By Charles Toutant | May 16, 2024
"I would not be surprised if what we see is maybe not a return quite back to the early 2010s sort of scores, but I wouldn't be surprised to see an upward shift, now that law school has become a bit more popular again, a bit more selective," said Brian Sheppard of Seton Hall University School of Law.
By Donovan Swift | May 16, 2024
Goldberg Segalla adds a partner; Hunterdon County Bar Association hosts a Law Day event; and more moves.
By Charles Toutant | May 15, 2024
"Applying that legislation to pre-enactment conduct would have been quite unfair–if not unconstitutional–because it would have exposed employers to significant new legal consequences, e.g., a new liquidated/treble damages remedy, for already-completed actions without advance notice of that future exposure," said the amicus curiae New Jersey Business and Industry Association.
By Charles Toutant | May 15, 2024
It's unclear why all the lights in the area were out, but it's possible that a prior accident caused a short circuit, said plaintiffs lawyer Guillermo Gonzalez.
By Charles Toutant | May 14, 2024
"The long and short of it is we're going to be looking into any sources of funding, including for fraudulent conveyances to intentionally make himself destitute," said the attorney who represented the plaintiff.
By Colleen Murphy | May 14, 2024
"Expanding the definition of 'pedestrian' to include LSES operators would advance the medical coverage goal but undermine the goal of curbing the rise of insurance costs," Justice Lee A. Solomon said. "The legislature may certainly choose to expand the availability of PIP coverage to LSES operators, as they did with motorcycles, but that policy decision and its insurance cost implications, if any, is properly for the legislature, not the court."
By Colleen Murphy | May 13, 2024
"More broadly, we will continue our fight for open government and for transparency," Liza Weisberg, a staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, said. "We will continue to fight for open government and for transparency, not just to restore the OPRA we had before this bill, but to push it forward. Unfortunately, New Jersey has moved in the wrong direction."
By Charles Toutant | May 13, 2024
ZHP sought to invoke the Apex Doctrine, which seeks to limit depositions of individuals at the "apex" of a corporation based on the premise that lower-level employees are likely to have firsthand knowledge of the material facts, and that deposing the top executives of a corporation is likely to impose a significant burden.
By Colleen Murphy | May 13, 2024
"Under the Brokers Act, the parties' agreement to an independent contractor affiliation is not merely one of several factors in the analysis, as the Appellate Division viewed it to be," Justice Anne M. Patterson said. "To the contrary, if the parties have agreed in writing to a business affiliation in compliance with the Brokers Act, that agreement is dispositive."
By Charles Toutant | May 13, 2024
Lawsuits have emerged in multiple states, including New York, New Jersey, Michigan and Oregon.
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