Colleen Murphy

July 19, 2023 | Law.com

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July 19, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"By suing Brach [Eichler] and claiming it committed legal malpractice, GMD implicitly waived the attorney-client privilege by placing at issue in the malpractice action the legal advice Cole [Schotz], as superseding counsel, gave GMD with respect to settling GMD's claims against Hollister and Arch," the per curiam opinion said.

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July 18, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

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July 18, 2023 | Law.com

"When these statutory provisions are met, series LLCs are treated as entities separate from the master LLC for purposes of suing and being sued," stated Justice Linda Marie Bell, in her written opinion for the court.

By Colleen Murphy

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July 14, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Appellate Division reversed a Union County Superior Court's dismissal of a legal malpractice claim leveled against Senate President Nicholas P. Scutari over his representation of a since-deceased man in his personal injury claim.

By Colleen Murphy

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July 14, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

Car sharing platform Turo and its insurance carrier made the final payment in March of a $1.6 million settlement in a Middlesex County insurance dispute,…

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July 13, 2023 | Law.com

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July 13, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"[F]or the same reason that Jesse James robbed banks," Lathrop GPM partner William G. Beck said, "the contingent fee lawyers got their hands on the money with tobacco, and then they got their hands on the money with opioids—the same lawyers. I do think it means that we're going to see more and more [PFAS] litigation and it's going to be more and more aggressive."

By Colleen Murphy

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July 13, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

"I think it is reprehensible that once all of the procedural loopholes, including senatorial courtesy, have been resolved you still cannot get these folks a hearing," New Jersey State Bar Association President Timothy McGoughran said.

By Colleen Murphy

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July 11, 2023 | Law.com

"It is a fundamental guarantee of the Fourteenth Amendment due process clause that criminal statutes must provide fair notice of what conduct is prohibited and must not be so standardless that they invite arbitrary enforcement," said Wendy J. Olson, a partner with Stoel Rives. "Idaho's Abortion Travel Ban falls far short of these constitutional requirements."

By Colleen Murphy

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