June 10, 2020
Commuters, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and an ex-official sparred over whether discovery can proceed in a civil rights class action following the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Bridgegate decision tossing criminal convictions tied to a politically motivated traffic jam in the Garden State.
February 01, 2019
One of the George Washington Bridge lane closure case defendants has asked a New Jersey federal judge to dismiss him from a civil rights class action related to the politically motivated traffic jam, pointing to the Third Circuit's finding that interstate travel isn't a clearly established civil right.
July 21, 2017
New Jersey has been released from a putative consolidated class action over politically motivated lane closures at the George Washington Bridge after a New Jersey federal judge determined that the state was immune from liability and tossed the sole remaining claim against it.
May 15, 2017
New Jersey on Friday urged a federal court judge to release it from a proposed class action brought by commuters against Gov. Chris Christie and other state entities over the George Washington Bridge scandal, saying the only claim remaining against the government is barred by state law.
December 05, 2016
A New Jersey federal judge on Friday again refused to release Gov. Chris Christie's former gubernatorial campaign organization from a putative class action stemming from the George Washington Bridge lane closures, ruling that the organization simply rehashed the same arguments in its dismissal bid.
September 26, 2016
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's previous gubernatorial campaign organization, accused in consolidated putative class actions over the George Washington Bridge scandal, on Monday replaced its attorney from Squire Patton Boggs LLP with the head of Linklaters LLP's Washington, D.C., litigation and government investigations practice.
October 27, 2015
A judge on Monday denied prosecutors' attempt to freeze consolidated putative class actions over the George Washington Bridge scandal, finding that the government didn't sufficiently explain why dealing with looming dismissal motions in that litigation would hurt a criminal case against some of the former officials linked to the case.
October 14, 2015
The federal government on Wednesday stepped up its bid to intervene and stay proceedings in consolidated class actions lobbed by commuters in New Jersey federal court over the George Washington Bridge scandal, saying the integrity of a related criminal case against ex-public officials needs to be protected.
October 05, 2015
Drivers and transportation companies engaged in consolidated class actions over the George Washington Bridge scandal don't think the federal government should be able to halt the proceedings just yet, telling a New Jersey federal judge Monday the case should at least continue through the pleading stage.
August 06, 2015
Drivers and transportation companies on Thursday agreed to dismiss New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's former campaign manager from putative class actions over the George Washington Bridge scandal as they filed a newly amended complaint in the consolidated cases that they hope will overcome dismissal efforts.