Michael Booth

September 13, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday signed legislation recognizing a fiduciary heir's right to obtain control of a decedent's digital assets.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

September 13, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to take up the case of a teacher seeking higher disability payments based on a series of scuffles with high school students that she claims led her to quit.

By Michael Booth

4 minute read

September 12, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The administration of Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie asked the state Supreme Court to reinstate civil service rules, aimed at eliminating competitive testing for some state government jobs, that were rejected by the Democrat-controlled Legislature.

By Michael Booth

6 minute read

September 12, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A state prosecutor asked the New Jersey Supreme Court to reinstate the criminal conviction of a man who added offensive comments to a co-worker's wedding photos and posted them as flyers.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

September 11, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Lawyers squared off before the New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday over whether a Paterson electrical inspector should be afforded absolute immunity against claims that he failed to inform his superiors about a dangerous condition in an apartment house that ultimately burned in a fatal fire.

By Michael Booth

7 minute read

September 08, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A New Jersey appeals court ruled Friday that the state Election Law Enforcement Commission may proceed with an investigation into alleged campaign finance law violations by Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo and his treasurer.

By Michael Booth

4 minute read

September 08, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A New Jersey judge has ruled that prosecutors may no longer use the three-decade-old psychological theory routinely used to attempt to prove child rape allegations.

By Michael Booth

5 minute read

September 05, 2017 | National Law Journal

DreamHost is challenging a ruling by a D.C. Superior Court judge that it reveal to prosecutors the records of visitors to one of its clients, disruptj20.org.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

September 01, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The former owner of one of New Jersey's largest newspaper groups will be allowed to pursue fraud claims against two security contractors it claims used a wayward executive to receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in contracts improperly.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

September 01, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A 72-year-old man whose left foot was amputated after he was struck by a New Jersey Transit bus agreed to a $2.5 million settlement in his Essex County suit, Almeida v. New Jersey Transit Corp., on July 6.

By Charles Toutant, Michael Booth and David Gialanella

4 minute read