Charles Toutant

June 25, 2007 | Law.com

A new law barring "gender identity or expression" discrimination, in effect as of June 17, is already stirring debate among New Jersey employment lawyers, who say its provisions are so broad that they will require fine tuning by the courts. The immediate effect of the statute, which shields transsexuals and others never before protected as a class, may be a new awareness of gender-identity issues, followed by the emergence of civil rights cases based on employment, housing and public-accommodation bias.

By Charles Toutant

6 minute read

May 06, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a suit by former state judge Patricia Talbert, who alleged that discrimination and retaliation against her by her superiors resulted in her failure to be renominated after her initial seven-year term.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

August 01, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

With the pressure of regulatory compliance on corporations showing no sign of letting up, corporate and securities law will offer the most job opportunities for lawyers in the coming decade, according to a national poll.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

May 11, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

A Warren municipal prosecutor who was replaced after reporting the town's judge for holding court while intoxicated was awarded $1.3 million, most of it punitive damages, in her whistleblower suit.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

November 05, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey judiciary is considering a request from Passaic County's top judge for mass tort status for a growing number of suits alleging strokes and other serious health problems from the oral contraceptives Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

February 10, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

In a case of first impression, a Superior Court judge ruled last Monday that a redevelopment agency created and controlled by a city does not meet the definition of a public body under the Open Public Meetings Act. Mercer County Assignment Judge Linda Feinberg dismissed a media suit seeking access to meetings of the Lafayette Yard Community Development Corp., which the city of Trenton established to develop a hotel-conference center on a vacant lot near the Statehouse.

By Charles Toutant

3 minute read

July 11, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey's high tribunal for judicial ethics transgressions says censure is the appropriate discipline for Supreme Court Justice Roberto Rivera-Soto for misusing his office to advance a personal interest.

By Charles Toutant

6 minute read

August 15, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

A New York plaintiffs' class-action firm that tried to challenge a rival firm's tactics suffered the ultimate defeat last Tuesday: Not only was it turned down as lead counsel, but certification of the putative class was denied.

By Charles Toutant

3 minute read

March 05, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Employers are allowed to monitor online activities when workers use company computers, but a case in federal court in Newark, N.J., has a twist.

By Charles Toutant

6 minute read

January 17, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

The day state Senator John Lynch began serving a three-year prison term for federal mail fraud and tax evasion, the New Jersey Supreme Court disbarred him.

By Charles Toutant

3 minute read