Colleen Murphy

July 12, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Appellate Division vacated an arbitration award for two Kean University professors reassigned to nonteaching duties, agreeing with the school that the award was not "reasonably debatable."

By Colleen Murphy

2 minute read

July 12, 2022 | Law.com

A Massachusetts attorney was suspended for one year and one day after accepting a $2,000 retainer to handle a landlord-tenant lawsuit and failing to file the complaint.

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

July 11, 2022 | Law.com

The Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court denial of GE's motion to enforce a settlement agreement with a former senior-level manager over claims of race-based discrimination.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

July 08, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Camden County Corrections Department suspended Cornely for what were determined to be "union protected activities as a PBA Trustee and President."

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

July 08, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

  A North Bergen resident who was injured in a collision with a box truck on the New Jersey Turnpike settled his Middlesex County personal…

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

July 07, 2022 | Law.com

In the case of a student's allegedly anti-Semitic Snapchat post, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has ruled that—absent a specific threat directed at the school, its students or its officials—a school district cannot regulate a student's off-campus speech.

By Colleen Murphy

6 minute read

July 07, 2022 | Law.com

The plaintiff alleged she suffered brain damage from carbon monoxide poisoning as the result of a cracked fuel line in her car that should have been repaired as part of a safety recall.

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

July 06, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

"...[T[he Vacancy Law sets forth the procedures for filling vacancies to avoid the very scenario that occurred here—the governing body refusing to seat a nominee of a faction of a party, thus denying the citizens of a ward representation in their municipal government," Justice Barry Albin wrote for the court.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

July 05, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

The bill mirrors a New York law that seeks to hold the gun industry liable for public nuisance if they knowingly or recklessly create conditions that endanger public safety.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

July 05, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Non-disclosure agreements (NDA) have no place for those that may been sexually harassed or faced discrimination or retaliation on the job. While legislation passed in 2019 offers protections against so-called classic NDA's, the use of 'non-disparagement' agreements are an equally inappropriate way to squash a person's voice and take away basic rights. It must be prohibited, and this legislation will do so," said Sen. Andrew Zwicker, one of the new bill's co-sponsors.

By Colleen Murphy

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