Suzette Parmley

June 22, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

Gov. Phil Murphy also announced that Atlantic City's nine casinos will be allowed to open July 2 at 25% capacity after being shuttered since mid-March. The reopening will come in time for what is traditionally one of the busiest weekends at the Jersey Shore: July 4 weekend.

By Suzette Parmley

4 minute read

June 19, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

Of 20 bills approved Thursday during a 90-minute teleconference vote—all by huge majorities or unanimously—eight have to do with changing how law enforcement agencies conduct business.

By Suzette Parmley

7 minute read

June 17, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

The bipartisan Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission was created in 2009 by the New Jersey Legislature to conduct a thorough review of the state's criminal sentencing provisions and consider recommendations to reform the laws governing the criminal justice system.

By Suzette Parmley

5 minute read

June 17, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

The state Supreme Court held that although plaintiffs had to show some proof that they were in the restroom, they did not have to show proof of being recorded.

By Suzette Parmley

9 minute read

June 15, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

The New Jersey Senate approved bills to increase protections for victims of hazing and victims of sexual harassment or assault by certain state officers, employees or members of the Legislature.

By Suzette Parmley

8 minute read

June 12, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

The 40-member Senate voted on Monday to confirm nominations for Yolanda Ciccone, 66, and James Pfieffer, 60, as county prosecutors.

By Suzette Parmley

6 minute read

June 12, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

Appellate Division Judge Clarkson Fisher Jr. said Millville police entered the requested complaint-summons into a computer, but the document was completed via the state's Electronic Complaint Disposition Record system, "and the finished product is maintained by the municipal court or, in a larger sense, the judiciary."

By Suzette Parmley

6 minute read

June 11, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Although a court rule authorizes judges to amend a sentence and release an individual defendant because of illness or infirmity, neither the rule nor the other sources raised provide authority for the courts to establish and oversee a broad-based program to release or furlough inmates in state prison," wrote Chief Justice Stuart Rabner.

By Suzette Parmley

7 minute read

June 10, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

"When you have that set of references, it's pretty powerful," Gov. Phil Murphy's chief counsel Matt Platkin said of Pierre-Louis. "She never campaigned for this job. The first outreach was from us to her—that was in early 2020."

By Suzette Parmley

15 minute read

June 10, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

A Morris County civil case over a 2017 accident in Hackensack, involving a man who was seriously injured when his motorcycle was struck by a turning…

By Suzette Parmley

5 minute read