October 24, 2018
A defunct Newark water agency has urged a New Jersey bankruptcy judge to deny a bid from Trenk DiPasquale Della Fera & Sodono PC for summary judgment in a suit accusing the firm of enabling corruption in the organization, saying the law firm has no standing to challenge the agency's ability to sue.
July 02, 2018
The Office of the New Jersey State Comptroller has urged a federal bankruptcy judge to quash a subpoena from Trenk DiPasquale Della Ferra & Sodono PC and two former firm attorneys seeking documents related to the office's investigation into wasteful spending at a defunct Newark water agency, saying such material is confidential.
June 05, 2018
Trenk DiPasquale Della Fera & Sodono PC must produce multiple computer hard drives for a forensics analysis as part of a lawsuit brought by one of its former clients, a defunct New Jersey water agency accusing the law firm of enabling the unlawful and wasteful conduct that led to the outfit's demise, a New Jersey bankruptcy judge has ruled.
May 15, 2018
A defunct Newark water agency has pushed back against an informal bid by its former counsel Trenk DiPasquale Della Fera & Sodono PC to limit a forensic inspection of the firm's electronic devices, telling a New Jersey bankruptcy judge that the request was a "back-door" attempt to evade a court order approving the inspection.
October 11, 2017
Attorneys from Trenk DiPasquale Della Fera & Sodono PC told a New Jersey bankruptcy court Tuesday that its former client, the now-defunct Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corp., was not entitled to search the firm's electronics for missing documents.
September 19, 2017
A defunct Newark, New Jersey, water agency on Monday asked a bankruptcy judge for permission to search electronic devices used by Trenk DiPasquale Della Fera & Sodono PC attorneys in order to fill a "giant email hole" of discovery in its lawsuit alleging the firm and others enabled unlawful and wasteful conduct at the agency.
March 23, 2017
A judge on Wednesday approved a roughly $1.1 million settlement between a defunct Newark, New Jersey, water agency and an insurer over the coverage of mismanagement claims against former agency board members, including U.S. Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-N.J., and U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., whose dismissal victory over the claims was being challenged.
January 12, 2017
A defunct Newark, New Jersey, water agency on Wednesday blasted Trenk DiPasquale Della Fera & Sodono PC's bid to escape a lawsuit over corruption at the organization, saying the firm's attorney should be sanctioned for his misrepresentations before a New Jersey federal bankruptcy judge.
August 15, 2016
A New Jersey congressman urged a federal judge Thursday to release him from a lawsuit accusing the overseers of a defunct water agency of allowing it to become corrupt, arguing that his role as a public official renders him immune from personal liability.
July 05, 2016
The trustees of a defunct New Jersey water infrastructure agency want to revive their mismanagement claims against U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, who oversaw the agency when he was Newark's mayor and was accused along with other board members of not preventing alleged corruption by the group's executive director.