Last week, the Appellate Division issued four published opinions on a single day, as discussed here. Today, the court released three published decisions. Here are summaries of those opinions: New Jersey Div. of Child Protection & Permanency v. B.H., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2019). This was an abuse and neglect appeal under Title 9. B.H. was the boyfriend of H.S. He was accused of abusing or neglecting H.S.’s daughter, M.S. Title 9 defines “abused or neglected child” as one who is impaired, or in danger of impairment, due to the failure of his or her “parent...

Interactive Brokers, LLC v. Barry, 457 N.J. Super. 357 (App. Div. 2018).  This final post of 2018 features an opinion issued today by Judge Currier.  The case arose out of a Ponzi scheme perpetrated by a hedge fund founded by Peter Zuck called Osiris Fund Limited Partnership.  “Osiris operated through the securities trading platform of plaintiff Interactive Brokers, LLC (Interactive), and plaintiff Kevin Michael Fisher, as an Interactive employee, assisted Osiris in using Interactive’s platform.” The New Jersey Attorney General sued Zuck and Osiris, and a consent order was...

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