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When First Place Is Still Not Good Enough – Understanding The Exceptions To The First-Filed Rule
The first-filed rule seems simple on its face: when competing lawsuits have been filed in different courts relating to the same controversy, ordinarily the first-filed suit should have priority, and the later-filed suit should be dismissed.[1] Recently, our firm represented clients...
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The New Jersey Supreme Court Writes Another Chapter In The Mount Laurel Doctrine
In its decision this September in In re Adoption of N.J.A.C. 5:96 & 5:97 by N.J. Council on Affordable Housing,[1] the New Jersey Supreme Court has written another, though likely not the final, chapter in New Jersey's long and often ambivalent and conflicted struggle to provide low...
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Supreme Court Continues Trend Of Carving Back Class Actions
The United States Supreme Court returned its focus to the parameters of class action litigation in three important decisions issued during its most recent term. The decisions in American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant, 133 S. Ct. 2304 (2013), Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter...
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