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Charles Toutant

Charles Toutant

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

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August 07, 2024 | Law.com

The EEOC Is Furloughing Staff. Lawyers Weigh What This Says About Workers' Rights

"I think the EEOC is always chronically underfunded, and there's always either hiring freezes or furloughs or something like that. The EEOC needs more love, for sure," said David Lopez, a former general counsel for the agency.

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August 05, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

'He Could Get People Put on the Bench': A Kingmaker Has Died

"The Chief loved lawyers and the legal profession with all his heart, and he never lost his appreciation and gratitude for the unparalleled privilege of representing others," said Kevin Marino, who was hired by Donald Robinson in 1985 after completing a judicial clerkship.

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August 05, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

No Retroactive Pay for Judge Who Beat Criminal Charges

Citing case law from the Third Circuit calling back pay "impermissible retrospective relief" that "necessarily depletes the state treasury," U.S. District Judge Edward Kiel wrote, "I see no reason to stray from this general principle and award plaintiff what is in all practical respects back pay."

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August 02, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Professor With Alt-Right Views Not Protected by First Amendment, NJ Fed Judge Rules

NJIT said its personnel "were forced to divert their focus from NJIT's educational mission in favor of addressing voluminous complaints about Jorjani."

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August 01, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Attorney Hired to Grow Law Firm's PI Practice Had Divided Loyalty, New Suit Claims

An attorney that a health care recovery firm hired to develop a personal injury practice instead funneled profits to her bother's law firm as part of a secret "kickback scheme," a recent suit from the firm alleges.

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July 31, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Judge Removed From the Bench for Ex Parte Discussions of Pending Cases, Fraternizing at Social Events

Louis J. Korngut, in an answer, admitted some of the allegations and disputed others. He said he attended the police chief's retirement party only for a few minutes. He said he only visited Hooters once, with his court staff.

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July 30, 2024 | Law.com

Bad Optics to Hire a White Man? Manager Says He Was Fired for Hiring Caucasian

"If somebody said to him, 'You're being terminated because you're a white guy, we don't like the optics that you hired another white guy.' If I were representing the employer, I would not want my client making a statement like that if they're terminating somebody," said employment lawyer Julie Levinson Werner, who is not involved in the case.

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July 29, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Ex-Law Firm Leader Headed to Prison Over Unauthorized Raises, Lavish Travel Billed to Firm

"John's conduct really was aberrational and highly unlikely to ever repeat itself. John is thankful that the court agreed with his negotiated sentence, and imposed the minimum sentence possible," said Ricardo Solano Jr. of Gibbons, the attorney for John Dunlea.

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July 29, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

$1.3M Stolen From Seton Hall Law School: Ex-Assistant Dean Pleads Guilty

"The genesis of most fraud schemes happens when people have access to money they believe they are entitled to, and no one will notice it's gone," FBI Special Agent in Charge James E. Dennehy said.

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July 26, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Law Firm in Crosshairs as 8 Ex-Staffers File Suit Against It

"Davis, Saperstein & Salomon will be serving frivolous litigation notices on attorney Shell and his clients, and will seek dismissal of these claims on procedural grounds, including legal fees and costs," said the firm's attorney, Keith McDonald.

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