Charles Toutant

August 29, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"For all of the pomp and circumstance surrounding the premium brands and high-end fashion on its racks and shelves, luxury retailer Neiman Marcus takes a comparatively cut-rate approach to the data security protocols for its customers' data," a Delaware suit states.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

August 28, 2024 | Law.com

The suits cite the holding from Jarkesy that the Seventh Amendment requires the SEC to bring civil penalty proceedings for security fraud in federal court, where the defendant is entitled to a jury, rather than do so in an in-house administrative proceeding.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

August 27, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"This lawsuit is without merit," Sills Cummis General Counsel Richard Epstein said in a statement about the suit. "Mr. Hekemian owes the firm a significant amount for the legal services that he requested, and we will be filing a counterclaim to collect all sums due."

By Charles Toutant

3 minute read

August 26, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Bruce Nagel, when asked why nearly four years elapsed between the bounced check and the filing of a suit, said, "I'm lazy," but later added that he has "known about it and trying to settle it and I'm hopeful I'll get it settled."

By Charles Toutant

2 minute read

August 26, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"As the largest employer in the world, Amazon makes clear that it does not believe the law applies to it and that they are free to treat their employees how they see fit. The law does not support this belief," the plaintiff said in a court filing.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

August 23, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Wacks Law Group of Whippany discovered suspicious activity on its network on March 9. A short time later, a ransomware group called Qilin claimed responsibility for the breach, according to the suit.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

August 22, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Jason Mills of Morgan Lewis anticipates that proposed rules to protect workers from the heat will generate strong opposition and legal challenges to them might end up before the U.S. Supreme Court.

By Charles Toutant

9 minute read

August 21, 2024 | Law.com

"This means in essence that, unless a federal appeals court reverses Judge Brown's decision—and we are admittedly only at the end of one phase of the likely three-phase judicial process as appeals are next—the FTC's noncompete rule will not take effect on Sept. 4," employment lawyer Mark S. Goldstein said.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

August 20, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The court has been "very receptive" to the concerns raised by the NJSBA, "including that these cases take way too long and that the approach of the OAE was overly prosecutorial," Jeralyn Lawrence, a former NJSBA president, said.

By Charles Toutant

7 minute read

August 19, 2024 | Law.com

Among those filing suits is Shakeena Hill, a residential care assistant at a retirement community. Hill claims that she was sexually harassed by a male resident who slapped her buttocks on two occasions.

By Charles Toutant

2 minute read