Suzette Parmley

September 30, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

On Tuesday, Murphy signed Executive Order No. 265 to create the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in the Governor's Office.

By Suzette Parmley

5 minute read

September 29, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

Four years ago, Katherine Rauch-Sasseen of Long Branch suffered the first of two motor vehicle accidents in Monmouth County that left her with traumatic…

By Suzette Parmley | Charles Toutant

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September 29, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

The justices addressed the question of when a sexual assault victim can obtain a restraining order against the perpetrator if the sexual act wasn't consensual.

By Suzette Parmley

8 minute read

September 22, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Sept. 20 ruling was a win for plaintiff Ernest Bozzi, a licensed home improvement contractor who sought out the names and addresses of dog owners in Jersey City as potential clients for his invisible fence installation business.

By Suzette Parmley

7 minute read

September 17, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

The discipline issued to Municipal Court Judge Steven Brister follows the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct.

By Suzette Parmley

6 minute read

September 17, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

Two weeks after Gov. Phil Murphy's eviction moratorium was lifted, there are a record number of landlord-tenant eviction cases and a record number of judicial vacancies—a dangerous combination, according to two top lawyers who specialize in the area.

By Suzette Parmley

6 minute read

September 16, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

In Libertarians for Transparent Government v. Cumberland County, attorneys for each side argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court on whether a settlement agreement between a county government and a former employee resolving an internal disciplinary action against the employee is considered a government record—and not a personnel file—under Section 10 of the Open Public Records Act.

By Suzette Parmley

8 minute read

September 16, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

"I want to make sure that the ACLU has a big footing in communities and into issues, and that we're really working side by side with the folks for whom civil liberties are most often denied," Karen Thompson, senior staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, said. "I want to be the person that makes people happily uncomfortable."

By Suzette Parmley

9 minute read

September 07, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

Essex County Superior Court Judge Keith Lynott granted preliminary approval to a settlement in which Radiant Management has agreed to make extensive repairs on the affected rental units—20 of them in the building located at 86 Brunswick St. in Newark, and at four other buildings.

By Suzette Parmley

5 minute read

September 02, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

For months Chief Justice Stuart Rabner and Administrative Director of the Courts Judge Glenn Grant have warned lawmakers that the moratorium's lifting could result in an avalanche of new landlord-tenant eviction cases – nearly 200,000 – that could easily overwhelm the courts.

By Suzette Parmley

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