Michael Booth

July 19, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A trio of New Jersey lawyer-lawmakers are sponsoring legislation that would prohibit anyone from publishing or posting certain contact information for judges, both active and retired, or prosecutors.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

July 17, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Federal statutes and regulations on auto emission standards do not preclude New Jersey plaintiffs from pursuing consumer fraud and related claims against Volkswagen that stem from the carmaker's diesel emissions scandal, a state appeals court ruled on Monday.

By Michael Booth

8 minute read

July 14, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey lawmakers have introduced bills that would prohibit the state from providing the Trump administration's "Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity" with any information about the state's voters that is not already publicly available.

By Michael Booth

6 minute read

July 14, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A two-year statute of limitations applies to an HIV-positive patient who claims one of his doctors improperly disclosed his medical status to a third party without his consent, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled.

By Michael Booth

4 minute read

July 14, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Past affordable housing rulings made by now-retired Superior Court Judge Douglas Wolfson, challenged by the township of South Brunswick based on the judge's long-term personal and professional relationship with a developer, will stand, a trial court decided Thursday.

By Michael Booth

5 minute read

July 13, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday vetoed Democrat-supported legislation that sought to bar the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from enforcing President Donald Trump's March executive order restricting entry for immigrants from a group of predominantly Muslim, Middle Eastern countries.

By Michael Booth

5 minute read

July 13, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Gov. Chris Christie has turned to another insider to serve as his top legal adviser through the last six months of his final term in office.

By Michael Booth

2 minute read

July 12, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

David Wildstein, once a powerful staffer at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey who admitted to masterminding what came to be known as the "Bridgegate" scheme, has avoided prison time.

By Michael Booth and David Gialanella

6 minute read

July 12, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A nurse will be allowed to pursue her claim that she was fired by a hospital because of a belief that she was physically unable to perform her job, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.

By Michael Booth

9 minute read

July 11, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Dashboard camera recordings and use-of-force reports generated in connection with the fatal police shooting of a man who led the officers on a high-speed chase through several northern New Jersey communities are public records subject to disclosure, the state Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.

By Michael Booth

10 minute read