Colleen Murphy

November 09, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"Basically, the affidavits in support of the motion to vacate alleged a miscommunication between Polymer's counsel and his legal assistant, who was in the process of leaving his firm, and the failure of the assistant to calendar the deadline for filing a motion for trial," Judge Robert Gross wrote for the court.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

November 09, 2023 | Law.com

"Attorneys have an independent duty to continually reevaluate their claims to avoid prolonging a meritless case," stated Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich in his dissent. "The failure to do so is sanctionable. Here, plaintiffs' counsel failed to avoid prolonging a meritless case."

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

November 09, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Supreme Court held oral arguments in a slip-and-fall case regarding whether the defendant property owners were negligent in failing to maintain a sidewalk in front of a vacant lot.

By Colleen Murphy

6 minute read

November 08, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"[I]sn't one of the problems here that it is very hard to determine the objective worth, value, and quality of an item of clothing that sells at many different prices, perhaps because it has a designer label, or perhaps because it is trendy at the moment?" Justice Rachel Wainer Apter asked.

By Colleen Murphy

7 minute read

November 08, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

A mortgage originator has sued one of its competitors in federal court for misappropriation of trade secrets, tortiously interfering with an employee's contract, aiding and abetting the breaches of the employee's duty of loyalty, and unjust enrichment.

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

November 06, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"The absence of any language in the arbitration agreement constituting a waiver of plaintiff's statutory rights is fatal to its enforceability as to the claims against defendants which primarily assert violations of consumer protection statutes," the court said.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

November 03, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

A formal complaint has been filed against a New Jersey municipal court judge over his personal Facebook account, where he liked and reposted "Blue Lives Matter" imagery and that of other similar social movements.

By Colleen Murphy

2 minute read

November 03, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Lest there be any doubt, a mid-trial involuntary dismissal does not entitle a defendant offeror to fee-shifting under the rule," an Appellate Division judge said.

By Colleen Murphy

2 minute read

November 02, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"This congestion pricing will generate $5 billion a year for New York City, primarily on the backs of New Jersey residents and will create environmental harm that will affect those with asthma and other respiratory illness," Bruce Nagel of Nagel Rice said.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

November 02, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

A $1.4 million settlement was reached in Middlesex County for a North Brunswick man after he was seriously injured in a car crash on U.S. Route 1 in South Brunswick.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read