Colleen Murphy

November 02, 2022 | Law.com

In an issue of first impression, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has certified an interlocutory appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit regarding whether 501(c)(3) tax exempt status constitutes federal financial assistance under Title IX, according to the opinion.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

November 02, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Appellate Division upheld the disqualification of an attorney over his representation of both a police lieutenant and the internal affairs officer who conducted an investigation into disciplinary charges leveled against that lieutenant.

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

November 02, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

A settlement of $1.5 million was approved on Sept. 26 in Camden County suit Gutierrez-Ramirez v. Mama, M.D. for a 7-year-old child who suffered…

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

November 01, 2022 | Law.com

The Maryland Court of Special Appeals has affirmed a lower court's ruling that upheld a lump-sum clause in a postnuptial agreement requiring the husband—the grandson of well-known socialite and philanthropist Rachel "Bunny" Mellon—to pay the wife $7 million if he engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior again.

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

October 31, 2022 | Law.com

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has announced an invitation to interested attorneys to apply for a five-year term on the Board of Bar Examiners.

By Colleen Murphy

1 minute read

October 31, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

"In imposing only an admonition, the board considered the compelling mitigation presented, including respondent's unblemished record in more than 30 years at the bar and that, ultimately, he stipulated to his misconduct," stated the letter.

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

October 28, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

"Our inquiry begins and ends with the statutory text," stated Rendell. "Both we and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania have recognized that sections 1731 and 1734 mean no more than what they state."

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

October 27, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Appellate Division upheld the dismissal of a marijuana activist's legal malpractice and emotional distress claims against his former attorney, finding that his expert's report ignored pertinent facts and that he produced no medical documentation.

By Colleen Murphy

6 minute read

October 27, 2022 | Law.com

"Neither the complaint nor its exhibits explain which, if any, of the Key Referral Sources are permanently closed, how the relationship with any Key Referral Source has been permanently impacted by the suspended business, or how Retina Center determined it suffered a loss in excess of $1,000,000," Judge John K. Bush wrote in the opinion. "Without that necessary information, the pleadings do not rise above speculation."

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

October 26, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

"We granted certification, and now reject Fillmyer's contention that she was entitled to the application of a recklessness standard in these circumstances, a position supported by the New Jersey Civil Justice Institute as amicus curiae," wrote Judge Clarkson S. Fisher, who was temporarily assigned to the New Jersey Supreme Court.

By Colleen Murphy

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