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Abdelkader v. Hosny, 2018 WL 3579897 (App. Div. July 26, 2018).  In State in Interest of N.P., 453 N.J. Super. 480 (App. Div. 2018), discussed here, Judge Messano discussed the purpose of Rule 2:5-6(c).  That rule, which allows a trial judge to produce a supplementary statement of reasons for his or her decision following the filing of a motion for leave to appeal, permits the judge to “permit the trial judge to alert [the Appellate Division] to an issue that would benefit from our early intervention, not argue against our involvement.”  As Judge Messano also noted there, the...

United States of America ex rel. Palmer v. C&D Technologies, Inc., ___ F.3d ___ (3d Cir. 2018).  Today’s opinion by Judge Greenberg (no relation) in a False Claims Act case involved the issue of an attorneys’ fee award to the relator’s counsel.  The decision went through questions as to appropriate hourly rates, the reasonableness of hours claimed, and the level of success achieved.  Ultimately, the panel affirmed the District Court’s decision on all but a “fees on fees” issue, which was remanded for further consideration. Fee awards generally are...