Colleen Murphy

September 22, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Today's nomination, which I am pleased to make during Hispanic Heritage Month, also furthers our commitment to ensuring that leadership at all levels of law enforcement reflects the great diversity of our state," Gov. Phil Murphy said.

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

September 22, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

"There are just so few women in the role," Manning said of women in the role of managing partner. "I go to a lot of groups for managing partners and the percentage is very small of females in the role. It is very important to talk about it so that if you have this conversation with me in five years there has been real change.

By Colleen Murphy

8 minute read

September 22, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

  The New Jersey Supreme Court amended one rule and adopted another on the precedential status of unpublished Appellate Division cases reviewing…

By Colleen Murphy

2 minute read

September 21, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Typically, constructive notice is a question of fact for the jury, but it may be appropriate for summary judgment when no reasonable juror could conclude otherwise," the court said.

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

September 21, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

A woman who suffered a slip and fall on a supermarket floor accepted $1.5 million to settle her Middlesex County personal injury suit, Atkinson v.…

By Charles Toutant | Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

September 20, 2022 | Law.com

"Fair and full litigation, where determination of the truth through discovery is a critical process, inherently cannot occur if one or more parties to the dispute simply refuse to participate," U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley said.

By Colleen Murphy

7 minute read

September 20, 2022 | Law.com

"The GJC is grateful to the district and municipal courts who chose to initiate these programs and who participated in our pilot project," said Kitsap County District Court Judge Marilyn Paja, co-chair of the Washington Supreme Court's Gender and Justice Commission. "We are hopeful more courts will consider DV-MRT, and this will prompt additional study."

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

September 20, 2022 | Law.com

Following the dismissal with prejudice of a patent infringement claim brought by Realtime Adaptive Streaming against Sling TV, Dish Network and others, a federal judge in Colorado found that the case was "exceptional" and that the defendant companies were entitled to an award of attorney fees.

By Colleen Murphy

7 minute read

September 20, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

"This historic settlement is just one result of the investments we have made throughout the Murphy administration to proactively enforce our worker protection laws," the acting attorney general said, "and it should serve as a message to every employer that if you exploit your workers, you will be held accountable."

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

September 19, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

"There is obviously a material, factual dispute over whether Pokhan provided all of the information, including the information State Farm claims is false, on the insurance application, precluding summary judgment on State Farm's claim of fraud in Pokhan's procurement of the policy," Appellate Division Judge Allison E. Accurso wrote. "The application is not signed, and there is no dispute that State Farm never provided Pokhan—prior to the fire loss—a copy to permit her to confirm or deny the information recorded on the form by an individual State Farm has never produced and claims it cannot locate."

By Colleen Murphy

6 minute read