Today witnessed the latest event in the ongoing saga regarding third round rules for low and moderate-income housing to be adopted by the Council on Affordable Housing (“COAH”).  As discussed ...

As discussed here, on March 7, the Appellate Division directed the Council on Affordable Housing (“COAH”) to meet on an expedited basis and adopt third round rules regarding municipal shares of ...

In re Proposed Quest Academy Charter School, 216 N.J. 370 (2013).  In this unanimous opinion, fittingly written by Justice LaVecchia given her Office of Administrative Law background, the Supreme Court ...

Hirsch v. Amper Financial Services, LLC, 215 N.J. 174 (2013).  Arbitration is a matter of contract.  The issue in this case was whether non-parties to an arbitration agreement could be compelled to ...

In re Letter Decision of the Committee on Attorney Advertising, Docket No. 47-2007, 213 N.J. 171 (2013).  New Jersey Rule of Professional Conduct 7.5 requires that a law firm’s name “include the ...

Van Dunk v. Reckson Associates Realty Corp., 210 N.J. 449 (2012).  New Jersey’s Workers’ Compensation Act, N.J.S.A. 34:15-1 to -128.5 (“the Act”), creates what is normally the sole recourse for an employee ...

Luchejko v. City of Hoboken, 207 N.J. 191 (2011).  Sidewalk liability cases have bedeviled our Supreme Court for many years.  In Stewart v. 104 Wallace Street, Inc., 87 N.J. 146 (1981), ...

Abbott v. Burke, 206 N.J. 332 (2011).  The merits of this latest decision on the funding necessary to satisfy the mandate of article VIII, section 4, paragraph 1 of the New ...

State v. Shelley, 205 N.J. 320 (2011).  Statutory interpretation questions pop up endlessly.  In this case, defendant was accused of selling cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7, which criminalizes drug ...

Imagine that someone assembled Bill Russell, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, and Kobe Bryant to discuss how to win NBA championships.  The parallel to such a gathering, for those interested ...