Month: October 2022

NJ Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Whether NJIT Officer Entitled to Arbitration

NJ Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Whether NJIT Officer Entitled to Arbitration

On September 28, 2022, the Supreme Court of New Jersey held oral arguments in In the Matter of Officer Gregory DiGuglielmo and New Jersey Institute of Technology. The case involves whether a campus police officer who was terminated by the New Jersey Institute of Technology because of alleged non-criminal misconduct

NJ Supreme Court Addresses Legality of Corporal Punishment

NJ Supreme Court Addresses Legality of Corporal Punishment

In State v. A.L.A.,(A-3-21/085500)(Decided August 18, 2022), the New Jersey Supreme Court held that in child endangerment cases, as well as simple assault cases, courts must instruct juries that reasonable corporal punishment is legal. Because the jury in the case could not have understood that the reasonable corporal punishment language in

NJ Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Facebook Case Challenging Communication Data Warrants

NJ Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Facebook Case Challenging Communication Data Warrants

The Supreme Court of New Jersey recently agreed to hear appeals from both sides in a closely watched case involving law enforcement access to social media accounts. The specific issue in Facebook, Inc. v. State of New Jersey is whether police can obtain prospective electronic communications from a Facebook account