Colleen Murphy

September 26, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The plaintiff alleged that she sustained a herniated disc in her lumbar spine, which she argued was permanent, as a result of the fall.

By Colleen Murphy

2 minute read

September 25, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Purchasing another attorney's name as a keyword is all about attorney advertising," Chief Justice Stuart Rabner said. "Attorney advertising is commercial speech. Commercial speech is subject to First Amendment concerns."

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

September 24, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Changes were made to the chief counsel and executive team, with the attorney general elevating a lawyer who previously worked with Paul Weiss and Wilkinson Stekloff.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

September 24, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Defendant talks about fundamental fairness, but here, he just does not like the remedy that the defendant has," said an attorney for amicus curiae New Jersey Association for Justice.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

September 23, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The decision, which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit said was a "close call," hinged on whether an informal communication in the form of a letter the FDA sent to Merck was sufficient to establish preemption.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

September 20, 2024 | Law.com

A federal judge in Virginia found Thursday that former George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School professor Joshua Wright cannot stop a Title IX investigation into claims that he used his academic influence to seduce female law students—dismissing all but one of his claims against the university.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

September 20, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

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By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

September 19, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"We are committed to ensuring that everyone in New Jersey has access to the American dream of homeownership, regardless of race, color, or national origin," said U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger. "This agreement is an important step in leveling the playing field and removing illegal and discriminatory barriers in residential mortgage lending."

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

September 19, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"You can plan all day long to be a judge," Presiding Appellate Division Judge Heidi Willis Currier said. "It does not mean that it ever happens, right? It is a unique process...she does not have the ability to say, 'I am going to be a judge,' and that happens, right?"

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

September 18, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Thus, the trench was permitted to exist in a dangerous condition while subcontractor workers were active on the jobsite and in the vicinity of the trench," the plaintiff's attorneys said.

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read