Suzette Parmley

January 20, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

The proposals come on top of last month's statewide directive from Attorney General Gurbir Grewal to law enforcement to divert juveniles away from law enforcement and toward social or familial support whenever possible.

By Suzette Parmley

6 minute read

January 14, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

In a nod to the employer's dilemma and the statute's complexity, the justices suggested that better guidelines were needed from the state Labor & Workforce Department.

By Suzette Parmley

8 minute read

January 12, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

After nearly a year of diminished returns, scaled-back expectations and delayed dreams due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Phil Murphy offered up a fresh start in his 2021 State of the State address to an empty Patriot's Theater at the Trenton War Memorial.

By Suzette Parmley

8 minute read

January 11, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

S-3320/A-5211, which Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Nick Scutari described before the Senate panel's recent vote as "a clarification bill," was tabled during Assembly and Senate voting sessions Monday.

By Suzette Parmley

7 minute read

January 11, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

While details of the camera rollout are still being worked out, including when and which districts would get them first, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal and other leading law enforcement officials lauded S-3089's signing.

By Suzette Parmley

7 minute read

January 07, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

"This isn't the first time we've done this. We did it with the PIP [personal injury protection] bill last year where we did a chaser bill based upon something that the governor asked for instead of a conditional veto," said Scutari. "To get to where we want to be, we decided to go down this route."

By Suzette Parmley

5 minute read

January 07, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

The case involving a man who fired what he believed to be a simulation gun at a Stroudsburg firearms training session and gravely injured another participant will move to trial, says a Monroe County Court of Common Pleas judge.

By Suzette Parmley

5 minute read

December 30, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

Don't pop the champagne bottles just yet supporters of recreational cannabis use in the Garden State. A "cleanup bill" is in the works.

By Suzette Parmley

4 minute read

December 30, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct recommended a one-month suspension without pay for a municipal court judge for comments he made last year regarding physical violence against women to a defendant who appeared before him on multiple domestic violence charges.

By Suzette Parmley

7 minute read

December 29, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

"This case established that the sudden emergency is no longer a defense in Pennsylvania," said plaintiffs attorney Scott Cooper of Schmidt Kramer in Harrisburg, who was not involved in the case.

By Suzette Parmley

7 minute read