Michael Booth

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

May 22, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A New Jersey appeals court has ruled in a case of first impression that child-welfare authorities may not rely solely on uncorroborated hearsay testimony from children where a person's parental rights are at stake.

By Michael Booth

6 minute read

May 22, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A New Jersey appeals court has ruled in a case of first impression that child-welfare authorities may not rely solely on uncorroborated hearsay testimony from children where a person's parental rights are at stake.

By Michael Booth

8 minute read

May 19, 2017 | National Law Journal

The Missouri Supreme Court has struck down a law — drafted based on city funding information revealed during the investigation into the 2014 Ferguson shooting of Michael Brown — that capped revenues raised from traffic fines at 12.5 percent for a group of municipalities in St. Louis County.

By Michael Booth

8 minute read

May 19, 2017 | National Law Journal

The Missouri Supreme Court has struck down a law — drafted based on city funding information revealed during the investigation into the 2014 Ferguson shooting of Michael Brown — that capped revenues raised from traffic fines at 12.5 percent for a group of municipalities in St. Louis County.

By Michael Booth

8 minute read

May 19, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has nominated seven lawyers for the bench: six for the Superior Court and one for the Tax Court.

By Michael Booth

5 minute read

May 19, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has nominated seven lawyers for the bench: six for the Superior Court and one for the Tax Court.

By Michael Booth

5 minute read

May 18, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A committee of the New Jersey Legislature on Thursday recommended passage of a bill that would codify the state Supreme Court's holding that the two-year statute of limitations for filing racial discrimination claims cannot be shortened in employment contracts or agreements.

By Michael Booth

7 minute read

May 18, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A committee of the New Jersey Legislature on Thursday recommended passage of a bill that would codify the state Supreme Court's holding that the two-year statute of limitations for filing racial discrimination claims cannot be shortened in employment contracts or agreements.

By Michael Booth

7 minute read

May 18, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday recommended the approval of three of Gov. Chris Christie's nominations to the Superior Court bench.

By Michael Booth

4 minute read