Charles Toutant

Charles Toutant

Charles Toutant is a litigation writer for the New Jersey Law Journal.

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January 14, 2025 | New Jersey Law Journal

Bus Company Pays $5 Million in Death of Disabled Child

Fajr Williams, 6, was being transported on bus operated by Montauk Transit of Hillsborough to a summer school program on July 17, 2023, when a strap on her wheelchair allegedly caused her to suffocate.

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January 13, 2025 | Law.com

Arbitrators Under Fire for Allegedly Forcing Workers to 'Stay or Pay' Employers

"By continuing to administer arbitrations of 'stay or pay' provisions, however, the [American Arbitration Association] essentially facilitates indentured servitude and endangers its legitimacy as an impartial tribunal," the ACLU letter claimed.

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January 10, 2025 | New Jersey Law Journal

An AG Just Specified How AI Could Get You in Hot Water

As an example, the advisory cited decision-making tools used by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to select individuals to audit for under-reporting their tax liability.

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January 09, 2025 | New Jersey Law Journal

In 2-1 Ruling, Court Clears Way for Decade-Old Wrongful Imprisonment Suit

The Third Circuit ruling is significant because "qualified immunity makes it extremely difficult for victims of police misconduct to achieve justice," said plaintiff counsel Tracey Hinson.

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January 08, 2025 | New Jersey Law Journal

'The Tobacco Industry of This Decade': Slew of Class Actions Accuse DraftKings of Creating Addicts

Multiple lawsuits target the gambling app. "DraftKings’ business model has long involved pushing the boundaries of the law, misleading consumers, and luring naive gamblers into developing addictions," alleged one suit, filed by Loevy & Loevy of Chicago.

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January 07, 2025 | Law.com

Pentagon Settles Suit Seeking to Clear Records of Service Members Discharged for Being LGBTQ

Don't Ask, Don't Tell, a policy which barred openly gay people from serving in the military, was repealed in 2011. But the government engaged in ongoing disparate treatment of LGBTQ+ veterans because their discharge papers sometimes cite separation codes that list homosexuality or "sexual perversion," the suit claimed.

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January 06, 2025 | New Jersey Law Journal

How We Won: Samsung Defeats Data Breach Class Action

Not all data is created equal, and the information stolen in this case is "too mundane" or readily available online to significantly increase an individual's risk of identity theft, the judge said.

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January 03, 2025 | New Jersey Law Journal

$2M Settlement for Woman Struck by New Jersey Transit Bus

The plaintiff filed her personal injury suit in Bergen County.

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January 03, 2025 | New Jersey Law Journal

Firm Wants Departing Lawyer to Repay $200K in Compensation

The firm's salary-and-draw compensation model, in which fees collected from the attorney's clients are credited against the draw portion of his paycheck, will come under close scrutiny in the litigation.

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January 02, 2025 | Law.com

Scripture-Quoting Employee Sues Company for Supporting LGBTQ Pride

The case pits an employee's right to religious expression against the company's support of its LGBTQ+ workers.

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