Suzette Parmley

June 17, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

All but one of the seven new nominees are replacing retired judges, which some say has contributed to the vacancy crisis currently facing the judiciary.

By Suzette Parmley

8 minute read

June 15, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

A collective settlement of $8.15 million has been reached to settle five lawsuits resulting from the 2016 train crash of a New Jersey Transit train that collided into the Hoboken station and killed a Brazilian-born attorney, Fabiola Bittar de Kroon, and left four other passengers injured.

By Suzette Parmley

6 minute read

June 10, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

Amid the June heat, a majority of the New Jersey Supreme Court justices decided to adopt the "ongoing storm rule."

By Suzette Parmley

8 minute read

June 10, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Commonwealth Court has ruled that a Bucks County school district did not violate any anti-discrimination laws and won't have to comply with an order mandating that it remove all Native American logos, imagery and references from its 11 schools, including the use of the term "Redskins."

By Suzette Parmley

8 minute read

June 08, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

The June 7 opinion delivered by Chief Justice Stuart Rabner addresses current Attorney General Gurbir Grewal's Law Enforcement Directives Nos. 2020-05 and No. 2020-06 that he implemented within weeks of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers May 25, 2020.

By Suzette Parmley

13 minute read

June 04, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Overall, I would say the legislation is good news for employers as they continue to try to return to some kind of state of normalcy in their operations," said one labor and employment attorney.

By Suzette Parmley

5 minute read

June 03, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

Solomon, 66, watched as the board lit 37 "yes" votes and 0 "no" votes. A few days earlier, there were five new Superior Court nominees for Morris County.

By Suzette Parmley

9 minute read

June 03, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

An Essex County slip-and-fall case involving a father helping his son install a security camera enclosure on his deck recently settled for $1.5 million. Ironically,…

By Suzette Parmley

4 minute read

May 27, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

"We're seeing the light at the end of the tunnel," said Marissa Mastroianni at Cole Schotz in Hackensack, who primarily represents employers. "To the extent that law firms haven't already made plans about a return to work, or return to the office, or what their new normal is going to look like, those discussions definitely need to be happening now."

By Suzette Parmley

10 minute read

May 25, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

In an ongoing effort that began four years ago to make the court system more efficient and fair, the New Jersey Supreme Court will dismiss approximately 300,000 minor municipal court matters, ranging from parking infractions to petty disorderly offenses, that date back at least 27 years.

By Suzette Parmley

5 minute read