State v. Timmendequas, 2011 WL 2326967 (App. Div. June 14, 2011). Talk radio personalities and others whose job it is to create controversy or to enhance the public's fears have...

Nostrame v. Santiago, 420 N.J. Super. 427 (App. Div. 2011). Many attorneys have seen a potentially lucrative case walk out the door because the client has decided to switch attorneys. The...

Today, Judge Stern reached the mandatory retirement age of 70. Accordingly, Chief Justice Rabner appointed Judge Wefing, the Presiding Judge of the Appellate Division, to the seat that Judge Stern...

State v. Mierzwa, 420 N.J. Super. 207 (App. Div. 2011). This case involved a municipal court matter that was first tried on July 27, 2006, nearly five years ago. On appeal from a conviction...

Perrelli v. Pastorelle, 206 N.J. 193 (2011); Voss v. Tranquilino, 206 N.J. 93 (2011). Yesterday, the Supreme Court decided two cases involving two different sub-sections of N.J.S.A. 39:6A-4.5. Both cases...

Here's an unusual pair of decisions. Laurence S. Newman married Lynda in 1985. They were divorced in 1994. Mr. Newman then married Debra in 1995. That marriage ended in divorce in...

New Jersey Dep't of Environmental Protection v. Exxon Mobil Corp., 420 N.J. Super. 395 (App. Div. 2011). N.J.S.A. 58:10B-17.1(b) ("the extension statute") extends the normal statute of limitations for environmental...

In re Route 280 Contract, 89 N.J. 1 (1982), is frequently cited in connection with the standards for a grant of certification or a decision to vacate certification. But few have occasion...

O Builders & Associates, Inc. v. Yuna Corp., 206 N.J. 109 (2011). In 2004, the Supreme Court adopted Rule of Professional Conduct 1.18. As it relates to the case decided...

Abbott v. Burke, 206 N.J. 332 (2011). The merits of this latest decision on the funding necessary to satisfy the mandate of article VIII, section 4, paragraph 1 of the New...