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September 18, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Jury Awards $1.5 Million Over Construction Worker's Fall Into Collapsed Trench

"Thus, the trench was permitted to exist in a dangerous condition while subcontractor workers were active on the job site and in the vicinity of the trench," the plaintiff's attorneys said.

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September 17, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Discovery Dispute Centered on Internal Report Produced by Debevoise in Sex Abuse Case Heads Back to Trial Court

"During discovery in the present matter, defendants provided to plaintiffs the public summary, but withheld the internal report, without expressly claiming the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine protected its disclosure," the opinion said.

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September 16, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Drugmaker Accused of Overhyping Proposed COVID Treatment Agrees to $3M Settlement

"Plaintiffs assert that lenzilumab's prospects of success were overstated, that defendants failed to disclose material adverse nonpublic information concerning the scientific merits of repurposing lenzilumab as a COVID treatment as part of a scheme to mislead investors into purchasing shares of Humanigen stock," U.S. District Judge William J. Martini said.

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September 13, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Plaintiff Can't Opt Out of $97 Million Securities Settlement, NJ Fed Judge Rules

The party seeking to opt out had argued that maintaining its own lawsuit separate from the class action should have provided a "reasonable indication" of its plans.

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September 13, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

NJ State Bar Assoc. President-Elect Says Bar Associations Are for Big Law Lawyers Too

"There is a perception, especially among big firm lawyers, that there is no point in being involved in the state bar because these are your competitors and you are never going to get any business out of the state bar," Gibbons' Christine Amalfe said.

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September 12, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Med Mal Claim Over Partial Vision Loss Nets $2.5 Million Settlement

The plaintiff alleged that her condition worsened under the doctor's care and that the doctor did the bare minimum to address spikes in her interocular pressure.

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September 11, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

'Plant Your Flag': Pennsylvania-Based Pietragallo Expands Across the River to the Garden State

"If you are not in New Jersey, you are not in New Jersey, even if you are right across the bridge and able to come over," Scott A. Coffina, a Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti partner, said. "We thought having the presence will put us top of mind for potential clients and really make them think that we are in New Jersey as opposed to just capable of working in New Jersey, like other jurisdictions."

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September 11, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Justices Mull Insurer's Duty to Defend Employer's Negligence Claim in Workers' Comp Dispute

"I am confused as well by counsel's assertion that there is a long-standing abiding obligation for defense of Superior Court tort claims under part one workers' compensation because I read the language ... and maybe that is the problem," Katherine E. Tammaro, a partner with Wilson Elser, said. "Maybe they haven't read the language."

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September 11, 2024 | Law.com

State High Court Finds 7-Eleven Franchisees Fail to Meet Definition of Employee

"Accordingly, we conclude that the contractual obligations of the franchisees to operate their convenience stores in a manner that preserves the integrity of the brand does not satisfy the threshold determination," Associate Justice Dalila Argaez Wendlandt said.

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September 06, 2024 | Law.com

Judge Pauses Landmark $2.75B NCAA Settlement Proposal, Parties to Hash Out More Details

"This provision was carefully negotiated. It is a central part of the deal, and without it, I am not sure there will be a settlement to submit," Rakesh Kilaru, a partner with Wilkinson Stekloff and counsel to the NCAA, said.

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