New Jersey Team Secures Appellate Win In Legal Malpractice Case

Newark Partners Meredith Kaplan Stoma and Jeffrey Leonard secured a significant appellate win on behalf of an attorney in a legal malpractice matter when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit – for a second time – affirmed the dismissal of the case.

As a New Jersey Law Journal (NJLJ) article describes, Lewis Brisbois’ client had represented a plaintiff who was in a dispute with his mother over the administration of his father’s estate. The […]

By | January 22nd, 2023 ||

New Jersey Appellate Division Holds Neighbors Can Enforce Deed Restrictions

The New Jersey Appellate Division recently affirmed summary judgment for plaintiffs who sought to enforce deed restrictions to prevent a neighbor from subdividing their property, despite the fact that the restrictions were not included in the deed to defendants. See Cherry v. Ziad Hadaya, 2021 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2571 (App. Div. Oct. 29, 2021). Defendants own a plot of land on Jefferson Road in Princeton, New Jersey (“Lot 4”). Lot 4 was originally part of […]

By | January 17th, 2023 ||

New York Court Of Appeals Confirms Registration To Do Business Under Business Registration Statute Does Not Constitute Consent To General Jurisdiction

For more than a century, companies that registered to do business under state business registration statutes were deemed to have consented to general personal jurisdiction — i.e., jurisdiction over all disputes — in that state, regardless of any link between the alleged misconduct and the forum. That was thrown into doubt in 2014, when the Supreme Court of the United States held in Daimler AG v. Bauman1 that, except in extraordinary cases, a corporate defendant is […]

By | January 14th, 2023 ||