Charles Toutant

January 10, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Going forward, that there's a remedy for bad faith, and that keeps everyone honest in the uninsured, underinsured benefits context. I think that is a success," attorney Oliver T. Barry said.

By Charles Toutant

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January 10, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"The indictment alleges the protected legislative activity itself, and seeks to draw an inference of illicit bribery by impugning the senator's motives for those acts. That is precisely what the Speech or Debate Clause forbids," the senator's motion to dismiss said.

By Charles Toutant

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January 09, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"While it's heartening the White House renominated several exceptional people and prioritized renominations early in the new year, it's disappointing that these five nominees were not included," said the Alliance for Justice, a liberal judicial watchdog group.

By Charles Toutant

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January 08, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

A growing reliance on electronic messages is causing an unexpected outcome.

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January 05, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The plaintiff "failed to satisfy her burden to identify a clear, specific expression of public policy prohibiting the discharge of a short-term employee taking time off to attend hearings related to a domestic violence incident," the Appellate Division wrote.

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January 03, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"This disappointing decision is based on legal and factual errors we are confident will be reversed on appeal," Joseph K. Belanoff, Corcept's CEO, said in a statement.

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January 03, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The van's driver had a suspended driver's license at the time of the crash, according to court documents.

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January 02, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Rutgers and the law school have policies "that a student's right of free expression does not extend to actions or behaviors that harass, threaten violence, or intimidate classmates," the suit states.

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January 02, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

In "Patel v. Pugliese," a Middlesex County jury awarded $2.1 million on Dec. 12 to an Iselin woman who sustained neck, back and right knee injuries in a motor vehicle accident.

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December 28, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law who studies federal judicial nominations, called the act of sending back the name "part of the culture wars, part of the basic politicization and partisanship that goes on" and a "stick in Biden's eye that wastes resources and time."

By Charles Toutant

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