In re Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive Nos. 2020-5 and 2020-6, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2020). Here is how Judge Accurso began her opinion for the Appellate Division in this important case: “Responding to state and national demands for accountability and reform of law enforcement following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced in June that he would end New Jersey’s decades-long practice of shielding the identities of law enforcement officers receiving major discipline for misconduct. Determining...

All New Jersey state and federal courts are closed today for Columbus Day. But late last Friday, the Supreme Court announced that it had granted review in two more criminal appeals. The Court also solicited amicus curiae briefs in a pending appeal. First, the two new appeals. In State v. Carrion, the question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s office, is “Did the failure of the arresting officers to apprise defendant of his Miranda rights prior to his initial statements in his apartment preclude the admission of his subsequent warned statements at the police...

The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in five cases. These are the first grants of the current Term. In HC Equities, LP v. County of Union, which as docket numbers A-1/2-20, the question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s office, is “Were the letters that plaintiff sent timely under the New Jersey Tort Claims Act, N.J.S.A. 59:8-8, and did they substantially comply with the notice requirements of the Act?” In an unpublished, per curiam opinion, a two-judge Appellate Division panel reversed the Law Division’s dismissal of...