On May 30, 2001, the Supreme Court decided Packard-Bamberger & Co. v. Collier, 167 N.J. 427 (2001). Writing for a unanimous Court, Justice Verniero held that a corporate director who had also acted as counsel to the corporation could be liable for an award of attorneys’ fees in an attorney misconduct action against him by that corporation and a shareholder. The attorney was found to have engaged in intentional misconduct by failing to disclose a third party’s offer to purchase corporate property, and by assisting another director in purchasing stock that the corporation also...

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Today, the Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in nine more cases.  That is many more cases than are usually accepted for review at one time, though it has been 30 days since the Court last announced grants of review.  Six of the cases involve grants of certification, two are before the Court on leave to appeal granted, and one as a result of a dissent in the Appellate Division.  Here are the cases that the Court will consider: Balducci v. Cige is an attorneys’ fee case.  The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s office, is “Among other...