State Nat’l Ins. Co. v. County of Camden, 824 F.3d 399 (3d Cir. 2016).  The case underlying today’s 2-1 decision involved claims of legal malpractice.  The procedural history was a ...

North Jersey Brain & Spine Center v. Aetna, Inc., 801 F.3d 369 (3d Cir. 2015).  Judge Chagares’s concise opinion in this case today crystallized the issue near the outset.  “The ...

Last Thursday, I argued an appeal in the Third Circuit before Judges Chagares, Jordan, and Vanaskie.  Ours was the second of two appeals to be argued that day.  At the ...

Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Watson Pharmaceuticals,, Inc., 765 F.3d 205 (3d Cir. 2014).  Plaintiff Ferring and defendant Watson (now known as Actavis, Inc.) are competing pharmaceutical companies.  Each company markets ...

Giles v. Campbell, 698 F.3d 153 (3d Cir. 2012).  Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25 addresses what happens when a party dies during the pendency of a case.  Plaintiff, a ...

United States v. Kennedy, 682 F.3d 244 (3d Cir. 2012).  In this decision, issued today and discussed here on a different subject, the Third Circuit sternly reprimanded a District of New Jersey ...