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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 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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4 minute read

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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5 minute read

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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4 minute read

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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6 minute read

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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4 minute read

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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5 minute read

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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4 minute read

July 25, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Gibbons on the Case: New Jersey Firm Launches 15 Suits for Drug Company

The suits stem from defendants' submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of Abbreviated New Drug Applications [ANDA] seeking permission to manufacture generic versions of American Regent's selenious acid products before their patents expire.

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2 minute read

July 25, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Crash Sequence Animations Bolstered Damages Claim in Fatal Motorcycle Crash That Ended in $4.9M Settlement, Attorney Says

The truck driver said he did not see the motorcycle approaching, and was not issued any summonses, according to Michael Mackler, the attorney for the estate.

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2 minute read

July 24, 2024 | Law.com

Things Could Get Confusing After Dueling Rulings on Noncompetes

"Come September, if this situation persists, there will be garden-variety, noncompete employment cases in courts across the country where defendants, whether employees switching companies or companies hiring employees in the face of noncompetes from their prior job, will likely assert that the FTC is a defense to the enforcement of a noncompete," attorney John Siegal said.

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