Colleen Murphy

December 02, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

“The more of these wage transparency laws that come online, the more states are learning from what you might call the missteps of other states that have enacted these laws,” Alexandra Barnett, a partner with Alston & Bird, said.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

November 27, 2024 | Law.com

“Given how central the trans issue was to Trump’s campaign, you have this bizarre situation where what had been a fringe issue in Title IX is suddenly not just the central legal issue in these challenges to the rule, but was an important reason why Trump won,” Brooklyn College history and legal affairs professor KC Johnson said.

By Colleen Murphy

6 minute read

November 26, 2024 | Law.com

“I do not think it is as simple as announcing that the Department [of Education] be dismantled,” Elizabeth L. Troutman, a partner with Brooks Pierce, said.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

November 25, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

“A compensation judge who formerly sponsored a bill enacted into law is not per se disqualified from presiding over cases implicating or interpreting that law," Appellate Division Judge Lisa Puglisi said.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

November 25, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

“The bread and butter, the privately held midmarket client that spins off not only M&A work, but financing work, contract and commercial transactions, but also intellectual property, environmental, real estate, is the real value add here," Glenn Stein, chair of the corporate and securities group at Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi, said.

By Colleen Murphy

5 minute read

November 20, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"The only published cases are two divergent Chancery Division rulings issued almost four years apart, the most recent being some twenty-seven years ago," Judge Thomas W. Sumners Jr. said.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

November 19, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

“We are very happy to get justice for the Voyez family after all of these years and to provide them with compensation so that they can provide the care their son needs,” Michael J. Epstein of the Epstein Law Firm told the Law Journal.

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

November 18, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Currently, there are 39 open seats on the Superior Court bench across the state. Two more seats are expected to open up in December.

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read

November 18, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

A $2.3 million settlement has been reached for a construction worker seriously injured when he fell while working on stilts.

By Colleen Murphy

4 minute read

November 13, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

An Essex County jury returned a $1.8 million verdict following a seven-day trial in a personal injury claim over a fall down the stairs at a construction site.

By Colleen Murphy

3 minute read