Michael Booth

March 27, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

A New Jersey judge who last year sued the state judiciary is accused in a new ethics complaint of violating rules by his actions in family court matters in which he was involved.

By Michael Booth |

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March 26, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

The bill, A-1/S-104, passed both houses of the Legislature with only two negative votes being cast.

By Michael Booth |

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March 26, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

"[W]e reject the notion that the plaintiffs—in alleging an invasion of privacy in an office building restroom—could only claim the presence of a hidden recording device by demonstrating their images were actually captured," the court said.

By Michael Booth |

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March 26, 2018 | Texas Lawyer

In a divided ruling, the majority of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit panel said the family had no constitutional standing to sue the border patrol agent.

By Michael Booth |

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March 22, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey lawmakers took another step toward awarding the state's justices, judges, cabinet officers and county prosecutors a raise.

By Michael Booth |

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March 21, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, like other governors before him, has formed a seven-member Judicial Advisory Panel to advise him on future judicial nominations.

By Michael Booth |

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March 21, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

The firefighter, Jennifer Kocanowski, is seeking to overturn an appeals court decision that found, since she was unemployed at the time of the incident, and since she had no other paying job, she was not entitled to benefits.

By Michael Booth |

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March 20, 2018 | The Recorder

Greg Reynolds spent five years on-and-off with the Colorado Rockies and the Cincinnati Reds before injuries sustained during a run-in with one of the trial defendants cut short his career.

By Michael Booth |

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March 20, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

For the second time in less than a month, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled that the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office is on the hook for counsel fees in an Open Public Records Act case in connection with the fatal police shooting of a suicidal elderly man.

By Michael Booth |

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March 19, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

The three-judge Appellate Division panel reinstated the lawsuit, which alleged that 42-year-old Michelle Skounakis died 15 days after she was prescribed Cytomel, a thyroid hormone that can be used as a weight-loss medication.

By Michael Booth |

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