Michael Booth

June 16, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that Gov. Chris Christie does not have to turn over correspondence with a nonprofit group that assisted with his unsuccessful presidential bid.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

June 15, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller has nearly unfettered authority to conduct random audits of any government agency, and does not have to explain its reasons why it decides to conduct an audit, a state appeals court said in a published decision.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

June 14, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A state appellate panel has indefinitely suspended the law license of William Baroni Jr., a former Port Authority official and one of the key figures behind the Bridgegate scandal that helped crush the presidential hopes of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

By Michael Booth

9 minute read

June 14, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor accusing the operator of 17 Houlihan's restaurants in New Jersey and New York of illegally pocketing portions of servers' and bartenders' tips, and failing to pay them for working overtime.

By Michael Booth

8 minute read

June 13, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday nominated five lawyers to be judges of the Superior Court, the Office of Administrative Law and the Workers' Compensation Court.

By Michael Booth

9 minute read

June 13, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey is one step closer to imposing regulations on the burgeoning practice of "telemedicine," where patients remotely receive medical evaluations or counseling from their health care providers.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

June 12, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A New Jersey craft beer wholesaler has agreed to pay $2 million and surrender its license to settle claims of anti-competitive trade practices.

By Michael Booth

4 minute read

June 12, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A federal judge has dismissed a putative class action against clothing company J. Crew Group Inc. claiming the company issued receipts that were too revealing.

By Michael Booth

4 minute read

June 09, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A New Jersey appeals court has ordered a new trial for a former Rutgers University professor now serving prison time for having a sexual relationship with a mentally disabled man related to one of her students.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

June 08, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A federal judge has ordered a Pennsylvania doctor and her husband to pay Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. $1.87 million in fee sanctions and counterclaim damages in a discrimination lawsuit that was deemed to have been lodged in bad faith.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read