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August 24, 1999 |

Patent Suit Puts Millions at Stake

Inventor Jerome H. Lemelson fiercely litigated with big companies around the world during his life to extract licensing revenues linked to his many patents. A private foundation he started has carried on his litigious tradition since his death in 1997. But in a delicious legal twist, a Colorado mining company now claims, in a lawsuit filed in Reno, Nev., that it is the real owner of Lemelson patents covering widely used bar code technology and should be paid millions of dollars.
9 minute read
May 30, 2008 |

The A-List (51-200)

Lawyers like to lament the passing of their fabled past, when partners knew each other on sight, firms contented themselves to operating in one ZIP code and junior associates were not a menacing anonymous horde threatening to take out their frustrations via the blogosphere. As it happens, in the big-firm world those days aren't gone, they've just moved to the Am Law Second Hundred ranks, where firms are prosperous and growing steadily but retain the possibility of old-fashioned cohesion.
28 minute read
April 26, 2004 |

E-Filing Takes Off in N.J. Federal Court

Three months after electronic filing debuted in federal district court in New Jersey, it has become a big hit with lawyers, judges and court personnel. Consider the advantages: Documents can be filed via e-mail, at any time, and even served online. Users also have access to the electronic docket as an extensive brief bank. As of mid-April, more than 2,000 lawyers registered to file in the district, generating 2,800 filings over three months.
6 minute read
November 29, 2012 |

Supreme Court Could Alter FLSA Collective Action Landscape

The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear argument on Dec. 3, in Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk, on what appears to be a narrow issue about offers of judgment, but the case could have a very broad impact on collective action lawsuits under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
7 minute read
January 31, 2013 |

Restrictions on the Sale or Transfer of Assets of Not-for-Profit Debtors

Special issues arise when a charity becomes entwined in the bankruptcy process. Congress enacted several provisions related to the sale of assets by not-for-profit debtors as part of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA).
8 minute read
July 11, 2013 |

Building Solar Energy Projects on Landfills in New Jersey

Moving forward with N.J.'s clean energy goals, the Solar Act encourages development of solar generation projects on closed landfills, brownfields and historic fill areas.
8 minute read
April 04, 2013 |

Revisiting the Purpose of LAD Section 12(l)

An argument for a close examination of the legislative history behind Section 12(l) of the N.J. Law Against Discrimination, and relevant case law, to see whether Section 12(l) was truly intended to cover discrimination claims by independent contractors and disputes over the termination of other business and private contracts.
7 minute read
March 17, 2010 |

Survey Shows Pa. Law Firms Don't Shine When It Comes to Diversity

Whether they moved up or down in the ranks of this month's Diversity Scorecard in Legal affiliate The American Lawyer, most Pennsylvania-based firms have little to show when it comes to the number of minorities in their ranks.
5 minute read
April 05, 2012 |

The Transformative Test as Applied to Right-of-Publicity Claims

Courts are using this test in the area of electronic gaming to analyze the interplay between the right of publicity and the First Amendment.
9 minute read
September 27, 2013 |

SC Year In Review: Loan Servicer Has Standing To Foreclose

On July 16, 2013, the Connecticut Supreme Court addressed an issue of first impression in J.E. Robert Co. v. Signature Properties LLC, 309 Conn. 307 (2013).
6 minute read

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