Charles Toutant

December 26, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Governor Murphy was proud to sign a tough sanctions law against the Russian government in response to Russia's brutal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, and is disappointed that a federal court has prevented the state from enforcing that law," a spokesman for the governor said.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

December 26, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

Yursil Kidwai learned about the monitoring of his calls when the prosecutor's office inadvertently produced a detective's memo during discovery in a criminal case, the suit claims.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

December 26, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

We offer you a heads-up about the next developments in some important and, hopefully, compelling cases that will be making headlines in early 2024.

By Charles Toutant

9 minute read

December 21, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

Whether it was the selection and confirmation of new judges, or the latest on judges who got in trouble, or obituaries of veteran jurists, Law Journal readers seemed to have endless interest in news involving men and women in robes.

By Charles Toutant

8 minute read

December 20, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Cyber-criminals can cross-reference two sources of PHI to marry unregulated data available elsewhere to criminally stolen data with an astonishingly complete scope and degree of accuracy in order to assemble complete dossiers on individuals," the suit said.

By Charles Toutant

3 minute read

December 19, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

For matrimonial lawyers and judges in Cumberland County, the judge shortage has created a situation "like we're practicing in the emergency room. We're in triage, trying to put out a fire here and a fire there, with so many cases having emergencies," attorney Jose Silva Jr. said earlier in the year.

By Charles Toutant

7 minute read

December 18, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"The problem is ... they're still going to have one of the heaviest caseloads in the country. And it's still going to be hard to move cases efficiently through the district court in New Jersey," Daniel Fleming said.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

December 12, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Today we say enough and we're putting everyone else in the gun industry on notice. If you break our laws, we're coming for you," New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

December 12, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

A woman who had four operations on her back and shoulders after falling in a ShopRite shopping center parking lot was paid $2.95 million to settle her Monmouth County personal injury suit.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

December 11, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Respondent's failure to take any steps to determine the existence of the purported attorney-client relationships," the DRB said of Anselmi & Carvelli attorney William P. Munday, "constituted impermissible 'willful blindness.'"

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read