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September 12, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Med Mal Claim Over Partial Vision Loss Nets $2.5 Million Settlement

The plaintiff alleged that her condition worsened under the doctor's care and that the doctor did the bare minimum to address spikes in her interocular pressure.

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September 11, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

'Plant Your Flag': Pennsylvania-Based Pietragallo Expands Across the River to the Garden State

"If you are not in New Jersey, you are not in New Jersey, even if you are right across the bridge and able to come over," Scott A. Coffina, a Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti partner, said. "We thought having the presence will put us top of mind for potential clients and really make them think that we are in New Jersey as opposed to just capable of working in New Jersey, like other jurisdictions."

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September 11, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Justices Mull Insurer's Duty to Defend Employer's Negligence Claim in Workers' Comp Dispute

"I am confused as well by counsel's assertion that there is a long-standing abiding obligation for defense of Superior Court tort claims under part one workers' compensation because I read the language ... and maybe that is the problem," Katherine E. Tammaro, a partner with Wilson Elser, said. "Maybe they haven't read the language."

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September 11, 2024 | Law.com

State High Court Finds 7-Eleven Franchisees Fail to Meet Definition of Employee

"Accordingly, we conclude that the contractual obligations of the franchisees to operate their convenience stores in a manner that preserves the integrity of the brand does not satisfy the threshold determination," Associate Justice Dalila Argaez Wendlandt said.

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September 06, 2024 | Law.com

Judge Pauses Landmark $2.75B NCAA Settlement Proposal, Parties to Hash Out More Details

"This provision was carefully negotiated. It is a central part of the deal, and without it, I am not sure there will be a settlement to submit," Rakesh Kilaru, a partner with Wilkinson Stekloff and counsel to the NCAA, said.

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September 06, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Rutgers Taps Lowenstein Sandler to Investigate 'Ugly,' 'Disturbing' Allegations Made by Women's Gymnastics Team

At a Southern New Jersey Central Labor Council event Aug. 30, Gov. Phil Murphy called the allegations "really ugly and very disturbing."

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September 05, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Rear-End Crash on George Washington Bridge Nets $1 Million Settlement

Bergen County Superior Court Judge David V. Nasta ordered the defendant's answers stricken and defenses suppressed without prejudice for failure to provide discovery, according to court documents.

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September 04, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Retired Presiding Appellate Division Judge Tapped to Lead Committee on Judicial Conduct

Retired chief judge of the Appellate Division, Carmen Messano has been tapped to helm the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct by Chief Justice Stuart Rabner, who called the retired Appellate Division judge a "gifted leader."

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September 03, 2024 | Law.com

Womble Bond Dickinson, McCarter & English Net a Quarter of Requested $4.78M Fees Following $14.7M False Advertising Win

The jury's split decision—finding for defendants as to trademark and fair use, for plaintiff as to UDTPA and the Lanham Act, and for one defendant but against another as to copyright—is a strong indicator that plaintiff's claims were not as 'inextricably interwoven' as they may seem," wrote U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn Jr.

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August 29, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Class Action Claims Charter Bus Company Conducted Mass Layoff in Violation State, Federal WARN Acts

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