New Jersey

  • June 29, 2026

    Justices Toss 3rd Circ. Pot Gun Ruling, Leave 5th Circ. Intact

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday disposed of two cases questioning whether a federal law barring users of marijuana from lawful gun ownership runs afoul of the Second Amendment, following the justices' recent ruling on a similar matter.

  • June 29, 2026

    High Court OKs Late-Arriving Ballot Counts

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld Mississippi's law allowing state election officials to count mail-in ballots that arrive up to five days after Election Day, paving the way for the Magnolia State and 14 others, along with the District of Columbia, to count late-arriving ballots in this year's midterm elections.

  • June 29, 2026

    Justices Won't Review Yellow Corp. Ch. 11 Pension Liabilities

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected defunct trucking giant Yellow Corp.'s appeal of a bankruptcy court decision that it owes billions of dollars in retirement fund withdrawal liability, despite a pandemic-era pension fund stimulus package.

  • June 29, 2026

    Colgate Escapes Omission Claims In Lead Toothpaste Action

    Several consumers saw their claims trimmed or were booted entirely from a proposed class action accusing Colgate-Palmolive Co. of allowing their toothpastes to become tainted with lead and mercury, with a Manhattan federal judge suggesting a third-party study and other testing that all buyers relied on proved very little.

  • June 26, 2026

    Meta, State AGs Criticized As Social Media MDL Trial Nears

    A California federal judge overseeing an upcoming trial over states' claims against Meta in the social media addiction multidistrict litigation said Friday she will likely deny most requests from both sides to limit trial evidence, calling the requests overbroad and criticizing Meta's "shocking" and "ridiculous" number of sealing requests.

  • June 26, 2026

    PACER Fees Will Rise To Fund Cyber Defense Upgrades

    The federal judiciary announced Friday it will temporarily increase the fees for electronic access to court records to pay for a potential $800 million upgrade that will modernize and strengthen court records systems PACER and CM/ECF, an upgrade it previously said is needed to respond to escalating cyberattacks.

  • June 26, 2026

    Summer Camps Get OK For Speedy Sale, Ch. 11 Funding

    Dozens of U.S. summer camps can race toward a sale after their bankrupt owner SIMAD Holdings won approval on Friday to solicit bids by July 17, over the strenuous objection of the largest unsecured creditor in the chaotic Chapter 11 case.

  • June 26, 2026

    Real Estate Recap: Housing Bill, NY Rent Freeze, Surfside

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney reactions to the bipartisan housing bill stalled on President Donald Trump's desk, New York's rent freeze on rent-controlled housing, and the five-year anniversary of the condo collapse in Surfside, Florida.

  • June 26, 2026

    NJ Panel Vacates $1M In Damages Awarded For Boating Injury

    A New Jersey appellate panel Friday vacated a jury's award of nearly $1 million to a woman who broke her back on her longtime friend's boat, ruling that the trial court should have granted the defense's bid to extend discovery in order to respond to medical evidence presented on the eve of trial.

  • June 26, 2026

    5 ERISA Cases To Keep An Eye On In The Second Half Of 2026

    A U.S. Supreme Court challenge to Intel Corp.'s 401(k) investment lineup tops the list of cases benefits attorneys will be watching this summer and fall, though appeals involving health plan tobacco fees, plan forfeiture spending and a potential Eleventh Circuit precedent shift are also top of mind. Here, Law360 looks at five ERISA cases that attorneys should have on their radar as 2026 rolls on.

  • June 26, 2026

    Reed Smith Wants Pause In Ex-Atty's Bias Suit Amid Appeal

    Reed Smith LLP asked a New Jersey court on Thursday to stay a former attorney's gender discrimination suit against it while the attorney's appeal of the scope of the damages in the suit plays out.

  • June 26, 2026

    Chiesa Shahinian Adds Fox Rothschild Corporate Partner

    Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC has added a corporate partner from Fox Rothschild LLP with over four decades of experience in the specialized area of car dealership representation.

  • June 26, 2026

    Insurer Says NJ Atty Sank Coverage By Not Cooperating

    Hanover Insurance Co. has asked a New Jersey federal court for a declaratory judgment finding that it doesn't have to defend an attorney and his firm in a suit over a real estate deal gone wrong, telling the court that the attorney refuses to cooperate with the firm it hired to defend him in the underlying suit.

  • June 26, 2026

    3rd Circ. Says Exculpatory Info Can't Undo Murder Conviction

    A man convicted of murder in 1995 can't reverse the jury's verdict based on the prosecution withholding impeachment evidence against two witnesses because he had not shown that evidence would have been likely to change the outcome of his trial, the Third Circuit ruled Friday.

  • June 25, 2026

    NJ Justices Say EMTs Immune In Brain Injury Suit

    The New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday held that paramedics who treated a toddler's head injury, which led to a permanent brain injury, are entitled to immunity under a state statute governing emergency medical treatment, saying they acted in good faith and in accordance with the law's requirements.

  • June 25, 2026

    Nigerian Bank Exits NJ Law Firm's Suit Over Fraudulent Check

    A New Jersey federal judge has tossed claims brought by law firm Scura Wigfield Heyer Stevens & Cammarota LLP against Access Bank PLC over an alleged scam that sent nearly $119,000 of the firm's funds to a bogus entity's account, saying the court does not have jurisdiction over the bank, since it is based in Lagos, Nigeria.

  • June 25, 2026

    SIMAD Seeks OK For $180M Financing In Chapter 11 Cases

    SIMAD Holdings Ltd., the bankrupt owner of 30 U.S. summer camps and other real estate, says that it has secured up to $180 million of debtor-in-possession financing from its prepetition bondholders, as it seeks to fund its operations and bankruptcy cases while working toward a late-July auction for its assets.

  • June 25, 2026

    NJ Court Says Comptroller's Subpoena To Private Vendor Valid

    The Appellate Division of New Jersey Superior Court on Thursday said the state comptroller's office subpoena to a private company that provides services to charter schools is valid, holding that the watchdog agency can issue a subpoena to a vendor as part of an investigation.

  • June 25, 2026

    NJ Justices Clarify Face Recognition Discovery Rules

    New Jersey's highest court has clarified when prosecutors are required to turn over information to defendants about facial recognition tools used as part of a criminal investigation, saying judges must examine such discovery requests on a case-by-case basis.

  • June 25, 2026

    Another Trump Order For Election Restrictions Blocked

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from implementing the president's March order to compile a federal list of eligible voters and to set new restrictions on the use of mail-in ballots in this fall's general election.

  • June 25, 2026

    Novo Nordisk Gets 401(k) Investment Suit Narrowed

    A New Jersey federal judge dismissed allegations accusing Novo Nordisk of unlawfully keeping underperforming investment options in its employee 401(k) plan, handing the pharmaceutical company a partial win by concluding workers hadn't identified comparable funds that performed significantly better.

  • June 25, 2026

    3rd Circ. Vexed By Diabetic Worker's Atty, AI Issues

    A Third Circuit panel questioned Thursday whether a hospital employee's disclosure of her diabetes was "too little, too late" to trigger an accommodation after she was written up for sleeping on the job — and whether her attorneys should be sanctioned for filing a minor motion that appeared to include AI-hallucinated citations.

  • June 25, 2026

    NJ Judge Says Flaw Dooms DOJ Sanctuary Policy Suit

    A New Jersey federal judge has tossed a Trump administration suit challenging the sanctuary policies in four Garden State cities, ruling that most of the government's grievances against them actually stemmed from a statewide directive it unsuccessfully challenged previously.

  • June 25, 2026

    McCarter & English Adds Enviro Partner Trio In Indianapolis

    New Jersey-based McCarter & English LLP expanded its Indianapolis office with a team of three partners from Ice Miller LLP specializing in complex environmental contamination issues, including brownfield redevelopment, the firm announced Thursday.

  • June 24, 2026

    Ex-Soccer Pro Indicted On Alleged $2.7M Trading Scheme

    A former professional soccer player was accused in an indictment in New Jersey federal court and by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of using confidential information given to him by a romantic partner to make nearly $3 million in illegal trading profits over a 26-month period.

Expert Analysis

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    A Uniform Federal Rule Would Curb Gen AI Missteps In Court

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    To address the patchwork of courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence, curbing abuses and relieving the burden on judges, the federal judiciary should consider amending its civil procedure rules to require litigants to certify they’ve reviewed legal filings for accuracy, say attorneys at Shook Hardy.

  • 3 Defense Strategies For Sporadically Prosecuted Conduct

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    Not to be confused with selective prosecutions, sporadic prosecutions — charging someone for conduct many others do without consequences — can be challenging to defend, but focusing on materiality, prosecutorial motivations and public opinion can be a winning strategy, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.

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    The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Integrating Practice Groups

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    Enacting unified leadership and consistent client service standards ensures law firm practice groups connect and collaborate around shared goals, turning a law firm merger into a platform for growth rather than a period of disruption, says Brian Catlett at Fennemore Craig.

  • The Tricky Issues Underscoring Prediction Market Regulation

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    Prediction markets are not merely testing the boundaries of commodities law — they are challenging the conventional divisions between gambling regulation and financial market oversight, and in doing so, may reshape both, says Braeden Anderson at Gesmer Updegrove.

  • Opinion

    Supreme Court Term Limits Would Carry Hidden Risk

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    While proposals for limiting the terms of U.S. Supreme Court justices are popular, a steady stream of relatively young, highly marketable ex-justices with unique knowledge and influence entering the marketplace of law and politics could create new problems, say Michael Broyde at Emory University and Hayden Hall at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

  • NBA, MLB Betting Indictments: Slam Dunks Or Strikeouts?

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    Recent fraud charges against bettors, NBA players and MLB pitchers raise questions about what the government will need to prove to prosecute individuals involved in placing bets based on nonpublic information, and it could be a tough sell to juries, say attorneys at Ford O'Brien.

  • Series

    Knitting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Stretching my skills as a knitter makes me a better antitrust attorney by challenging me to recalibrate after wrong turns, not rush outcomes, and trust that I can teach myself the skills to tackle new and difficult projects — even when I don’t have a pattern to work from, says Kara Kuritz at V&E.

  • How 11th Circ.'s Qui Tam Review Could Affect FCA Litigation

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    On Dec. 12, the Eleventh Circuit will hear arguments in U.S. ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates, setting the stage for a decision that could drastically reduce enforcement under the False Claims Act, and presenting an opportunity to seek U.S. Supreme Court review of the act's whistleblower provisions, say attorneys at Epstein Becker.

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    The Biz Court Digest: Welcome To Miami

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    After nearly 20 years in operation, the Miami Complex Business Litigation Division is a pioneer upon which other jurisdictions in the state have been modeled, adopting many innovations to keep its cases running more efficiently and staffing experienced judges who are accustomed to hearing business disputes, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

  • How AI Exec Order May Tee Up Legal Fights With States

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    The Trump administration's draft executive order would allow it to challenge and withhold federal dollars from states with artificial intelligence laws, but until Congress passes comprehensive AI legislation, states may have to defend their regulatory frameworks in extended litigation, says Charles Mills, a clerk at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.

  • AI Evidence Rule Tweaks Encourage Judicial Guardrails

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    Recent additions to a committee note on proposed Rule of Evidence 707 — governing evidence generated by artificial intelligence — seek to mitigate potential dangers that may arise once machine outputs are introduced at trial, encouraging judges to perform critical gatekeeping functions, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.

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    The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Getting The Message Across

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    Communications and brand strategy during a law firm merger represent a crucial thread that runs through every stage of a combination and should include clear messaging, leverage modern marketing tools and embrace the chance to evolve, says Ashley Horne at Womble Bond.

  • Opinion

    Horizontal Stare Decisis Should Not Be Casually Discarded

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    Eliminating the so-called law of the circuit doctrine — as recently proposed by a Fifth Circuit judge, echoing Justice Neil Gorsuch’s concurrence in Loper Bright — would undermine public confidence in the judiciary’s independence and create costly uncertainty for litigants, says Lawrence Bluestone at Genova Burns.

  • 10 Commandments For Agentic AI Tools In The Legal Industry

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    Though agentic artificial intelligence has demonstrated significant promise for optimizing legal work, it presents numerous risks, so specific ethical obligations should be built into the knowledge base of every agentic AI tool used in the legal industry, says Steven Cordero at Akerman LLP.

  • Series

    Preaching Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Becoming a Gospel preacher has enhanced my success as a trial lawyer by teaching me the importance of credibility, relatability, persuasiveness and thorough preparation for my congregants, the same skills needed with judges and juries in the courtroom, says Reginald Harris at Stinson.

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