Appellate Law Center
Our appellate lawyers provide the latest updates on the appeals courts. This blog is maintained by the Litigation Department of Stevens & Lee.
We consider the court’s practice of ordering some cases “dismissed as improvidently granted” or “DIGed” and how that practice has evolved.
Simply put, injunction proceedings are high stakes poker. If a party plays its first hand wrong, the game may be over before another hand is dealt.
The final state agency decision that denies your bid specification challenge is directly appealable to the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division within 45 days. We examine key considerations and approaches.
Congress has added and subtracted Supreme Court justices many times in our nation’s history, so why did President Biden shy away from proposing a change in the Court’s size?
The resulting appellate opinion will serve as an important case for future bidding challenges, emphasizing that New Jersey’s competitive-bidding process is not left to the discretion of public entities.
As a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision to overrule “Chevron Deference,” it is anticipated that state courts will reconsider their own doctrines and deferential standards of review.
If your company offers a product that is equivalent to or better than the product solicited by a NJ public entity, but your product does not fall exactly within the characteristics described in the specifications, challenging the specification before a bid may pro
Numerous public bid protests have been successful either when presented to the bidding entity itself or after review by the courts, and an aggrieved bidder should not think that their plight is unwinnable.
Considering that Orphans’ Court matters cover trust litigation with large sums of money at stake, misunderstanding the rules of this unusual court can implicate huge consequences.
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