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Charles Toutant

Charles Toutant

Charles Toutant is a litigation writer for the New Jersey Law Journal.

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December 20, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey Hospital Operator Faces Class Suit Over Data Breach, Alleged Failure to Notify Patients

"Cyber-criminals can cross-reference two sources of PHI to marry unregulated data available elsewhere to criminally stolen data with an astonishingly complete scope and degree of accuracy in order to assemble complete dossiers on individuals," the suit said.

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December 19, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

For New Jersey Lawyers, Week After Week, the Judge Shortage Was the Big Story in 2023

For matrimonial lawyers and judges in Cumberland County, the judge shortage has created a situation "like we're practicing in the emergency room. We're in triage, trying to put out a fire here and a fire there, with so many cases having emergencies," attorney Jose Silva Jr. said earlier in the year.

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December 18, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey's Federal Bench Is Almost at Full Strength, But Will Cases Move More Efficiently?

"The problem is ... they're still going to have one of the heaviest caseloads in the country. And it's still going to be hard to move cases efficiently through the district court in New Jersey," Daniel Fleming said.

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December 12, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

Backed by Pillsbury, New Jersey's Firearms Enforcement Office Brings Its First Lawsuits

"Today we say enough and we're putting everyone else in the gun industry on notice. If you break our laws, we're coming for you," New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said.

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December 12, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

Shopper's Parking Lot Pothole Fall Garners $2.95 Million Settlement in Monmouth

A woman who had four operations on her back and shoulders after falling in a ShopRite shopping center parking lot was paid $2.95 million to settle her Monmouth County personal injury suit.

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December 11, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

Attorney Disciplined for 'Willful Blindness' to Client Relationships in Litigation Over Construction of McDonald's Restaurant

"Respondent's failure to take any steps to determine the existence of the purported attorney-client relationships," the DRB said of Anselmi & Carvelli attorney William P. Munday, "constituted impermissible 'willful blindness.'"

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December 07, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey's Tax Sale Law Is in the Crosshairs Following a 2023 SCOTUS Ruling

"You know, people have different reasons that they fall behind in taxes, but that doesn't mean that the entirety of their equity in their home should be stolen from them," said Shauna L. Friedman of Barry, Corrado & Grassi, who filed the suit.

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December 06, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

Jury Awards $17 Million in Crash Involving Truck Driver Impaired by Drugs

"We said that they acted willfully and wantonly in derogation of my client's rights by hiring and retaining [the truck driver]. That took a $6.5 million case to a $17.5 million case," plaintiffs lawyer Donald Lomurro said.

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December 05, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

Personal Injury Firm Says Departed Attorney's Discrimination Claims Are Barred

A lawyer for Davis Saperstein & Salomon says its suit against the former attorney "is narrow, in that it only seeks to enforce two agreements that were mutually agreed upon by the parties."

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December 04, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

Fee Enhancement in School Bullying Suit Adds $800,000 Award to $500,000 Verdict

"When you add that wrinkle to it, and you have to focus a jury's attention on the fact that he is being discriminated against because of a perception that he's gay as opposed to actually being gay, it adds a wrinkle," plaintiffs lawyer R. Armen McOmber said.

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