General Litigation
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New Jersey Appellate Division Confirms Parties May Review for Relevance Documents That Hit on ESI Search TermsApril 11, 2025 | General Litigation
The New Jersey Appellate Division recently issued a rare opinion concerning review and production of...
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Dog Doesn’t Hunt: After Plaintiff Drops Federal Claim, U.S. Supreme Court Says Dog Food Case Must Be Remanded to State Court
February 4, 2025 | General Litigation
The United States Supreme Court clarified this month in Royal Canin U.S.A., Inc. v. Wullschleger th...
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Massachusetts Supreme Court Takes a Closer Look at Wiretap Laws, Potentially Narrowing Privacy Actions
November 25, 2024 | General Litigation
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently issued an important ruling in Vita v. New England ...
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Just Poor Form? How the New OPRA Request Form Creates Confusion for Custodians and Requestors Alike
October 8, 2024 | General Litigation
Recent amendments to the Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1, et seq. (OPRA), became effective...
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Third Circuit Clarifies Standard for Assessing Preliminary Injunctions
July 24, 2024 | General Litigation
On July 15, the Third Circuit issued a precedential opinion in Delaware State Sportsmen’s Associat...
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“Pharma Bro” Avoids the Most Serious Adverse Inference Sanction for Spoliating Evidence Under Rule 37(e)
May 29, 2024 | General Litigation
In an opinion out of the Southern District of New York addressing alleged spoliation of ESI, Judge D...
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NJ Supreme Court Holds That Hospital’s Medical Staff Bylaws Do Not Create Implied Duties of Good Faith
April 24, 2024 | General Litigation
Pursuant to New Jersey Department of Health regulations, New Jersey hospitals must implement bylaws ...
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Refusal to Wear a Face Mask May Leave You Constitutionally Unprotected
February 29, 2024 | Appellate
Is there a constitutional free speech right to refuse to wear a face mask in public indoor spaces du...
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NJ Appellate Division Holds That Residency of Party Making First Contact in Long-Term Business Relationship Is Not “Jurisdictionally Dispositive”
February 28, 2024 | General Litigation
Personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant cannot be based on the unilateral acts of an in...
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New Jersey’s Consumer Data Privacy Statute – What You Need to Know
January 31, 2024 | General Litigation
On January 16, 2024, Governor Murphy signed S332 into law, making New Jersey the 13th state to enact...
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Corporate Counsel Is Not Your Counsel: Communications Between Shareholders and Corporation Counsel Are Not Necessarily Privileged
January 11, 2024 | General Litigation
You founded, own, and run your company. So, it is natural to assume that your company’s lawyer is ...
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Is “Per Se” Getting in the Way? Use of That Term in Defamation Law
December 7, 2023 | General Litigation
The twin branches of defamation consist of libel and slander. Libel is defamation by written words o...
