schools are the subject of much controversy.  In this case, the Commissioner of Education issued charters to two schools, Merit ...