Charles Toutant

September 23, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

A developer who files false affidavits of title when selling condominiums commits a prima facie act of consumer fraud, the Appellate Division rules.

By Charles Toutant

3 minute read

July 07, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge in Newark, N.J., finding insufficient common issues, has denied class certification to magazine subscribers who claim a Time Warner subsidiary charged for renewals without their authorization.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

December 09, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

An Elmwood Park manufacturer of Bubble Wrap and other packaging items has agreed to pay $20 million, including $6 million in legal fees, to settle a class action suit by shareholders who charged that it understated its liability for litigation caused by acquiring part of an asbestos maker.

By Charles Toutant

3 minute read

August 19, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey is hit with the Securities and Exchange Commission's first fraud case against a state, but apart from the searing headlines across the nation, it managed to get off relatively easy.

By Charles Toutant

6 minute read

November 03, 2005 | Law.com

Three plaintiffs class action firms have vowed to appeal Monday's New Jersey federal court ruling that preliminarily approved a $225 million settlement of a class action against accounting giant KPMG and its lawyers, Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood. The challengers seek to disqualify lead plaintiffs firm Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman, whom they accuse of holding a "reverse auction" -- negotiating with KPMG and Sidley Austin on behalf of putative class members before filing a suit.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

November 11, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

As trial nears for a notorious hostile-workplace case, the employer's parent company and its board are facing vicarious liability for the alleged discrimination.

By Charles Toutant

6 minute read

December 29, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

A Monmouth County judge stretched the doctrine of probable intent beyond its limits by allowing establishment and funding of supplemental benefit trusts for an intestate decedent's disabled children, a state appeals court rules.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

August 30, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

The firm of McManimon & Scotland must pay a $100,000 malpractice award stemming from a failed real estate deal, an appeals court rules while throwing out a related $900,000 verdict against its client: the Newark school district.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

June 21, 2002 | New Jersey Law Journal

Four Philadelphia Inquirer reporters were found guilty of contempt and fined for defying a New Jersey judge`s order not to name in print former jurors in a high-profile murder case.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

January 02, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

A Middlesex County personal injury suit presents the novel question of whether a deposition witness who appears to be under the influence of drugs can be made to take a spot blood or urine test at the other side's behest. Both sides agree that it is an issue of first impression in New Jersey, the resolution of which will have important implications for civil litigation strategy.

By Charles Toutant

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