Michael Booth

July 10, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation, which claims its history has been rewritten in New Jersey in recent years, is a recognized American Indian tribe, a state appeals court has ruled.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

July 10, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Lawyers argued Monday over whether a former state judge who handled affordable housing cases should have at least one of his rulings overturned because of his relationship with a developer.

By Michael Booth

4 minute read

July 08, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A plan to build faculty housing for New Jersey's Institute for Advanced Study near where General George Washington camped with the Continental Army can advance, thanks to a New Jersey appeals court's ruling.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

July 07, 2017 | New York Law Journal

An Eastern District magistrate judge has ordered the distribution of $5 million in insurance coverage to the families of three people who died and to 42 others who were injured when their tour bus overturned in Delaware.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

July 07, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Two Colts Neck brothers have been sentenced to six-and-a-half-year prison terms for operating an insurance fraud ring in which they paid "runners" to recruit car crash victims as patients for chiropractic facilities they owned and operated.

By Michael Booth

6 minute read

July 06, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey's courts, largely shuttered on Monday because of the state Legislature's failure to enact a budget until the early morning hours of the July 4 holiday, opened for business as usual on Wednesday.

By Michael Booth

2 minute read

July 05, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A New Jersey appeals court has reinstated a products liability claim against BMW of America by a vehicle owner alleging he burned his leg on an exhaust pipe that extended beyond the rear bumper.

By Michael Booth

6 minute read

June 30, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Senate in a late voting session Friday gave final legislative approval to a bill that would regulate daily fantasy sports betting, a multi-million-dollar-a-year industry that has, until recently, gone largely unregulated nationwide.

By Michael Booth

8 minute read

June 30, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A Pompton Lakes man is set to receive $2.13 million as compensation for injuries he sustained when his car went out of control after what he claimed was a near-collision with a street sweeper.

By Michael Booth and Charles Toutant

9 minute read

June 30, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Senate on Thursday confirmed 17 of Gov. Chris Christie's nominations to the Superior Court bench, four for the Court of Workers' Compensation, and three administrative law judges.

By Michael Booth

8 minute read