Charles Toutant

December 13, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

At least 29 patent suits were filed in the District of New Jersey in November, reflecting a jump from the rate of 18 suits per month in the period from December 2023 to November 2024. The multitude of suits include many that stem from generic drugmakers' plans to sell lower-priced versions of recognized pharmaceutical products.

By Charles Toutant

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December 12, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"What they conveyed to her was that they couldn't give her the additional time off that she needed. It was an additional two weeks she needed to recover, and then she could have returned without any accommodation," plaintiffs attorney Drake Bearden Jr. said.

By Charles Toutant

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December 10, 2024 | Law.com

"[A]t the end of the day, these are for-profit companies. They're very good at making money, and I don't think it's going to change their behavior. And I think any sort of publicity effects will wear out over time," said John Aloysius Cogan Jr., a professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law.

By Charles Toutant

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December 09, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"The lesson is, in New Jersey, unions have the right to elect leadership who will represent you, and it's a civil rights violation when you're retaliating against somebody for doing so," plaintiffs lawyer Charles Sciarra said.

By Charles Toutant

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December 06, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The judgment from Superior Court Judge Thomas LaConte of Passaic County follows seven days of arbitration with Michael Young of JAMS, who found that Fisk Holdings violated the covenant of good faith and fair dealing in trying to cheat its chief financial officer out of the full value of her award.

By Charles Toutant

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December 05, 2024 | Law.com

Employers should consider establishing ground rules for after-hours communications before lawmakers enact their own regulations of that issue, one employment lawyer said.

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December 04, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The key attribute is loyalty to the president, observers said.

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December 03, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Christopher Seeger of Seeger Weiss filed the suit on behalf of a nationwide class and a New Jersey subclass of people under 13.

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December 03, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The ruling is a setback for dozens of companies which sought to overturn Daniel's Law's privacy measure based on claims that it restricts their commercial speech.

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November 27, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Lisa Rodriguez claimed that she experienced frequent sexual harassment, advances and flirtation from her longtime supervisor, Capt. Jose Pereira. On Nov. 21, an Essex County jury ordered Newark to pay her $250,000 and Pereira to pay her $1 million.

By Charles Toutant

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