By Colleen Murphy | February 17, 2023
A $1.625 million settlement was reached prior to trial in Bernstein v. Friedman for a 38-year-old woman involved motor vehicle crash in Morris County. On…
By Colleen Murphy | January 30, 2023
In an unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division held that the New Jersey Supreme Court's holding in "Hargrove v. Sleepy's" does not apply to Wage Payment Law claims asserted by fully commissioned real estate salespeople because the Brokers Act forecloses the use of the "ABC test" to distinguish between employees and independent contractors.
By Charles Toutant | January 18, 2023
The attorney said the sanctions would cause him "incredible hardship" as a solo practitioner.
By Allison Dunn | January 6, 2023
"Is the contract still able to be performed? If the answer is, 'No,' then there's certainly the argument that performance may be impossible or impractical, the purpose of it may have been frustrated, and so forth," said Peter Byrnes on behalf of the landlord.
By Charles Toutant | January 6, 2023
The attorney "simply does not have any remaining credibility with this court, or likely almost any other court that he has litigated before in recent years," Senior U.S. District Judge Noel Hillman wrote.
By Colleen Murphy | January 3, 2023
A New Jersey attorney has been censured for multiple violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct, including one count which alleged he steered 19 clients to use his employer, All-Pro Title Group, for real estate closings without written permission waiving the conflict of interest or providing them the opportunity to employ another title company.
By Colleen Murphy | December 29, 2022
"In other words, bad faith is not required, but a court in its discretion may look for 'indicia of bad faith,' as one factor in deciding whether to remand," Judge Patty Shwartz said. "Accordingly, we cannot conclude that the district court's statements, reflecting reality, were in error."
By Charles Toutant | December 21, 2022
The suit claimed the defendants had "a calculated and long-standing business model of risking employees' lives by assigning their employees to perform hazardous work assignments in specialized trades including, but not limited to, working with live electrical systems and high-voltage panels while same remained energized."
By Emily Saul | December 19, 2022
New York City Commissioner of International Affairs Edward Mermelstein is suing Am Law 200 firm Cole Schotz and one of its lawyers, claiming their bad lawyering lost him more than $6 million in a real estate deal.
By Colleen Murphy | December 15, 2022
"The sheriff's sale occurred more than eight months after Harmon filed her first complaint, and therefore the first action does not bar her claims challenging the sheriff's sale," stated the per curiam opinion. "The District Court reasoned that Harmon could have amended her complaint in the first action to include these later-arising claims, but Morgan chose its bright-line rule in part to avoid 'disputes about whether plaintiffs could have amended their initial complaints to assert claims based on later-occurring incidents.'"
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