Michael Booth

May 11, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

"The deed restriction has the effect of disfavoring tenants due to their economic circumstances," Judge Marlene Lynch Ford said. "The deed restriction places unreasonable circumstances upon the right of the plaintiff to use and enjoy her property."

By Michael Booth |

3 minute read

May 10, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Florida Coastal alleges that the ABA told school officials in April that, while the school met its general accreditation standards, it continued to fall short of standards because of what were described as lax admission standards and a subpar ability to prepare students for bar exams.

By Michael Booth |

3 minute read

May 10, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

A two-judge Appellate Division panel, in an unpublished decision, turned back an attempt by now-former Assemblyman John Wisniewski, D-Middlesex, to halt the project.

By Michael Booth |

3 minute read

May 09, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

A state appeals court on Wednesday ordered further review of more than $166,000 in receivership fees awarded to New Jersey firm Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis, issuing an "admonition [that] has been repeated time and again" to trial courts that don't put reasons for their rulings on the record.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

May 08, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Legal Services of Greater Miami (LSGM) is seeking to enjoin Miami-Dade from enforcing an ordinance, scheduled to go into effect Thursday, that would force the homeless sex offenders out of their dwellings. The recently enacted ordinance prohibits overnight camping on county property.

By Michael Booth |

3 minute read

May 08, 2018 | National Law Journal

"We soundly reject the invitation to cast aside decades of Supreme Court and circuit precedent to narrow the immunity prosecutors enjoy," wrote Fourth Circuit Chief Judge Roger Gregory. "And we find no justification for denying Mosby the protection from suit that the Maryland legislature has granted her."

By Michael Booth |

4 minute read

May 07, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

"We will recognize this epidemic as it is, in strict contrast to what is going on in Washington," William Castner Jr. said. "New Jersey can pursue actions against bad actors."

By Michael Booth |

3 minute read

May 07, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

Bringing defamation law in line with the internet age, the New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday held that the single publication rule applies to a defamatory article posted online, but said significant changes to such a posting restart the statute of limitations.

By Michael Booth |

7 minute read

May 07, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

A Union County jury awarded $4.5 million on April 6 in a medical malpractice suit, Ayala v. Friedlander, M.D., over errors in a man's spinal surgery.But…

By Charles Toutant | David Gialanella | Michael Booth |

7 minute read

May 04, 2018 | National Law Journal

"The case will be remanded for a determination of whether the total components and operations of the ALPR record-keeping process provide a means through which a link between a license plate number and the vehicle's owner may be readily made," Justice Cleo Powell said.

By Michael Booth |

4 minute read