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Charles Toutant

Charles Toutant

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

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April 10, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Woman Caught in Door While Boarding Bus Settles for $675K

Counsel for Academy Bus Lines and the bus driver, Arthur Tendler, maintained that her arthritis was a preexisting condition and not triggered by the bus accident, the plaintiff's attorney said.

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April 09, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Conflict Gets 8 Officials Disqualified From Hearing Warehouse Application

"You know everybody comes to an application with their own views. But you can't align yourself with an organization that has already determined that the application must fail," said Adam Garcia, a lawyer for the applicant.

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April 08, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Dangers Lurk for Law Firms Suing Clients

"I believe anti-SLAPP applies and this complaint is completely frivolous because everything she said is opinion," attorney Bruce Rosen said of a law firm's suit against a former client.

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April 08, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Constitutional Challenge Targets Casinos' Exemption From Anti-Smoking Law

"The favoritism granted the corporate casinos violates a very clear provision of the New Jersey constitution," the suit alleges.

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March 29, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Kirkland & Ellis Hired for Big Pharma Antitrust Suit

A 2020 verdict allowed Teva and other companies to produce generic versions of Vascepa. But Teva allegedly had to scale back its launch because of an inability to obtain the key ingredient, the suit said.

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March 29, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Man with Neck and Back Injuries Following Bus Collision Settles Case for $750K

Ilyas, who was 27 and working as a 7-Eleven clerk at the time of the accident, suffers neck and back pain and tingling in his hands and legs since the accident, Bitterman said.

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March 28, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Judge Faces Removal for Touching Court Employee's Leg

The judge's lawyer said the woman "showed up unannounced and began drinking, and just drank way, way, way too much."

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March 27, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Judge Under Scrutiny for Comment on Attire of Litigant Who Got Public Defender

Accused of an inappropriate exchange with a litigant, Inacio said the man was "extremely well dressed and groomed with jewelry." The judge said his comments were intended "to point out what appeared to be an inconsistency in defendant's appearance and his lack of resources for a public defender."

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March 26, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

A Strict Disciplinarian Is Leaving: What Does This Mean for Lawyer Ethics?

In a review of recent votes of the Disciplinary Review Board, where the vote on a disciplinary action was not unanimous, Judge Maurice Gallipoli sided with the stricter faction more than half the time.

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March 26, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

$21M Verdict: Low-Tech Visual Convinces Camden Jurors

"[Q]uite frankly, bluntly, some municipalities would prefer to not spend the money, and then have some jury or judge order them to pay the money," plaintiff lawyer Robert Sokolove said.

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