Michael Booth

October 11, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Tackling a scenario in which lower courts have reached diverging opinions, the New Jersey Supreme Court is considering whether a worker can receive unemployment benefits after a second job has failed to pan out.

By Michael Booth | New Jersey Law Journal |

3 minute read

October 10, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether alternative dispute resolution service JAMS should be allowed to operate in the state free of ethics rules on trade names, trust accounts and other issues.

By Michael Booth | New Jersey Law Journal |

3 minute read

October 10, 2017 | National Law Journal

Chief Justice John Roberts has appointed Merrick Garland---chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and former President Barack Obama's failed nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court---to chair the Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States.

By Michael Booth | New Jersey Law Journal |

2 minute read

October 09, 2017 | National Law Journal

A federal jury in Chicago has ordered the pharmaceutical company AbbVie Inc. to pay a Tennessee man more than $140 million as compensation for a heart attack he claimed was caused by his taking testosterone-replacement drug AndroGel.

By Michael Booth | New Jersey Law Journal |

5 minute read

October 09, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Attorney General's Office is proposing new regulations that would sharply curtail money and gifts health care providers may receive from pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing companies.

By Michael Booth | New Jersey Law Journal |

3 minute read

October 06, 2017 | The Recorder

The American Civil Liberties Union on Friday filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for its decision to drop a requirement under the Affordable Care Act that employers offer employees free contraception.

By Michael Booth

2 minute read

October 06, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A federal judge in Trenton has ordered a New Jersey-based class action suit against Welch Foods Inc.---maker of the popular Welch's fruit snacks that plaintiffs allege aren't as "natural" as advertised---must be moved to the Eastern District of New York.

By Michael Booth | New Jersey Law Journal |

3 minute read

October 06, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

In Howlen v. Capital Health Systems, a Mercer County jury on Sept. 26 awarded the family of a 20-year-old Trenton woman who died several days after…

By David Gialanella | Michael Booth | Charles Toutant

6 minute read

October 05, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Four days after a gunman in Las Vegas killed 58 people and injured 489 others with an automatic rifle, two New Jersey lawmakers have once again introduced…

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

October 05, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

 New Jersey on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics Inc., alleging the company engaged in a “greed-driven”…

By Michael Booth | New Jersey Law Journal |

4 minute read