By Charles Toutant | March 5, 2018
A Superior Court judge has tossed out a suit by former Cape May County Prosecutor Robert Taylor, who claimed he was shortchanged on retirement benefits in retaliation for expressing views that irked county elected officials.
By Colby Hamilton | March 5, 2018
Recent settlements with two of three New Jersey border towns sued over their attempts to block the enclosures known as eruvs have settled, even as a town across the border in New York recently announced similar considerations.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Robert Storace | March 5, 2018
Two lawsuits have been filed on behalf of an institutionalized mentally ill man claiming years of emotional and physical abuse by staff. The suits seek monetary damages.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Martin A. Schwartz | March 5, 2018
In his Section 1983 Litigation column, Martin A. Schwartz discusses the recent decision in 'District of Columbia v. Wesby', in which the U.S. Supreme Court articulates several important Fourth Amendment and qualified immunity principles.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Robert Storace | March 5, 2018
Former ESPN sports anchor Adrienne Lawrence sues the network, claiming ongoing sexual abuse, specifically by current sports anchor John Buccigross.
By Cogan Schneier | March 5, 2018
Frances McDormand endorsed the contractual provisions during the Oscars Sunday night.
By Marcia Coyle | March 2, 2018
The U.S. Justice Department tells the Supreme Court it doesn't need any guidance about "cy pres" settlements—not after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions last year adopted a new policy that would preclude such provisions in future deals.
Connecticut Law Tribune | Commentary
By Connecticut Editorial Board | March 2, 2018
Within the swirl of political activity of 2017 lay yet another attack on the Legal Services Corp., the federal agency that serves as the single largest funder of civil legal aid for low-income Americans.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Carl W. Hittinger and Tyson Y. Herrold | March 2, 2018
When the Supreme Court scrapped Conley v. Gibson's “no set of facts” federal pleading standard in Twombly (2007) and Iqbal (2009), courts initially struggled to apply the inherently ambiguous “plausibility” standard. In the immediate aftermath, some courts frankly misconstrued Twombly and Iqbal to invite a Daubert-style “gate keeper” appraisal of complaints in which judges could (and should) prune claims that, based on their own personal experience with the subject matter at issue, appeared dubious.
By Ross Todd | March 1, 2018
In a 9-3 decision, a Napa County jury found the county had discriminated against a former assistant deputy district attorney after he sought accommodations for disabilities.
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