Charles Toutant

June 26, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Callaghan Thompson allegedly used Keating & Associates' money to pay criminal defense attorney fees for Sealey, expenses for his child's second birthday party, bills from Home Depot and taxes owed by friends of Sealey, the suit says.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

June 25, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"The decision shows that Smith & Wesson cannot run to federal court when it did not get its way in state court," Attorney General Matthew Platkin said in a statement.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

June 25, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The jury awarded $2.5 million to Mujahid Sharif and $3.25 million to Pamela Sharif on May 23, following eight days of trial before Superior Court Judge Russell J. Passamano.

By Charles Toutant

3 minute read

June 24, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Like the Wage Payment Law, the company's compensation policies and its March 2020 initiative addressing PPE sales are not a model of clarity," Appellate Division Judge Jack Sabatino wrote.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

June 21, 2024 | Law.com

"With the 2024 presidential election, we think it's only going to get more and more pronounced. We think that trend is only going to increase this year," attorney Sam Schwartz-Fenwick said.

By Charles Toutant

6 minute read

June 20, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

While a municipality can impose an additional fine upon a person for a repeated violation of any municipal ordinance, it does not allow a municipality to repeatedly or continuously fine a person for each day a violation continues, under N.J.S.A. 40:49-5, the panel wrote.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

June 17, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The former judge claims the judiciary retaliated against her for seeking accommodations for her disability.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

June 14, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

"You need to stay up to the minute on developments," said Mark S. Goldstein, a labor and employment lawyer at Reed Smith. "We have to be able to be flexible and pivot quite quickly, with the patchwork of employment laws at the state and local level."

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

June 13, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Liberty Mutual said one of the judge's claim in 2008 was investigated by the company after being "red flagged."

By Charles Toutant

6 minute read

June 12, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"[T]the statute imposes 'liquidated damages' triggered by a short and arbitrary compliance deadline, without any consideration of fault or extenuating circumstances," the motion to dismiss states.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read