New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Victoria Flynn | March 4, 2024
"I would encourage the attorney general and other elected officials who have filed suit against New Jersey businesses to reflect on that decision because of the impact these lawsuits will have on our business community that provides energy to our residents, especially if these lawsuits are unlikely to be able to successfully combat climate change," writes Assemblywoman Victoria Flynn.
By Colleen Murphy | Charles Toutant | March 1, 2024
Here's where trials will restart in New Jersey, and where judicial vacancies and shutdowns still loom.
By Jane Wester | March 1, 2024
According to a superseding information, Jose Uribe facilitated payments for a Mercedes convertible for the senator and his spouse's benefit in exchange for their influence with the state attorney general in two matters.
By Law Journal Editorial Board | March 1, 2024
In Sadeeshkumar v. Sadeeshkumar, the trial judge had denied the defendant's motion to assert a counterclaim for divorce for irreconcilable differences and denied defendant's motion for reconsideration as untimely.
By Charles Toutant | March 1, 2024
"The case is now streamlined into, basically, a smaller case, but from our perspective, at least her claim survived—the hostile work environment under federal and state law," plaintiffs attorney David Koller said.
By Charles Toutant | February 29, 2024
"To find a right of action for the municipalities would mean the (Board of Public Utilities) would no longer hold all enforcement authority. Because this would change the plain meaning of the (Cable Television Act), we find no constitutional basis for finding a private right of action for municipalities," Judge Jane Roth wrote for the court.
By Charles Toutant | February 29, 2024
"Due to the lack of transparency in [third-party litigation funding] arrangements, parties to litigation and judges are oftentimes not aware of potential conflicts of interest, have no reasonable way of gauging improper outside influence by funders on litigation strategy or settlement decisions, or other ethical concerns with funding arrangements," said Anthony Anastasio, president of the New Jersey Civil Justice Institute.
By Colleen Murphy | February 29, 2024
"Many of us heard that these cases just are not worth that much money," said John Baldante of Baldante & Rubenstein. "But these Winslow Township Board of Education cases prove that these cases have more significant value than they ever had in the past. The paradigm has changed."
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Betsy G. Ramos | February 29, 2024
"But trial court judges must tread carefully in granting a dismissal with prejudice, knowing that, unless the circumstances are egregious with multiple failures to comply with a court order and discovery requests, their decision may be reversed by the Appellate Division," writes litigation attorney Betsy G. Ramos.
By Charles Toutant | February 28, 2024
The decision turned on whether New Jersey has jurisdiction over the national group or just its local affiliates.
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