Michael Booth

May 25, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a decision awarding a shore apartment complex owner coverage in excess of its $1 million policy for debris cleanup after Superstorm Sandy.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

May 24, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

In a ruling that ethics attorneys say is not as startling as it might appear, the New Jersey Supreme Court on Wednesday indefinitely suspended two lawyers and disbarred a third for sex offenses involving children, but stopped short of issuing a bright-line disbarment rule in such cases.

By Michael Booth

15 minute read

May 24, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

In a ruling that ethics attorneys say is not as startling as it might appear, the New Jersey Supreme Court on Wednesday indefinitely suspended two lawyers and disbarred a third for sex offenses involving children, but stopped short of issuing a bright-line disbarment rule in such cases.

By Michael Booth

15 minute read

May 23, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto has proposed a sweeping expansion of the state's 8-year-old paid family leave program.

By Michael Booth

7 minute read

May 23, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto has proposed a sweeping expansion of the state's 8-year-old paid family leave program.

By Michael Booth

7 minute read

May 23, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Supreme Court will hear the appeal of a medical malpractice plaintiff who took the rare step of seeking counsel fees under the offer-of-judgment rule but failed to recover those fees because an appeals court ruled that the settlement agreement did not address the issue.

By Michael Booth

8 minute read

May 23, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Supreme Court will hear the appeal of a medical malpractice plaintiff who took the rare step of seeking counsel fees under the offer-of-judgment rule but failed to recover those fees because an appeals court ruled that the settlement agreement did not address the issue.

By Michael Booth

4 minute read

May 22, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Assembly on Monday voted to impose a set of taxes on the growing home-sharing industry.

By Michael Booth

6 minute read

May 22, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Assembly on Monday voted to impose a set of taxes on the growing home-sharing industry.

By Michael Booth

6 minute read

May 22, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey on Monday moved closer to joining the growing ranks of states enacting legislation regulating daily fantasy sports betting—the multimillion-dollar-a-year industry that, until recently, has gone unregulated nationwide.

By Michael Booth

8 minute read