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New Jersey - April, 2018

217 articles

• NJ Justices Disbar Atty Accused Of Misusing Client's $275K
• 3rd Circ. OKs Sentence For ICE Agent Who Sold Docs For Sex
• NJ Atty Disbarred After Getting Diversion In Criminal Case
• $10K Sanctions For Late-Filing Atty Exposed By Instagram
• Volvo Electric SUV Owners Say Mileage Suit Belongs In NJ
• NJ Atty With Radio Show Stole $2M From Elderly Clients: AG
• Weber Gallagher Adds 5 Wilson Elser Attys To Med Mal Group
• NJ Builder Can't Shake Denial To Connect To Water System
• The Fastest Federal Civil Court For A Decade
• J&J Urges Court To Toss $117M Verdicts In NJ Talc Case
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rethink Ruling In Birth Control Mandate Battle
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Enviro Co. Founder's Tax Fraud Sentence
• Interim NJ US Atty Tapped By Court To Remain In Post
• NJ Personal Injury Atty Disbarred For Misusing Client Funds
• NLRB Again Sides With Health Workers In Union Benefits Spat
• Pa. Court Flubbed 'Willfulness' In Tax Case, 3rd Circ. Told
• Consumer Harm Ruling May Hobble NJ Contract Class Actions
• 3rd Circ. Probes Cost Of Gridlock In GWB Scandal Appeals
• VW Shattering-Sunroof Suit Nixed For Being Too Late
• State AGs Must Fill The CFPB Void, But That's Not Enough
• Menendez Admonished By Ethics Committee Over Doc's Gifts
• Serono Fights Biogen's Retrial Bid Over Nixed MS Drug Patent
• Ex-NJ Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno Joins Connell Foley
• Newark Discloses Amazon HQ Bid Amid Public Records Suit
• Medical Care Bid Won't Affect Superfund Plan, 3rd Circ. Told
• NJ Atty Disbarred Over Conviction In $5M Investment Plots
• PSEG Unit Pays $40M To End Probe Of Power Market Bidding
• Momentum Builds For US Offshore Wind Energy
• Horizon Can't Divvy Up Trial With Hospitals Over Tiered Plan
• AT&T Must Face Ex-Workers' Age Discrimination Suit In NJ
• Demolition Salvage Value Can Pay Liens, NJ Panel Rules
• Misdated Orders Sink Fee Row Against Firm, NJ Court Says
• Consent Confusion Sank Tribune Race Bias Suit, 3rd Circ. Told
• The Historic Legal Blunder That Enabled Our Gun Epidemic
• Chiropractor Coverage Limits Not Biased, NJ Panel Says
• The Carbon Tax Could Come Soon To A State Near You
• Enviro Group To Sue Newark Over Water's Lead Levels
• Ex-Port Authority Commish Caught On Video Berating Cops
• NJ Rock Wall Co. Objects To Attys Fees For Injury Judgment
• UPenn Pensioners Fight Inclusion Of Outside Groups' Briefs
• Goldman Sachs Let Off Hook For Ex-VP's $10M Legal Fees
• NJ Gov. Signs Equal Pay Bill Amid Debate Over Impact
• 3rd Circ. Says Nuns Can Intervene In ACA Birth Control Row
• NJ Car Dealers Can't Force Arbitration Of Fraud Claims
• Eyedrops Ruling Invites 'Abusive' Suits, High Court Hears
• GWB Closures Weren't Criminal, 3rd Circ. Told
• Low Bidder Won't Get Contract For NJ Enviro Cleanup
• Valeant Can Add NY Investor Fraud Suit To 27 Others In NJ
• FisherBroyles Nabs Cyber Litigator From Insurance Boutique
• Extra Addressee On Job Notice Dooms IT Co.'s Labor Cert. Bid
• State Electric Generator Subsidies Challenge FERC Markets
• State Tax After TCJA: Investment In Depreciable Property
• SEC Sanctions Dun & Bradstreet $9.2M Over FCPA Claims
• NBC Wins Bid To Arbitrate $30M 'Housewives' Defamation Suit
• FirstEnergy Reaches Deal With Creditors In Ch. 11 Cases
• Atty Resigns From Port Authority Post Amid Ethics Probe
• Ex-Wells Fargo Employee Without Contract Can't Sue Bank
• Construction Firm Says German Solar Panel Co. Has NJ Ties
• Accutane Testimony Wasn't Reliable, NJ Justices Told
• How States, Federal Agencies Are Challenging Drug Prices
• Ex-UPS Exec Beats Tax Evasion Sentence, But Not Conviction
• NJ Won't Join FCA Suit Over Turf Sold To Schools, Towns
• GWB Scandal Figures Challenge Statute's Reach In 3rd Circ.
• NHL Teams, Insurers Renew Bid To Nix Head Injury Suit
• Eli Manning, Giants Shed RICO Claims In Memorabilia Suit
• Health Hires: Goodwin, Shook Hardy, Michael Best, Orrick
• NJ Gov. Signs Law Banning Offshore Drilling
• 3rd Circ. Revives Suit Over $2.5M Bond Investment
• Rule 23 Changes: Avoid Delays In Class Settlement Approval
• NJ Panel Revives Claims Against Cos. In Turnpike Death Suit
• High Court's Whistleblower Ruling Kills Ex-UBS Exec's Claim
• NJ Hedge Fund Owner Can't Escape Convictions In $4M Fraud
• State AGs Tell Congress Not To Exclude Attys From FDCPA
• NextEra Fights To Keep $275M Termination Fee At 3rd Circ.
• Suit Over Treadmill Injuries Is Revived Against NJ Gym
• NJ Man's Theft Guilty Plea Undone In NY Giants Tickets Scam
• What NJ Employers Should Know About Paid Sick Time Bill
• Hundreds Seek To Centralize NJ Taxotere Hair Loss Suits
• Ex-NJ Bank Worker, 2 Others Stole Client Info, Funds: Feds
• Flawed Verdict Sheet Merits New Med Mal Trial, Court Says
• Best Practices For Building A Better Meeting
• PHH Shareholder Sues Over Proposed $360M Sale To Ocwen
• NJ Justices Back Faulting 'John Does' In Crash Suits
• The Latest Defeat Of Trump's 'Sanctuary' City Policies
• Where's The Harm? NJ Justices Offer Consumer Law Insights
• Missouri Talc Decision Could Signal Mass Tort Sea Change
• Consumers, Wine Retailer Can't Get Pricing Row Deal OK'd
• Pfizer, Ranbaxy Look To Dump State Claims In Lipitor MDL
• PetSmart Beats 3rd Circ. Appeal In Slip-And-Fall Suit
• Ex-ADP Employee Hit With Sanctions For Soliciting Clients
• Nestle Water Co. Must Face Gay Employee's Bias Suit
• Prof Sues NJ College Over Firing After Fox News Interview
• 5 Ways Law Firms Are Becoming More Like Hotels
• Claims Against AXA Trumped By SLUSA, NJ Panel Says
• Ex-Ethics Judge Deserves Jail For $3M Fraud, 3rd Circ. Says
• NJ Woman Sues Panera Over Contaminated Salad
• NJ Atty Accused Of Misusing Client's $275K, Lying To Police
• Dropping Ranks: Lathrop's Rough Patch
• Dropping Ranks: Andrews Kurth's Pre-Merger Dip
• Why BigLaw's Partnerships Are Shrinking
• Dropping Ranks: Stroock's 'Shrink To Grow' Strategy
• NJ High Court Urged To Consolidate J&J Hernia Mesh Suits
• NJ Courtroom's Layout Row Is Unsettled Matter, Court Says
• 'Aggrieved Consumer' Must Have Suffered Harm: NJ Justices
• Retired NJ Justice Named To Criminal Justice Commission
• NJ Appellate Court Upholds Therapist's Win In Med Mal Case
• Firm Can't Shake Ex-Associate's Bias Suit Over Samurai Pic
• Doc Says Atty For Patient's Estate Repped Prior Counsel
• High Court Won't Hear NJ Station's Channel Switch Case
• NJ Scales Back Former AG's Role In Atlantic City Finances
• NJ Man Must Pay $750K Over Woodbridge-Linked Securities
• Gorsuch's 1st Year Shows He Is A Conservative Activist
• How 5 Firms Grew Without Merging
• The Law360 400
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• Megafirms Find New Heights In Grounded Market
• NJ Atty Suspended Over Role In Living Trust Scheme
• Russian Must Pay $302M In International Data Hacking Case
• NJ Tribe Asks For Win In State Recognition Row
• Horizon Didn't Justify Sealing Tiered Plan Docs, Judge Says
• Funds Fight Bids To Toss $80B Valeant Price-Gouging Suit
• A Chat With Baker Botts CMO Gillian Ward
• Cooper's Insurance Transfer Was Valid, NJ Court Affirms
• Experts Bet On High Court's Blessing For Sports Wagering
• NJ Senate Passes Construction Worker Rights Bill
• Bard Hit With $35M Punitive Damages In NJ Mesh Case
• Ed Groups Urge 3rd Circ. To Leave Penn ERISA Suit Dead
• Celgene Sues To Block Dr. Reddy's Revlimid Generic
• NJ Disbars NY Atty Over Immigration Fraud Conviction
• Brand Battles: Rutgers Fights Pat Robertson College Over TM
• Preempting Preemption: Device Cases After Shuker — Part 2
• NJ Senate Sends Sick Leave Bill To Gov. Murphy's Desk
• NJ Assembly Passes Charitable Donation SALT Workaround
• NJ Man Wins $2.25M In Suit Over Botched Spinal Surgery
• Chubb Stiffed Ex-Exec On $600K In Stock Pay, Suit Says
• Bill To Hike Judges' Salaries Heads To NJ Governor's Desk
• Air Charter Co. Founders Aim To Sink Fraud Convictions
• Drugmakers Duped Medicaid Rebate Regulators, 3rd Circ. Told
• Bard Hit With $33M Pelvic Mesh Verdict In NJ
• Preempting Preemption: Device Cases After Shuker — Part 1
• Finance-Savvy Millennials Are Shifting Business Of Law
• Bard Hustled Defective Meshes To Market, Jury Told In Closing
• 3rd Circ. Grants Win To NJ Hospital In Nurse's Bias Suit
• NJ Real Estate Atty Suspended Over Botched Mortgage Payoff
• Buchanan Atty Tapped For 3rd Circ. Boasts Deep Pa. Roots
• Payment Processor Slams Bad-Faith Fees Bid In Patent Row
• Insurer Must Defend NJ Atty Against Allstate's Fraud Claims
• 3rd Circ. Won't Wade Into Prudential ERISA Class Action
• J&J Hit With $80M Punitive Damages Verdict In NJ Talc Case
• Attorney-Client Privilege Is Alive And Well
• Dissolving Practice
• J&J Fights Bid For Punitive Damages In Asbestos Talc Case
• Par Pharma Blasts $102M Bond Ask In Trade Secrets Suit
• Ex-Christie Atty Called Back To 3rd Circ. Roots
• TD Bank Not Liable For Wrong Suspect ID, Court Says
• Congress' Spoofing Law Not Vague, DOJ Tells High Court
• Atlantic City Casinos' Profits Jump 22.5% In 2017
• Trader Agrees To Disgorgement In SEC's 'Layering' Case
• Dissolving Practice: How To Fix A Dysfunctional Law Firm
• Trump Nominates Judges For 3rd, 11th Circuits
• Nissan Contractor, Dealership Sued Over '0% Financing'
• Fired UBS 'Whistleblower' Says 2 Ex-Colleagues Defamed Him
• NJ Justices Probe Atty Fees Bid After $1M Med Mal Deal
• Possession Of Child Porn Deportable Offense, 3rd Circ. Says
• NJ Biz Beats Widow's Suit Over Worker's Electrocution Death
• Prior Zoning Regs Apply To Apartment Plan, NJ Justices Told
• Patient Had Right To Testify At Med Mal Trial, NJ Panel Says
• Dissolving Practice: Partner Agreement Clauses That Can Help
• The Time Is Right For New Jersey To Adopt Daubert
• NJ Atty Censured Over DWI Mileage Report Cover-Up
• Lord & Taylor Hit With Suit Over Recent Data Breach
• Union Official Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement, Seeks No Jail
• 'Jersey Shore' Star, Brother Sentencings Delayed In Tax Case
• Trump Aims To Simplify Offshore Wind Regs, DOI Sec. Says
• NJ Appeals Panel Denies Revival Of Redevelopment Challenge
• Dissolving Practice: The Unfinished Business Doctrine
• Kushner Cos. Acquires 360-Unit NJ Property In $100M Deal
• Bard Meshes Didn't Harm Woman, Harvard Doctor Tells Jury
• NYPD Settles Claims It Illegally Spied On NJ Muslims
• PennEast Needs NJ Land For $1B Pipeline, Judge Told
• NJ Gov. Sends Prepaid Property Tax Bill Back For Changes
• Menendez Friend Gets $10M Tacked On To $42.6M Fraud Tab
• NJ Panel Advances SALT Cap Workaround To Full Assembly
• NJ Transit Beats Suit Over Sewage Leak From Light Rail Work
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Merck Win In Shingles Vaccine Case
• NJ Arbitration Ruling Puts Burden On Employers
• J&J Hit With $37M Asbestos Talc Verdict In NJ
• J&J Case Raises Estoppel Issue For Successful IPR Litigants
• Why High Court Ruling Matters For Compact Clause Entities
• J&J Loses Mistrial Bid Over Claims At Asbestos Talc Trial
• Merrill Lynch Beats Securities Suit After Supreme Court Run
• NJ Wiretap Ruling Opens Discovery Door, But Cautiously
• Activist Challenges Newark Effort To Shield Amazon HQ Bid
• NJ AG, Virtua Medical Group Settle Data Breach For $418K
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Energy Co.'s Worker Retaliation Win
• 'Malpractice' By A Computerized Decision-Support Tool?
• Judge Rejects $6.2M Land Rover Deal As Unfair To Drivers
• Chipotle OT Suit Stayed While 5th Circ. Looks At Contempt
• SAC Capital, Founder Beat $8B Stock Scheme Suit In NJ
• J&J Tests Weren't Meant To Find Asbestos In Talc, Jury Told
• Another Cops To Bribery Over NJ Medical Device Contract
• NJ Sen. Asks FERC To Put PennEast Land Grabs On Hold
• Drinker Biddle Faces Defamation Claim Over Scotched Clinic
• Revolving-Door Roundup: Arnold & Porter, Jones Day, Crowell
• NJ Construction Worker Can't Revive Suit After Atty Errors
• Class Claims Pared In Suit Over Faulty Wood Shingles
• States, Cities Sue Feds Over Census Citizenship Question
• NJ Car Dealer Escapes Class Action Over Fraud Claims
• J&J Says At Trial's Close Its Talc Tested Free Of Asbestos
• NJ Legal Accounting Firm Can't Slip Mass. Worker's Bias Suit
• NJ Casino May Settle Defect Dispute With Playing Card Maker
• Ex-NJ Public Officials Can't Shake Misconduct Convictions
• Suspended NJ Atty's Suit Properly Tossed, 3rd Circ. Says
• GWB Scandal Figure Misreads High Court Ruling, Feds Say
• NJ Houlihan's Operator Will Pay $5M To Settle Wage Claims
• Rum, Cannabis And The 4th Amendment: A History Lesson
• NJ Equal Pay Bill Would Provide New Employee Protections