By Colleen Murphy | April 23, 2024
"K.L.F. and P.M. both express sound reasoning in reaching their respective rulings, making our decision a close call," Judge Thomas W. Sumners Jr. wrote. "We, however, conclude, as did K.L.F. and the trial court, that a public entity is not immune from the sanctions that can be imposed under the FLS."
By Colleen Murphy | April 22, 2024
"We may find in the courts that the battle is playing out more than we have seen in the past because, obviously, this is a new demand on universities and how they approach that may differ. That is always fodder for litigation, and for good reason," said Cori M. Smith, an associate and member of Reed Smith's higher education team.
By Jane Wester | April 18, 2024
One co-defendant's waiver of their right to call another co-defendant's lawyer means that the embattled New Jersey Democrat still has a May 6 trial date.
By Colleen Murphy | April 18, 2024
"Although I wish the dissent's reasoning had prevailed, what seems clear is that when CPANJ's records are in the hands of a prosecutor or other public agency, they can likely still be obtained that way," CJ Griffin, director of the Justice Gary S. Stein Public Interest Center at Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, said in a statement emailed to the Law Journal. "It will just take much more time and effort to track down which of the 21 prosecutor offices holds a particular document."
By Colleen Murphy | April 18, 2024
"There were pay equity statutes before there were pay transparency requirements which I think are sleeping giants," Christopher T. Wall of Stoel Rives, said. "There is a ton of exposure that, I think, people both on the plaintiff side and on the employer side, are not totally tuned in to. It is good to take stock of pay discrepancies that may exist and to fix those issues. That also helps protect your business from catastrophic liability."
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By Colleen Murphy | April 17, 2024
"We believe that a continuous infusion of judgeships becomes the most critical component in any of our operations, and as you heard in my opening remarks, we need to continuously add new judges to our workforce," Judge Glenn A. Grant said. "We are at 39 [vacancies]. Probably, by the end of the summer, we will have another seven to 10 judges leave, so you are then over 50 again."
By Jane Wester | April 17, 2024
U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein of the Southern District of New York summoned all the parties' lawyers to a conference this week after the attorneys indicated they were struggling to reach agreement on a stipulation to be signed by Hana's lead attorney Lawrence Lustberg of Gibbons PC.
By Jane Wester | April 10, 2024
Prosecutors agreed to delay trial until July or August, but are holding fast to their position that the co-defendants' matters not be severed.
By Jane Wester | April 9, 2024
The medical condition was not revealed in the lawyers' letter, but Menendez' attorneys described it as "serious" and wrote that it will require "a surgical procedure in the next four to six weeks as well as possibly significant follow-up and recovery treatment."
By Colleen Murphy | April 8, 2024
"Years of high vacancy rates, combined with the COVID-19 pandemic and its resulting impact on staffing levels, have significantly challenged the judiciary's ability to conduct management conferences, hearings and trials," Judge Glenn A. Grant, acting administrative director of the court, said. "A growing and unmanageable backlog of court cases was the predictable result."
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