Colleen Murphy

May 10, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Gibbons filed an employment class action on behalf of former employees of Christmas Tree Shops against two owners of the now-bankrupt company for allegedly laying off hundreds of workers with only one week's notice, in violation of the required three months' advanced notification under the New Jersey Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

May 09, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously struck down a portion of a law criminalizing "portraying a child in a sexually suggestive manner" as unconstitutionally overbroad this week because it bars "a large swath of material that is neither obscenity nor child pornography."

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

May 09, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"I anticipate that the coming years will present novel challenges to lawyers in the public-interest space," Alexander Shalom said. "It is exciting to me that I will have the opportunity to deploy the firm's resources—380 lawyers in five offices—to try to address some of the monumental challenges."

By Colleen Murphy

6 minute read

May 08, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"There is a proposal to create a court of appeals that mirrors the federal court system," Senate President Nicholas P. Scutari said. "In the current system, you take the best of the Superior Court judges, leaving that court depleted. If we go to a system where the governor makes appointments, you can broaden the number of lawyers going to the bench."

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

May 07, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Because the scope of the agreement in this case would bar individuals from describing an employer's discriminatory conduct, the agreement encompasses speech the LAD protects," Chief Justice Stuart Rabner said. "Defendants also used the agreement to try to hold the sergeant liable for making statements about her claims of discrimination, retaliation, and sexual harassment, which section 12.8 specifically protects."

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

May 06, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"The scope of the rule will cause countless victims and witnesses to surrender their protected right to speak freely about harassment and discrimination," Chief Justice Stuart Rabner said. "Although we acknowledge the state's good-faith representations that the regulation can be narrowed, we cannot rely on them to uphold the rule."

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

May 06, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"In a ruling from the bench, Judge Hurd concluded that 'at the end of the day it's not a question of admissibility, it's a question of is it reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence under Rule 4:10- 2," the opinion said.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

May 03, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"If we had the 'Ferreira' conference, which this court says is a 'backstop,' this would not have happened," said Christina Vassiliou Harvey of Lomurro Munson, who served as pro bono counsel to the plaintiff. "We would have avoided all of this if there was just a conference and an explanation."

By Colleen Murphy

6 minute read

May 02, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"If you have a problem, it is always a sensible place to stop and ask Lee Solomon for his advice and for his insight, born of experience, born of judgment, and born of character," Chief Justice Stuart Rabner said. "I have done it many times and I have never come away disappointed."

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

May 02, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The new online application tool for legal organizations is required as paper applications will no longer be accepted, and submissions will be accepted beginning May 16.

By Colleen Murphy

2 minute read