Charles Toutant

September 27, 2024 | Law.com

Most of the cases focused on gender discrimination, but two of the suits alleged pregnancy discrimination and two others claimed mistreatment of transgender employees.

By Charles Toutant

9 minute read

September 25, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, from June 2013 through December 2016, the attorneys and others fraudulently induced mortgage lenders to participate in short-sale transactions.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

September 25, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Gov. Phil Murphy said he was pleased that the bill bans the sale of intoxicating hemp beverages to individuals under age 21 and would end the sale of such drinks in smoke shops. He said he "would have preferred to sign a bill that stopped there," but said "[t]he status quo is untenable."

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

September 24, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Mounting litigation has become a major headache for the wind project's developer. Colts Neck attorney Thomas Stavola Jr.'s latest suit follows another he filed on behalf of some of the same plaintiffs, now pending in U.S. District Court against the U.S. Department of Commerce.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

September 23, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The attorney allegedly suggested that the $400,000 her firm had previously paid to its counsel be applied again, an idea the lawsuit termed "incredulous." In other words, counsel would continue to represent the attorneys in three cases, but would receive nothing on current bills of more than $400,000, the suit claims.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

September 20, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

In the latest case, the complaint says consumers typically know little about title insurance and decisions about which insurer to use are typically made by lawyers, realtors, mortgage brokers or lenders.

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3 minute read

September 19, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Plaintiff and hospice physician Paul Bryman said in a statement that the ruling "means I cannot provide non-resident patients who request this gentle-dying option with care consistent with their values and wishes at one of the most important moments in their lives."

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4 minute read

September 19, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"I read an exhaustive amount of medical journals, literature, studies, scientific papers, from around the world on these topics, which I think ultimately gave me the ability to confront these defense experts in the opinions that they offered and really discount and diminish the validity of those opinions that they were trying to argue," Justin Drazin said.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

September 17, 2024 | Law.com

"Defendant Regent made the calculated decision, in consultation with its lawyers, that it could save money because of an alleged loophole in the WARN Act; namely, that it supposedly did not apply to fully or partially remote workers. However, that is not correct," the suit claims.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

September 16, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"The defendants also went to great lengths to invent bogus and pre-textual performance issues in an attempt to justify an otherwise unlawful termination," plaintiffs lawyer Matthew Luber said.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read