Michael Booth

August 09, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

One of Gov. Chris Christie's most persistent critics in the state Legislature is sponsoring a bill that effectively would have barred Christie's apparent hiring of high-profile lawyer Christopher Wray—now the FBI director—without a written retainer agreement.

By Michael Booth

18 minute read

August 08, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Steve Lee, the director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, is resigning to take a job with Comcast, the nation's largest telecommunications conglomerate.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

August 08, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a 16-year-old precedent that has been widely used to determine whether a custodial parent can relocate children to another state over the objections of the other parent.

By Michael Booth

4 minute read

August 08, 2017 | The Recorder

The Ninth Circuit ordered a new trial in a case brought by the city of Pomona seeking at least $32 million in damages against SQM North America Corp., for allegedly contributing to the contamination of its groundwater.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

August 07, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Monday signed legislation permitting victims and witnesses of alleged domestic violence or sexual assault to testify against defendants through closed-circuit television—a possibility that until now existed only for minors.

By Michael Booth

2 minute read

August 07, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Fire districts in New Jersey, which provide most of the state's firefighting services, are subject to the Open Public Records Act, though their member fire companies may not be subject to the same rules, the state Supreme Court ruled on Monday.

By Michael Booth

4 minute read

August 04, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Appellate Division has reaffirmed trial courts' authority to require a legal malpractice plaintiff to present expert testimony to demonstrate proximate cause.

By Michael Booth

2 minute read

August 03, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A state appeals court ruled that officials in the Christie administration could face civil penalties for failing to release documents, requested by a newspaper group under the state's Open Public Records Act, related to the Bridgegate scandal.

By Michael Booth

10 minute read

August 02, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the Division of Workers' Compensation has jurisdiction over the case of a state resident who was hurt on an out-of-state job site but was at home when he accepted the offer of employment.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

August 02, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A New Jersey judge is denying that she violated ethics rules by becoming involved in a friend's child custody case.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read