Colleen Murphy

December 27, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

"This isn't an ordinary nonprofit organization that is purely private. It is controlled government employees and staffed and funded with taxpayer resources," said CJ Griffin, a partner at Pashman Stein Walder Hayden who argued the cause for amicus curiae Libertarians for Transparent Government. "Yet, this decision allows it to escape all transparency."

By Colleen Murphy

7 minute read

December 22, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

A Cherry Hill attorney with no prior disciplinary record received a censure after representing that his client was a first-time DWI offender in two different municipal court proceedings on the same day.

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

December 22, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

An 86-year-old woman who sustained spinal and gastrointestinal injuries in a head-on crash agreed to a $3 million settlement in her Middlesex County…

By Charles Toutant | Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

December 21, 2022 | Law.com

Former Utah Assistant Attorney General Paul G. Amann has filed a motion to compel production of a flash drive containing emails from the Utah Attorney General's office as part of his suit which alleged he was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for his whistleblowing activities.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

December 21, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

"Thus, to the extent that Davis claims Alexander requires the Commonwealth to prove exigent circumstances where the officers have lawfully seized an object under the plain view doctrine, he is mistaken," Judge Anne E. Lazarus said.

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

December 20, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

The law would increase the minimum number of days of advance notice that a company with more than 100 full-time employees must give to workers, to 90 days from 60 days. And the law requires severance pay of one week for each year of service to the company.

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

December 20, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

"As we detailed in W.S., Chapter 120 changed the two-year statute of limitations for filing tort actions with regard to sexual abuse claims brought by plaintiffs who allege they were abused as minors," the per curiam opinion said. "This statute explicitly revives stale claims."

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

December 19, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

Sundeep Iyer is former Big Law senior associate who advised Minnesota following George Floyd's death. He also was a U.S. Supreme Court clerk.

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

December 19, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

A formal complaint has been filed and a hearing date set for Superior Court Judge Michael J. Kassel for remarks he made to litigants appearing before him in which he expressed unfamiliarity with their cases and his dissatisfaction with his temporary assignment to family court, among other allegations.

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

December 16, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

"I see a lot of this where lawyers don't pay attention," said attorney Samuel C. Stretton of West Chester, who represented the respondent. "Attorneys forget their CLEs, move their office, and don't notify the board, and then they don't get notices and are unaware of their inactive status."

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read