Charles Toutant

January 10, 2025 | New Jersey Law Journal

As an example, the advisory cited decision-making tools used by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to select individuals to audit for under-reporting their tax liability.

By Charles Toutant

6 minute read

January 09, 2025 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Third Circuit ruling is significant because "qualified immunity makes it extremely difficult for victims of police misconduct to achieve justice," said plaintiff counsel Tracey Hinson.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

January 08, 2025 | New Jersey Law Journal

Multiple lawsuits target the gambling app. "DraftKings’ business model has long involved pushing the boundaries of the law, misleading consumers, and luring naive gamblers into developing addictions," alleged one suit, filed by Loevy & Loevy of Chicago.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

January 07, 2025 | Law.com

Don't Ask, Don't Tell, a policy which barred openly gay people from serving in the military, was repealed in 2011. But the government engaged in ongoing disparate treatment of LGBTQ+ veterans because their discharge papers sometimes cite separation codes that list homosexuality or "sexual perversion," the suit claimed.

By Charles Toutant

3 minute read

January 06, 2025 | New Jersey Law Journal

Not all data is created equal, and the information stolen in this case is "too mundane" or readily available online to significantly increase an individual's risk of identity theft, the judge said.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

January 03, 2025 | New Jersey Law Journal

The plaintiff filed her personal injury suit in Bergen County.

By Charles Toutant

3 minute read

January 03, 2025 | New Jersey Law Journal

The firm's salary-and-draw compensation model, in which fees collected from the attorney's clients are credited against the draw portion of his paycheck, will come under close scrutiny in the litigation.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

January 02, 2025 | Law.com

The case pits an employee's right to religious expression against the company's support of its LGBTQ+ workers.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

January 02, 2025 | New Jersey Law Journal

"People don't go to TikTok for dry legal content of somebody sitting at their desk and explaining the law in a monotonous voice. They want to feel like they're dealing with somebody who's engaging with them on a human level. Be your authentic self," TikTok adherent Kyla Lee said.

By Charles Toutant

7 minute read

December 27, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

A bill requiring New Jersey's Office of the Public Defender to represent people charged with contempt for violating domestic violence restraining orders would also end the long-standing arrangement where attorneys in private practice are assigned to those cases randomly and must provide representation free of charge.

By Charles Toutant

7 minute read