Michael Booth

November 07, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

In what appears to be a novel theory, a New Jersey open government activist is asking a judge to rule that when public agencies violate the state's Open Public Meetings Act, they could be forced to pay complainants' counsel fees under the state Civil Rights Act's fee-shifting provision.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

November 05, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

The three-judge Appellate Division panel turned aside an appeal from retired Teaneck firefighter William Brennan, who had asked that a special prosecutor be appointed to review the case.

By Michael Booth

4 minute read

November 05, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

An elevator technician who suffered knee, shoulder and back injuries in a job site fall agreed to a $2.03 million settlement in his Middlesex County…

By Charles Toutant | Michael Booth

4 minute read

November 02, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

"We find no evidence that the judge was hostile to plaintiff, biased or unfair," the panel said. "To the contrary, the judge appeared patient and focused in her attempts to handle a zealous attorney and a pro se defendant, both of whom persisted in interrupting each other and interrupting the judge."

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

November 01, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

"We reject the tenant's strained interpretation of the Anti-Eviction Act … and conclude that an act of one permits the eviction of all," wrote Appellate Division Judge Clarkson Fisher Jr. for the panel in "Rampersaud v. Hollingsworth."

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

October 31, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

A former employee of the New Jersey Treasury Department, who alleges she was constructively discharged after filing a sexual harassment complaint against a supervisor, is seeking to block the state from enforcing confidentiality agreements that her lawyer claims bar plaintiffs from discussing their cases.

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

October 31, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

The judges granted tenure are Timothy Chell, the presiding civil judge in Gloucester County; Michael Hubner, currently assigned to the Criminal Part in Morris County; and Nancy Ridgway, now the presiding Family Part judge in Atlantic County.

By Michael Booth

2 minute read

October 26, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

In Phillips v. Klein, a Teaneck woman is to receive $1.63 million as compensation for injuries she sustained in an auto accident.Plaintiff Lorna…

By Michael Booth | David Gialanella | Charles Toutant

5 minute read

October 26, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

A New Jersey lawyer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for fleecing millions of dollars from his elderly clients.Ocean County Superior Court…

By Michael Booth

3 minute read

October 25, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

"A simple side-by-side comparison of the William Hill copyrighted work against the infringing pamphlet clearly demonstrates how egregious FanDuel has been in its unauthorized copying of the William Hill copyrighted work," the lawsuit says.

By Michael Booth

2 minute read