By Charles Toutant | November 17, 2023
"I think that judges generally are mindful about the fact that the litigants are paying themselves when they go to a discovery master," said Lisa Crystal, a former Superior Court judge who now is practicing alternate dispute resolution with Brach Eichler.
By Charles Toutant | October 23, 2023
The state is generally immune from suits, and the state's decisions concerning hiring judges are personnel decisions that are protected by the Tort Claims Act, the Attorney General's Office said in a court filing.
By Amanda Bronstad | Ross Todd | Ellen Bardash | October 19, 2023
At a Sept. 6 status hearing, lawyers on both sides of the talcum powder lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson debated the impact of the upcoming amendments to Federal Rule 702 of Evidence.
By Charles Toutant | August 11, 2023
"In our view it's designed to chill them away from bringing a case, to intimidate them, which is why this issue is so important," plaintiff's lawyer Gerald Clark said.
By Charles Toutant | May 23, 2023
"[W]hen you're confronting a witness, especially a witness where there's critical testimony or controversial testimony, where it's in dispute, that being in person presents opportunities that you wouldn't have in remote [depositions]," Archer's Patrick Papalia said.
By Amanda Bronstad | April 27, 2023
U.S. Magistrate Judge Valerie Figueredo, in New York, is set to decide whether plaintiffs' expert Dr. Jacqueline Moline must disclose the 33 individuals in her 2019 article, one of the first to link cosmetic talcum powder to mesothelioma.
By Colleen Murphy | April 25, 2023
"Rather than acknowledging the existence of the photographs and videos and providing a privilege log, Plaintiff's counsel's conduct resulted in concealment of the existence of the documents," said U.S. Magistrate Judge Ann Marie Donio of the District of New Jersey. "Plaintiff's counsel fails to proffer any justification—let alone substantial justification—for failing to disclose the existence of these documents through a privilege log."
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Law Journal Editorial Board | April 17, 2023
Lawyers regularly must consider where to litigate a dispute: federal or state court; what state/venue; court or arbitration?
By Charles Toutant | April 14, 2023
"Defendant indeed spoke words, but did not provide answers, thereby preventing effective examination," Special Master Dennis Cavanaugh said of the lawyer's performance at the first deposition.
By Charles Toutant | March 15, 2023
"Whenever a truthful answer would reflect poorly on him, Mr. Rosebush would veer off course and reiterate—often with identical words, emphases, cadence, and gestures—his scripted, and completely non-responsive, speech about the nature of the PBM audits," the Roche motion says.
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