Today, May 1, is Law Day.  According to 36 U.S.C. §113, “Law Day, U.S.A., is a special day of celebration by the people of the United States in appreciation of their liberties and the reaffirmation of their loyalty to the United States and of their rededication to the ideals of equality and justice under law in their relations with each other and with other countries; and for the cultivation of the respect for law that is so vital to the democratic way of life.” 

President Eisenhower first proclaimed Law Day in 1958.  Since May 1 was May Day in communist countries, La

A memorial service was held at the Bar Center today for Bob Greenbaum, the senior partner of Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis (my former firm), who died several weeks ago at age 89.  Bob’s daughter, Margot, and seven of his partners spoke.

Since this is the New Jersey Appellate Law blog, it must be noted that Bob argued important land use law cases on appeal, including Levin v. Parsippany-Troy Hills Tp., 82 N.J. 174 (1980), and Snyder-Westerlind Corp. v. Atlantic Highlands Mayor & Council, 134 N.J. Super. 459 (App. Div. 1975)  But Bob was best known for

Kendall v. Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc.., 209 N.J. 173 (2012).  In this case, the 5-1 majority opinion by Justice Long offers a comprehensive tutorial about New Jersey’s “discovery rule,” which mitigates the strict statute of limitations in various circumstances.  But the main issue in the case, which involved the drug Accutane and its tendency to cause inflammatory bowel disease (including ulcerative colitis), was whether the presumption of labeling adequacy con