As stated here, all Appellate Division oral arguments through March 27 will be conducted telephonically rather than in person. There is no indication yet as to whether that will continue past March 27. The Supreme Court has no oral arguments scheduled this week. The Court’s next scheduled argument dates are March 30 and...

As announced here, the Supreme Court of the United States today advised that, “in light of public health concerns,” it is postponing oral arguments that had been scheduled for March 23-25 and March 30-April 1. “The Court will examine the options for rescheduling those cases in due course in light of the developing circumstances,” its press release stated. Among the cases that were to be heard during that period are cases involving efforts by different parties to get access to Donald Trump’s tax or financial records. Will those cases still be heard and decided...

Mejia v. Quest Diagnostics, Inc., ___ N.J. ___ (2020). Today’s opinion by Justice Fernandez-Vina, for a unanimous Supreme Court, involved “whether a third-party defendant, facing only claims for contribution and common-law indemnification from an original defendant that did not file an affidavit of merit against him, must participate in the trial establishing the underlying liability.” The Court concluded that the third-party defendant was required to participate at trial, affirming the decisions of both the Law Division and the Appellate Division to that effect. The case...