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Charles Toutant

Charles Toutant

Charles Toutant is a litigation writer for the New Jersey Law Journal.

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June 20, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Too Much: Court Says $1M in Fines for Code Violations Was Excessive

While a municipality can impose an additional fine upon a person for a repeated violation of any municipal ordinance, it does not allow a municipality to repeatedly or continuously fine a person for each day a violation continues, under N.J.S.A. 40:49-5, the panel wrote.

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June 17, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Ex-Judge Fights New Jersey Judiciary, Seeks Chief Justice's Testimony

The former judge claims the judiciary retaliated against her for seeking accommodations for her disability.

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June 14, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Employers Are Calling Their Lawyers as Overtime Rule Revisions Loom

"You need to stay up to the minute on developments," said Mark S. Goldstein, a labor and employment lawyer at Reed Smith. "We have to be able to be flexible and pivot quite quickly, with the patchwork of employment laws at the state and local level."

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June 13, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Judge Is Also a Policyholder: Jurist Won't Step Down From Insurance Case Despite Claims History

Liberty Mutual said one of the judge's claim in 2008 was investigated by the company after being "red flagged."

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June 12, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Calling It Unconstitutional, Companies Sued Over Daniel's Law Want It Struck Down

"[T]the statute imposes 'liquidated damages' triggered by a short and arbitrary compliance deadline, without any consideration of fault or extenuating circumstances," the motion to dismiss states.

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June 11, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Law Firm on the Hook Over Suit Against Ex-Client as Anti-SLAPP Law Tested

Consumers' online reviews of lawyers have been deemed a matter of public concern for SLAPP purposes in California, New York, Oregon and Washington state, said defense attorney Bruce Rosen.

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June 11, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

How a $25M Verdict Motivated the State to Settle a Foster Care Sex Abuse Case for $6.7M

The verdict "certainly got the wheels moving" in Taylor's case, the plaintiff's attorney said.

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June 07, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Big Law Lines Up to Battle FTC Over Ban on Noncompete Clauses

"There is a presumption that compliance with a regulation later held to be invalid results in irreparable harm to those subject to the regulation," the Society for Human Resource Management said in a court filing.

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June 06, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Litigators Face New Challenges Under Revised Open Records Law

"[W]e've won cases based on OPRA results," said Stuart Lieberman, an environmental litigator at Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich in Princeton.

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June 05, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Are Judges Making Decisions to Keep Themselves Off the '6-Month List'?

"The suggestion that any of our judges, all of whom are saturated in motion briefs, would request more briefing as a delay tactic is unfounded and disappointing," Chief Judge Renee Marie Bumb said.

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