Charles Toutant

October 02, 2024 | Law.com

"We know the lawyers at the EEOC that are frontline soldiers in this, and they're stretched very thin," Seyfarth Shaw's Christopher DeGroff said.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

October 02, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"My professional career has suffered greatly, and I'll never get that back, no matter what happens. Even if I retain my license, the type of work I did—I'm never getting that back," Michael T. Rave told the Supreme Court.

By Charles Toutant

6 minute read

October 01, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"People naturally tend to think that younger people, relatively recently out of law school, might not know as much as people who've been practicing for a while. And to some extent that could be true, and to some extent that isn't true," said Andrew M. Epstein, 82, of Wilson Elser.

By Charles Toutant

10 minute read

September 27, 2024 | Law.com

Most of the cases focused on gender discrimination, but two of the suits alleged pregnancy discrimination and two others claimed mistreatment of transgender employees.

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9 minute read

September 25, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Gov. Phil Murphy said he was pleased that the bill bans the sale of intoxicating hemp beverages to individuals under age 21 and would end the sale of such drinks in smoke shops. He said he "would have preferred to sign a bill that stopped there," but said "[t]he status quo is untenable."

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

September 24, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Mounting litigation has become a major headache for the wind project's developer. Colts Neck attorney Thomas Stavola Jr.'s latest suit follows another he filed on behalf of some of the same plaintiffs, now pending in U.S. District Court against the U.S. Department of Commerce.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

September 23, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The attorney allegedly suggested that the $400,000 her firm had previously paid to its counsel be applied again, an idea the lawsuit termed "incredulous." In other words, counsel would continue to represent the attorneys in three cases, but would receive nothing on current bills of more than $400,000, the suit claims.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

September 20, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

In the latest case, the complaint says consumers typically know little about title insurance and decisions about which insurer to use are typically made by lawyers, realtors, mortgage brokers or lenders.

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3 minute read

September 19, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Plaintiff and hospice physician Paul Bryman said in a statement that the ruling "means I cannot provide non-resident patients who request this gentle-dying option with care consistent with their values and wishes at one of the most important moments in their lives."

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

September 19, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"I read an exhaustive amount of medical journals, literature, studies, scientific papers, from around the world on these topics, which I think ultimately gave me the ability to confront these defense experts in the opinions that they offered and really discount and diminish the validity of those opinions that they were trying to argue," Justin Drazin said.

By Charles Toutant

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