Colleen Murphy

July 11, 2022 | Law.com

The Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court denial of GE's motion to enforce a settlement agreement with a former senior-level manager over claims of race-based discrimination.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

July 08, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Camden County Corrections Department suspended Cornely for what were determined to be "union protected activities as a PBA Trustee and President."

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

July 08, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

  A North Bergen resident who was injured in a collision with a box truck on the New Jersey Turnpike settled his Middlesex County personal…

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

July 07, 2022 | Law.com

In the case of a student's allegedly anti-Semitic Snapchat post, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has ruled that—absent a specific threat directed at the school, its students or its officials—a school district cannot regulate a student's off-campus speech.

By Colleen Murphy

6 minute read

July 07, 2022 | Law.com

The plaintiff alleged she suffered brain damage from carbon monoxide poisoning as the result of a cracked fuel line in her car that should have been repaired as part of a safety recall.

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

July 06, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

"...[T[he Vacancy Law sets forth the procedures for filling vacancies to avoid the very scenario that occurred here—the governing body refusing to seat a nominee of a faction of a party, thus denying the citizens of a ward representation in their municipal government," Justice Barry Albin wrote for the court.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

July 05, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

The bill mirrors a New York law that seeks to hold the gun industry liable for public nuisance if they knowingly or recklessly create conditions that endanger public safety.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

July 05, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Non-disclosure agreements (NDA) have no place for those that may been sexually harassed or faced discrimination or retaliation on the job. While legislation passed in 2019 offers protections against so-called classic NDA's, the use of 'non-disparagement' agreements are an equally inappropriate way to squash a person's voice and take away basic rights. It must be prohibited, and this legislation will do so," said Sen. Andrew Zwicker, one of the new bill's co-sponsors.

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

July 05, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

Finding that pandemic shutdowns did not create circumstances warranting application of the "doctrine of impossibility," the Appellate Division has refused to let a construction company out of a settlement agreement reached with its insurer over unpaid workers' compensation premiums as a result of misclassifying workers and understating payroll.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

July 01, 2022 | Law.com

Once the Port Authority received its supply of masks, a new policy continued the restriction on "political or social protest" masks and added a section detailing which masks may be worn.

By Colleen Murphy

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