Michael Booth

May 03, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A New Jersey judges is facing ethics charges for allegedly becoming involved in a family friend's child custody case.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

May 03, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Gov. Chris Christie has signed legislation, spurred by a federal civil rights lawsuit, that will require insurance carriers contracting with the state to cover fertility treatments to women in same-sex relationships, and those in other nontraditional relationships.

By Michael Booth

5 minute read

May 03, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The estates of a man and his mother who were killed when a tree fell on their car while they were traveling on the Garden State Parkway cannot sue the highway's operator, a state appeals court has ruled.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

May 02, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A New Jersey panel that resolves disputes over the cost of legislation between local governments and the state has rejected a complaint claiming the state's recently enacted bail-reform system is unconstitutional.

By Michael Booth

7 minute read

May 02, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A New Jersey panel that resolves disputes over the cost of legislation between local governments and the state has rejected a complaint claiming the state's recently enacted bail-reform system is unconstitutional.

By Michael Booth

7 minute read

May 02, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The estates of a man and his mother who were killed when a tree fell on their car while they were traveling on the Garden State Parkway cannot sue the highway's operator, a state appeals court has ruled.

By Michael Booth

6 minute read

May 01, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A federal judge has once again dismissed a putative class action lawsuit against Hertz Global Holdings by its shareholders—this time for good—finding no evidence to demonstrate the company knowingly hid financial problems in order to boost the price of its stock.

By Michael Booth

6 minute read

May 01, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A federal judge has once again dismissed a putative class action lawsuit against Hertz Global Holdings by its shareholders—this time for good—finding no evidence to demonstrate the company knowingly hid financial problems in order to boost the price of its stock.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

May 01, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

In Pronovich v. Express Automotive and Towing,a Somerset County jury on March 2 awarded a South Bound Brook woman $2.27 million as compensation for injuries she sustained from a generator that had been installed on the van that she uses for her dog-grooming business, though a partial vacatur brings the actual recovery down to $1.97 million.

By Michael Booth

9 minute read

May 01, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

In Pronovich v. Express Automotive and Towing,a Somerset County jury on March 2 awarded a South Bound Brook woman $2.27 million as compensation for injuries she sustained from a generator that had been installed on the van that she uses for her dog-grooming business, though a partial vacatur brings the actual recovery down to $1.97 million.

By Michael Booth

9 minute read