Colleen Murphy

July 19, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

The lawyer told authorities he "just deposited the check knowing that the insurance company check was close behind, and it was more for convenience sake than anything else." The DRB and Supreme Court found it was still a disbarment offense.

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

July 18, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

In a precedential 169-page opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has upheld the convictions and sentences for two members of the Lucchese organized crime family and two Texas brothers on charges of racketeering and conspiracy.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

July 18, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Appellate Division reversed an order compelling arbitration of a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by an employee who claimed he never signed an agreement to arbitrate.

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

July 18, 2022 | Law.com

A federal judge in Virginia has dismissed a suit brought by a member of Americans Against Mask Mandates, which challenged the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Mask and Testing Orders as they relate to U.S. air travel.

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

July 15, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

According to the opinion, plaintiff Lon C. Taylor alleged in his complaint that, during 2012, New Jersey Public Defender Joseph Krakora told him he expected older attorneys "to shoulder their burden," bragged about hiring many young attorneys to replace them, and mocked older attorneys for their views about "zealous advocacy."

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

July 15, 2022 | Law.com

"Because a dismissal on forum non conveniens grounds is not a final judgment on the merits, it is not, under Colorado law, entitled to preclusive effect in subsequent proceedings," the appeals court said.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

July 14, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

When Meadowlands Hospital decided to create a graduate medical education program, it contracted with Besler & Co. to provide consultation services, including a three-year estimate of graduate and indirect medical education reimbursements. Besler provided the estimate using what turned out to be an incorrect per-resident amount.

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

July 14, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

"The Legislature specifically addressed liability for acts that occurred to a person who has died when it drafted the Wrongful Death Act and plainly intended all wrongful death cases be filed within two years of a decedent's death," stated the judge. "Because the Act is limited in its application to those already deceased, had the Legislature intended to apply minority tolling to claims brought on behalf of deceased minors, it would have stated so explicitly."

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

July 14, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Appellate Division vacated the denial of a request for oral argument in a dispute between two former partners and equity shareholders at Mescall & Acosta over attorney fees in a personal injury case.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

July 13, 2022 | Law.com

A Maryland attorney was suspended from practicing law following a federal jury conviction on charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering for using his firm's bank accounts to launder more than $1 million in drug payments.

By Colleen Murphy

2 minute read