Late last week, the Supreme Court granted certification in Goldfarb v. Solimine. The opinion of the Appellate Division, reported at 460 N.J. Super. 22 (App. Div. 2019), was discussed here. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s office, is “Among other issues, is plaintiff’s promissory estoppel claim barred because there was no written contract to provide services as an investment adviser?” The Appellate Division upheld a jury verdict for plaintiff as to liability but remanded for a new trial on damages, before a different judge, due to what the...

On this date in 1993, the Supreme Court decided In re Peterman, 134 N.J. 201 (1993). [Disclosure: I was a member of the Supreme Court Committee on Character for fifteen years, including during 1993, but I had no involvement with this case. I currently represent Bar applicants in connection with Committee on Character applications and proceedings.] The Court voted 5-2 to affirm the Committee on Character’s recommendation to admit this candidate to the New Jersey Bar. Peterman had been a lawyer in Pennsylvania. He had been disbarred there in 1985. The reason for that was, as the Supreme...

The Supreme Court announced this afternoon that it has granted review in three more cases. Each involves a grant of certification. In Gramiccioni v. Department of Law & Public Safety, the question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s office, is “Under the circumstances presented, was the Attorney General required to defend and indemnify the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, the Monmouth County Prosecutor, and Assistant Prosecutors named as defendants in a civil complaint, pursuant to Wright v. State, 169 N.J. 422 (2001)?” In an unpublished opinion of a...