By Colleen Murphy | July 21, 2022
The New Jersey Appellate Division has reversed three trial court motions granting leave to file late notice of a tort claim in cases involving employees who contracted COVID-19 while working at the Hudson County Correctional Facility.
By Allison Dunn | July 21, 2022
"[W]e reach the merits of the plaintiffs' claims, and rule that those claims fail as a matter of law," Associate Justice John Englander wrote on behalf of the unanimous panel. "While visits between parents and children in department custody must ordinarily be in person, the circumstances in the spring of 2020 were far from ordinary. It was within the department's discretion to adopt a policy, for that time, that favored parental contact by video conference, and sharply limited in-person visits. Nor, under the circumstances was the department required to secure court approval in advance."
By Mason Lawlor | July 19, 2022
"Plaintiffs have not offered any argumentation as to why Defendants are not entitled to qualified immunity," Judge Eric L. Clay wrote on behalf of the panel. "Nor do they direct the Court to any caselaw indicating that Defendants' various orders violated a clearly established constitutional right. And for good reason: there is no clearly established precedent that pandemic-era regulations limiting the use of individuals' commercial properties can constitute a Fifth Amendment taking. In fact, the overwhelming majority of caselaw indicates that such regulations are not takings."
By Andrew Maloney | July 19, 2022
While there was broad disappointment about a decline in pro bono work last year, some are hopeful that a confluence of events this year will lead to a rise in service in 2022 and beyond.
By Paul Hodkinson | July 19, 2022
The move sent 'shockwaves' as it could mean insurers try to avoid lawsuits by ending professional indemnity cover for law firms advising claimants.
By Allison Dunn | July 18, 2022
"The students have only ever asked for a fair refund representing the difference between the access to Suffolk's facilities and services that they prepaid for, and what was actually delivered during the Spring 2020 term," said Roy T. Willey IV, of Anastopoulo Law Firm in Charleston, South Carolina, one of the attorneys representing the plaintiffs.
By Colleen Murphy | July 18, 2022
A federal judge in Virginia has dismissed a suit brought by a member of Americans Against Mask Mandates, which challenged the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Mask and Testing Orders as they relate to U.S. air travel.
By John M. Baker | July 18, 2022
If the Eighth Circuit was correct in observing that individual capacity liability to pay just compensation for a taking does not exist, perhaps every potential avenue to obtain just compensation in federal court arising from an alleged taking by a state official is barred, either for that reason, or because of the Eleventh Amendment.
By Ross Todd | July 18, 2022
Scrambling. Changing travel plans. Figuring out where and how to isolate. Plenty of you have had to deal with the consequences of a positive COVID test. Over our annual summer break, it was the Lit Daily's turn.
By Michael Landen | July 18, 2022
"With some businesses offering permanent work-from-home options, the updated handbook should address remote work guidelines such as best practices for telecommunications, documentation requirements and remote meeting guidance," labor and employment attorney Michael Landen said.
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