December 11, 2025
A federal judge on Thursday threw out a renewed bid by an investment firm suing the state of New Jersey to disqualify the state's counsel at Connell Foley LLP, finding there was no previous attorney-client relationship to justify disqualification.
November 04, 2025
New Jersey state officials have urged a federal court to uphold a magistrate judge's ruling shielding three internal emails from disclosure in the racial discrimination lawsuit brought by Blueprint Capital Advisors LLC, arguing the communications are protected by executive and attorney-client privilege and are irrelevant to the firm's claims.
September 22, 2025
A Black-owned investment fund accusing New Jersey officials of bias cannot access emails from Gov. Phil Murphy and two of his Cabinet members because the information falls "squarely" within executive privilege, a magistrate judge said Monday, overruling the firm's objections to a special discovery master's report.
June 27, 2025
A New Jersey federal judge has rejected a Black-owned investment fund's bid to obtain personal emails and other documents related to the relationship between an asset management firm's principals and the ex-director of the Garden State's investment division, ruling the fund failed to show the need for the documents and that the request is overly burdensome.
June 03, 2025
New Jersey told a federal judge Monday that he was correct in rejecting a Black-owned investment fund's bid to disqualify Connell Foley LLP from representing the state in its bias suit, saying there was no previous attorney-client relationship.
April 23, 2025
A Black-owned investment company asked a New Jersey federal court to overturn a magistrate judge's decision denying its bid to disqualify a Connell Foley LLP attorney from representing the state in the investment firm's bias case.
April 09, 2025
A federal judge in New Jersey has rejected a Black-owned investment company's request to disqualify a Connell Foley LLP attorney from representing the state in the investment firm's bias case, reasoning that there is nothing showing the law firm or the lawyer previously represented the company.
February 12, 2025
A Black-owned investment firm suing New Jersey for discrimination in federal court said the court must disqualify Connell Foley LLP from representing the state because of a conflict of interest, even though the supposedly conflicted attorney has denied any ethical breach.
January 22, 2025
A group of current and former New Jersey state officials blasted a motion to disqualify their counsel at Connell Foley LLP in a discrimination suit from a Black-owned investment firm in New Jersey federal court, calling the move a frivolous and bad faith stalling tactic.
December 11, 2024
A Black-owned investment firm accusing BlackRock Inc. and New Jersey of squeezing it out of a lucrative contract are urging a federal court to disqualify Connell Foley LLP from representing the state, claiming the firm used privileged information from an attorney who has advised it throughout the dispute in a separate action.