Charles Toutant

April 30, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The settlement stems from a crash when the Mendez Trucking Co. dump truck broadsided a school bus operated by the Paramus district, according to the complaint.

By Charles Toutant

2 minute read

April 29, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"[I]f Mall Chevy materially breached the franchise agreement, then as a matter of law, GM would have good cause to terminate the franchise," Third Circuit Judge Peter Phipps wrote.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

April 26, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"This isn't a case where we ask 'why does Mr. Kratovil want to report this particular fact?' It's a case where we say 'does the government have the right to tell journalists which facts they get to report and which facts they don't, when the facts are true, related to issues of public concern and lawfully obtained?'" said ACLU-NJ attorney Alexander Shalom.

By Charles Toutant

6 minute read

April 25, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The defendants "received payments totaling $31,650 while their suits were pending, and in the event of a breach of contract Legal Bay is entitled to three times that amount, plus attorney's fees and expenses," the suit states.

By Charles Toutant

2 minute read

April 24, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"I'm a defense lawyer primarily, but at the end of the day, noncompete agreements were not meant to be a tool to prevent your midlevel workers from going from Company A to Company B," employment attorney Michael Elkins said.

By Charles Toutant

6 minute read

April 23, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Just really a nice, nice man who was doing important work," a colleague said of the attorney who died.

By Charles Toutant

2 minute read

April 22, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"The actions, conduct and behavior of defendant, Brandin M. Echols, rise to a punitive level as defined by the New Jersey Punitive Damages Act, entitling plaintiff to punitive damages," the suit says.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

April 19, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The suit names as defendants Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Red Lion Hotels Corp., and Motel 6 Corp., among others. The defendants argue that the suit fails to establish they participated in a "venture" under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, or that they benefited, knowingly or otherwise, from a TVPRA venture.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

April 17, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"At the outset of the trial, the town announced that there would be no settlement, calling it a 'no pay' case," said Joseph Fiorenzo, attorney for The Silverman Group.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

April 16, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The firm says it was contacted by someone who purportedly sought help collecting severance pay from his employer, John Deere.

By Charles Toutant

6 minute read