Colleen Murphy

September 19, 2022 | Law.com

"We hold that the Senate engaged in a privileged legislative act when it exercised its statutory and constitutional authority to investigate the 2020 general election," Justice John R. Lopez stated. "The legislature possesses the authority to enact substantive election laws."

By Colleen Murphy

7 minute read

September 19, 2022 | Law.com

"Jenzack asks us to slalom past an intervening settlement agreement and a plainly written consent judgment to award it more than a million dollars in post-judgment interest," Judge Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. stated. "We choose a different path."

By Colleen Murphy

7 minute read

September 16, 2022 | Law.com

"True, the expressed consent statute is silent as to warrants, but a different statute within the motor vehicle code (which houses the expressed consent statute) is not," stated Chief Justice Brian D. Boatright.

By Colleen Murphy

6 minute read

September 15, 2022 | Law.com

"Because the supreme court has not excepted from its broad interpretation situations in which the minor turns eighteen before the statute of limitations expires, neither may we," concluded Judge David H. Yun.

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

September 15, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit agreed with a federal judge in New Jersey that courts—not arbitrators—are authorized to determine whether an arbitration agreement is superseded by a subsequent contract.

By Colleen Murphy

6 minute read

September 14, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

"As someone who spent seventeen years as a litigator and trial attorney in New Jersey courts, and then eighteen years as a judge at different levels in our judiciary, I have devoted my entire career to the legal system of our state," Douglas M. Fasciale said.

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

September 14, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

"The proposed rule will undo the Trump administration's damaging attempts to gut Title IX, and I look forward to the proposed rule's swift adoption," Platkin said.

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

September 14, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

Two people injured when their vehicle was struck by a transport van settled their Middlesex County suit, Welsh v. Fu, for $1.15 million on June 6. According…

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

September 14, 2022 | Law.com

The Connecticut Court of Appeals sided with Geico's alternative argument that an action seeking to recover underinsured motorist benefits was time-barred for failure to meet the terms of the insurance policy to timely commence the suit or to invoke its tolling provision.

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

September 14, 2022 | Law.com

Appointment to the board is for a six-year term beginning January 1, 2023.

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read