Charles Toutant

January 05, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"I think that this case shows that the 2019 amendments to the statute do what they are supposed to do, which is hold the organization financially responsible for the criminal sexual abuse of a minor by a member of that organization," said the plaintiff's lawyer Michael Pender.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

January 04, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

Similar laws exist in New Jersey and New York.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

January 03, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"I'm in a leadership role, but I can tell them the perspective of what it's like to be a client," said attorney Diane Cardoso. "And I can assure them that I am going to treat them just the same way I would want my family to be treated."

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

December 30, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Attorneys must allow an additional hour or more in their schedules to ensure they will be able to enter the building in time for their scheduled court or administrative hearings," New Jersey State Bar President Jeralyn Lawrence wrote.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

December 29, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

U.S. District Judge Julien X. Neals said the magistrate judge correctly concluded that Gross-Quatrone's allegations rise to the level of "unusually severe" and the court should not "hamstring" the defendants by limiting their case to mere cross-examination of fact witnesses.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

December 28, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey's request for documents from Smith & Wesson is being closely watched.

By Charles Toutant

6 minute read

December 27, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

An attorney called the decision "bewildering. It's a Pyrrhic victory. If someone called me up for professional advice from Pennsylvania, I don't know what I would tell them."

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

December 27, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

The plaintiff in "Rush" regarded the calls as "merely annoying," while Polhill contends that the calls caused her stress and headaches and she was once reprimanded by her supervisor after speaking with Navient, U.S. District Judge Karen Williams wrote.

By Charles Toutant

5 minute read

December 22, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

The most-viewed New Jersey Law Journal story in the past year detailed the end of litigation involving Andrew Napolitano, the former Fox News commentator and judge in the Superior Court of New Jersey.

By Charles Toutant

7 minute read

December 22, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

An 86-year-old woman who sustained spinal and gastrointestinal injuries in a head-on crash agreed to a $3 million settlement in her Middlesex County…

By Charles Toutant | Colleen Murphy

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