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December 05, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Rolled Ankle in Bank Parking Lot Nets $1.3 Million Settlement

The plaintiff alleged that the bank breached its duty to provide safe premises by failing to clean up the residual effects of a recent storm.

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December 03, 2024 | International Edition

Mastercard Settles First-Ever UK Mass Consumer Action Over Unlawful Fees

'I am very pleased that after nearly nine years of litigation with Mastercard, I have agreed to a settlement that I believe will deliver meaningful compensation to class members who chose to come forward to participate in the distribution of the damages,' solicitor Walter Merricks said.

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December 02, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Unanswered Questions on Remote Work Complicate NJ Wage Transparency Law, Litigators Say

“The more of these wage transparency laws that come online, the more states are learning from what you might call the missteps of other states that have enacted these laws,” Alexandra Barnett, a partner with Alston & Bird, said.

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November 27, 2024 | Law.com

From 'Confusing Labyrinth' to Speeding 'Roller Coaster': Uncertainty Reigns in Title IX as Litigators Await Second Trump Admin

“Given how central the trans issue was to Trump’s campaign, you have this bizarre situation where what had been a fringe issue in Title IX is suddenly not just the central legal issue in these challenges to the rule, but was an important reason why Trump won,” Brooklyn College history and legal affairs professor KC Johnson said.

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November 26, 2024 | Law.com

Trump’s DOE Pick Could Spell Trouble for Title IX Enforcement, Higher Ed Funding

“I do not think it is as simple as announcing that the Department [of Education] be dismantled,” Elizabeth L. Troutman, a partner with Brooks Pierce, said.

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November 25, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Appellate Div. Follows Fed Reasoning on Recusal for Legislator-Turned-Judge

“A compensation judge who formerly sponsored a bill enacted into law is not per se disqualified from presiding over cases implicating or interpreting that law," Appellate Division Judge Lisa Puglisi said.

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November 25, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Chiesa Shahinian Bolsters Corporate Practice With 5 From Newark Boutique

“The bread and butter, the privately held midmarket client that spins off not only M&A work, but financing work, contract and commercial transactions, but also intellectual property, environmental, real estate, is the real value add here," Glenn Stein, chair of the corporate and securities group at Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi, said.

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November 20, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

$113K Sanction Award to Law Firm at Stake: NJ Supreme Court Will Consider 'Unsettled Law' Frivolous Litigation Question

"The only published cases are two divergent Chancery Division rulings issued almost four years apart, the most recent being some twenty-seven years ago," Judge Thomas W. Sumners Jr. said.

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November 19, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

$10 Million Settlement Reached for Baby Injured by Disconnected Ventilator

“We are very happy to get justice for the Voyez family after all of these years and to provide them with compensation so that they can provide the care their son needs,” Michael J. Epstein of the Epstein Law Firm told the Law Journal.

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November 18, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Monmouth County Bench May Soon Have a New Superior Court Judge

Currently, there are 39 open seats on the Superior Court bench across the state. Two more seats are expected to open up in December.

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