Yesterday’s post noted that the Third Circuit has published a number of opinions in recent days. Here are summaries of some more of those opinions, all of which emanate from the District of New Jersey: In re Remicade (Direct Purchaser) Antitrust Litig., ___ F.3d ___ (3d Cir. 2019). This appeal, in an antitrust action, centered on whether plaintiffs were required by contract to arbitrate the antitrust claims instead of litigating them in court. The parties had agreed to arbitrate all claims “arising out of or relating to” a distribution contract between them....

Last week, the Appellate Division issued four published opinions on a single day, as discussed here. Today, the court released three published decisions. Here are summaries of those opinions: New Jersey Div. of Child Protection & Permanency v. B.H., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2019). This was an abuse and neglect appeal under Title 9. B.H. was the boyfriend of H.S. He was accused of abusing or neglecting H.S.’s daughter, M.S. Title 9 defines “abused or neglected child” as one who is impaired, or in danger of impairment, due to the failure of his or her “parent...

The Supreme Court announced late yesterday that it has granted certification in three cases. Two of the matters produced published opinions in the Appellate Division. The first of those is New Jersey Land Title Ass’n v. Rone. The question presented on that appeal, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s office, is “May a county register or clerk charge a ‘convenience fee’ for the electronic filing of documents concerning real property?” The Appellate Division, in an opinion that was reported at 458 N.J. Super. 123 (App. Div. 2019) and discussed here, held...