Colleen Murphy

February 08, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

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By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

February 07, 2024 | Law.com

The nation's courts remain divided over whether the insurrection clause in Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment can block former President Donald Trump from appearing on 2024 primary ballots while one case awaits certification by the U.S. Supreme Court.

By Colleen Murphy

2 minute read

February 06, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"The jury was entitled to find that Davenport had made all of the statements and documents described above over a long period of time; that he disparaged plaintiff's military service, either directly for the inconvenience it caused, or indirectly by equating Navy service with homosexuality; and that he did so in a workplace that regarded homosexuality as shameful and as proof of lesser ability to perform the job," the appeals court said.

By Colleen Murphy

6 minute read

February 06, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"I have many friends who work in law enforcement and I recognize the challenges of criticizing the actions of those who serve and protect," the plaintiff's attorney said. "But this young woman was in jail for one night for an old bench warrant with a recently broken knee and she was treated like a number with no real accommodations for her injury."

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

February 05, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Movant has represented that Novella, plaintiff's principal, has been unwilling to comply with plaintiff's discovery obligations despite movant's requests that he do so," U.S. Magistrate Judge Jessica S. Allen said.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

February 02, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is facing legal battles over Rutgers University athletes in two different states this week—one in Maryland over failing to inform a former player of the dangers brain disease poses, and one in New Jersey over a 15-game suspension it imposed on a current member of the basketball team.

By Colleen Murphy

6 minute read

February 02, 2024 | Law.com

"Our goal is to use community-based services to decrease the time needed to restore defendants to competency, thus minimizing delays in moving these cases forward while also reducing recidivism for those who are dealing with substance use and/or behavioral health challenges," said Judge Russell Klein, who will preside over the docket.

By Colleen Murphy

2 minute read

February 02, 2024 | The Recorder

"The urgent vision of this historic settlement is not just to recoup the academic losses suffered by California's most disadvantaged students, but to erase the opportunity gaps altogether exacerbated by the pandemic," Mark Rosenbaum, director with Public Counsel, a public-interest law firm in Los Angeles, said in a statement.

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

February 01, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Going backwards in time and limiting access to medication abortion is contrary to evidence-based health care," New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. "I, and other attorneys general across the nation, urge the Supreme Court to reject this baseless attack on reproductive care."

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

February 01, 2024 | The Recorder

"This action arises out of Huawei's misrepresentations to standards organizations, abusive licensing practices, anti-competitive behavior, unfair business practices, breach of contract, scheme to defraud and dominate markets worldwide, pattern of racketeering activity and other behavior that violates federal and state law," write attorneys at McKool Smith on behalf of NETGEAR.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read