Charles Toutant

December 27, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

A bill requiring New Jersey's Office of the Public Defender to represent people charged with contempt for violating domestic violence restraining orders would also end the long-standing arrangement where attorneys in private practice are assigned to those cases randomly and must provide representation free of charge.

By Charles Toutant

7 minute read

December 18, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Raajeh Saadeh, who heads a seven-lawyer family law practice in Bridgewater, sued the New Jersey State Police, Springfield Township and the Springfield Police Department.

By Charles Toutant

3 minute read

December 16, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Judge Shipp's July order is a brilliant road map for all courts to consider regarding whether to certify 'issue questions,'" said Adam Moskowitz, co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs and managing partner at the Moskowitz Law Firm.

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

December 16, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Adeel Mangi said in a letter to the White House that the system for approving federal court judges is "fundamentally broken" and has turned into "a channel for the raising of money based on performative McCarthyism before video cameras."

By Charles Toutant

4 minute read

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

4 minute read

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

3 minute read

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

6 minute read

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

5 minute read

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

4 minute read

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.

By Charles Toutant

6 minute read