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....

Park Crest Cleaners, LLC v. A Plus Cleaners & Alterations Corp., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2019).  This opinion by Judge Fisher today dismissed an appeal under convoluted facts.  To dramatically oversimplify (and it’s worth reading the opinion, which, characteristically for Judge Fisher, was not long), the parties litigated a commercial case that resulted, after a jury trial, in a judgment for plaintiffs against defendants and the owner of property that was involved in the lawsuit.  The Chancery Division reduced the damage figure awarded by the jury to a lesser amount. The...

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