Colleen Murphy

December 11, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

“Honestly, if you have not spent some time in and around government, you are at a disadvantage,” Lowenstein Sandler litigation department chair Christopher Porrino told the Law Journal.

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

December 10, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

“Because New Jersey’s Supreme Court has not addressed this precise issue, we must predict how it would rule,” Judge Arianna J. Freeman said in her dissent. “Fortunately, several New Jersey authorities guide our path. Following that path, I predict that the New Jersey Supreme Court would discern an implied cause of action for failure to hire in violation of CREAMMA.”

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

December 09, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Essex County Judge Jodi Lee Alper found that the defendants in a theft of trade secrets case used software to wipe message history in violation of multiple court orders to preserve evidence.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

December 05, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

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.

By Colleen Murphy

2 minute read

December 03, 2024 | International Edition

'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.

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

December 02, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

“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.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

November 27, 2024 | Law.com

“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.

By Colleen Murphy

6 minute read

November 26, 2024 | Law.com

“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.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

November 25, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

“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.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

November 25, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

“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.

By Colleen Murphy

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