Colleen Murphy

February 23, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Teresa Carr, a 43-year-old New Brunswick resident, received a $2.25 million settlement following a two-day arbitration hearing for her slip and fall on ice as she was entering her workplace at Monarch Electric Co. in Cranbury.

By Colleen Murphy

2 minute read

February 22, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"In short, our analysis of the law on conflicts and our consideration of the policies embodied in the RPCs support a rule where individual, personal conflicts of county prosecutors are not imputed to the entire office," Judge Robert J. Gilson said.

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

February 21, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"For ten months you did very little to advance E.M.'s case, after you incorrectly assumed that the program had replaced you as the attorney due to your lack of experience," the DRB letter said. "You admitted to failing to pursue E.M.'s disability claim, claiming you negligently 'lost sight of' and 'forgot' about E.M.'s matter."

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

February 20, 2024 | The Recorder

The merger is the firm's third combination of 2024.

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

February 16, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"We conclude that the federal statute does provide certain retired officers (those who meet all the statutory requirements) with an enforceable right, and that right extends equally to officers who retired from New Jersey agencies and those who retired from federal or out-of-state agencies," Third Circuit Judge Arianna J. Freeman said.

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

February 15, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

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By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

February 14, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The submission portal will be operational on Feb. 29.

By Colleen Murphy

2 minute read

February 14, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Although we agree a sensible reading of N.J.S.A. 43:21-19(i)(10) provides an exemption for court reporters, to the extent the statutory language results in more than one reasonable interpretation, the legislative history unequivocally establishes the Legislature intended to dispense with the requirement to establish a FUTA exemption," Judge Joseph J. Marczyk said.

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

February 13, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"New Jersey's Puerto Rican community adds to the unique diversity of our state," Gov. Phil Murphy said. "Arianna has dedicated much of her career and spare time to serving the Puerto Rican community, having deep familial ties in the region. Puerto Rico has so much to offer, and I am thrilled to witness the collaboration that Arianna and the commission will build on between our two regions."

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

February 13, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"I felt the precedent was violated in this case and the result is that the tradition and the statute will not mean anything," Sen. Jon Bramnick, R-Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, and Union, told the Law Journal.

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read