Sauro v. Sauro, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2012).  This contentious divorce action boiled down to the complaint of a large law firm that an equitable distribution award was improper because, in making that award, the Family Part improperly elevated the interests of the divorcing couple’s children in having money available for their college education above the law firm’s charging lien.  Though the two parents had agreed on virtually nothing else in that lengthy litigation, both parents, acting pro se in the Appellate Division, contended that the Family Part ha

Investors Savings Bank v. Keybank Nat’l Ass’n, ___ N.J. Super. ___  (App. Div. 2012).  It is not often that a suit between two banks results in a published opinion.  This case, in which Judge Skillman wrote for the panel, involved a dispute as to which of two mortgages had priority.  Plaintiff bank refinanced a loan that had preceded defendant’s loan in time.  After defendant obtained a judgment against the borrower, plaintiff brought a declaratory judg

Scheidt v. DRS Technologies, Inc.., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2012).  Plaintiff, a shareholder in defendant DRS Technologies, Inc. (“DRS”), sued the company, its Board of Directors and its General Counsel for self-dealing and breach of fiduciary duty in connection with an agreement and plan of merger with an Italian company, Finmeccanica.  After the merger transaction was consummated, the Chancery Division granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the Complaint.  P