{"id":240,"date":"2026-03-11T11:12:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/?p=240"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:12:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:12:38","slug":"what-practitioners-need-to-know-about-nj-supreme-court-adoption-of-merits-briefing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/2026\/03\/11\/what-practitioners-need-to-know-about-nj-supreme-court-adoption-of-merits-briefing\/","title":{"rendered":"What Practitioners Need to Know About NJ Supreme Court Adoption of \u201cMerits Briefing\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/robertmpalumbos.html\">Robert M. Palumbos<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/paulpjosephson.html\">Paul P. Josephson<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/christopherhcasey.html\">Christopher H. Casey<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/andrewrsperl.html\">Andrew R. Sperl<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/justinmignogna.html\">Justin G. Mignogna<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a February 26, 2026, notice, the Supreme Court of New Jersey announced sweeping amendments to the court rules governing briefing before the court. The new framework provides for merits briefing in all appeals taken on or after February 10, 2026. These changes represent the most significant overhaul of the court\u2019s briefing procedures in years and carry important implications for appellate practitioners, amicus participants and anyone following the court\u2019s docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/emarketing.duanemorris.com\/e\/aikyphykzjnm6nw\/b7e5ef1e-bfe6-4685-98e3-a08469e397bf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the full&nbsp;<em>Alert<\/em>&nbsp;on the Duane Morris LLP website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Robert M. Palumbos,\u00a0Paul P. Josephson,\u00a0Christopher H. Casey,\u00a0Andrew R. Sperl\u00a0and\u00a0Justin G. Mignogna In a February 26, 2026, notice, the Supreme Court of New Jersey announced sweeping amendments to the court rules governing briefing before the court. The new framework provides for merits briefing in all appeals taken on or after February 10, 2026. These changes represent &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/2026\/03\/11\/what-practitioners-need-to-know-about-nj-supreme-court-adoption-of-merits-briefing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What Practitioners Need to Know About NJ Supreme Court Adoption of \u201cMerits Briefing\u201d&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[100,101,52,99],"ppma_author":[5],"class_list":["post-240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-appeals","tag-appellate-practice","tag-new-jersey","tag-new-jersey-supreme-court"],"authors":[{"term_id":5,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"duanemorris3","display_name":"Duane Morris","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/843ff6e7a8fe5fc92109b47a45f34b6cf0ea499e6e788db23456c838b0ae6747?s=96&d=blank&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}