Colleen Murphy

August 14, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"We reject the Appellate Division's novel suggestion that Crisitello's firing was evidence of pretext simply because St. Theresa's did not 'survey' its employees to discover other transgressions of the faith," Justice Lee A. Solomon said. "Neither the LAD nor our case law requires such an investigation, and we decline to impose this burden."

By Colleen Murphy

6 minute read

August 14, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"I think the new justices are finding their stride and comfort in their new role," New Jersey State Bar Association President Timothy F. McGoughran said. "I think we are back to where we should be with scholarly debate, as well as honest and civil disagreement, when they feel necessary to voice some."

By Colleen Murphy

6 minute read

August 11, 2023 | The Recorder

"A majority of the active judges in our court voted to rehear this case en banc to reconsider our ruling that § 1981 provides an implied cause of action," a Ninth Circuit judge wrote. "Today, we join our sister circuits in holding that it does not."

By Colleen Murphy

6 minute read

August 11, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

A woman whose bowel was perforated during spinal surgery received payment of a $1.1 million settlement in her Essex County medical malpractice suit, Franco…

By Charles Toutant | Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

August 10, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"When Gov. Murphy signed the ETA, it opened the floodgates of corruption," Sen. Steve Oroho said. "This ridiculous law stifled the independence of our state's campaign watchdog and limited [its] ability to hold those who commit campaign violations accountable."

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

August 09, 2023 | Law.com

"By allowing the Judicial Department to contract with the former chief of staff after she had resigned in lieu of termination from the SCAO, former Chief Justice Coats undermined the public's confidence in the integrity of the judiciary and failed to exercise diligence in the performance of his administrative duties," stated the per curiam opinion.

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

August 09, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

In a ruling that is being lauded by family law practitioners around the state, the New Jersey Supreme Court has held that, to make a prima facie showing of cohabitation, a party seeking to terminate alimony does not need to satisfy all the cohabitation factors in either "Konzelman v. Konzelman" or the state alimony statute.

By Colleen Murphy

8 minute read

August 09, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

Canon 5, which deals with outside employment and other outside activities for judiciary employees, states that to "avoid impropriety and/or conflict of interest or the appearance thereof, the following provisions shall apply to the holding of outside employment by judiciary employees."

By Colleen Murphy

2 minute read

August 08, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Supreme Court has held that Jason O'Donnell, the former Bayonne mayoral candidate who accepted $10,000 in a paper bag in exchange for an appointment as the city's tax counsel, did not need to win election to be subject to the plain words of the state's bribery statute.

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

August 07, 2023 | Law.com

Jersey City Medical Center prevailed in eliminating more than $223 million in potential damages sought by CarePoint Management and McCabe Ambulance Services in a suit which arose from a 2016 settlement agreement over ambulance service provided in Jersey City.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read