Balducci v. Cige, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2018).  This opinion by Judge Nugent today affirmed a trial level decision, after a plenary hearing, that voided a retainer agreement between the defendant attorney and the plaintiff client for defendant to bring suit under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 et seq. (“LAD”).  Such cases are normally handled on a contingency, but the agreement at issue here went well beyond that.  Every attorney, even those who do not handle LAD or other contingent matters, can learn from this opinion, which tackles ethical...

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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...