• Bd. of Educ. of E. Newark v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2021-05-10
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Accurso
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Weiner Law Group, LLP (Mark A. Tamakin, of counsel and on the brief; Stephen J. Edelstein, on the brief)
    for defendant: Ruderman and Roth, LLC (Alan C. Roth, on the brief)

    Case Number: A-1982-20

    Trial Court Could Not Order County Clerk to Hold Special Election for Conversion of School Board Type

  • Correa v. Grossi

    Publication Date: 2019-04-22
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Reisner
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Genova Burns, LLC (Rajiv D. Parikh and Scott D. Salmon, of counsel; Rajiv D. Parikg, Matthew Baker, and Paul J. DeMartino, Jr., on the joint brief)
    for defendant: Carbone and Faasse (John M. Carbone, on the brief); Antonelli Kantor, PC (Jarrid H. Kantor, of counsel; Jarrid H. Kantor and Yulieika Tamayo, on the brief)

    Case Number: A-4883-17T4

    Bilingual Requirement for Sample Election Ballots Extended to Official Ballots Through "Facsimile" Requirement

  • Brennan v. Lonegan

    Publication Date: 2018-05-14
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Hoffman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Donald F. Burke (Donald F. Burke and Donald F. Burke, Jr., on the brief)
    for defendant: Steve S. Polinsky

    Case Number: A-1767-16T3

    Qui Tam Action Under False Claims Act Denied Where Based Solely on Second-Hand and Public Sources of Information

  • Brennan v. Lonegan

    Publication Date: 2018-04-27
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Hoffman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A-1767-16T3

    Plaintiff appealed the summary judgment dismissal of his qui tam action, which alleged that defendant violated the New Jersey False Claims Act by submitting a false statement with his request for public campaign funds.

  • Empower Our Neighborhoods v. Guadagno

    Publication Date: 2018-03-19
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Alvarez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas F. Kelso, Middlesex County Counsel (Benjamin F. Leibowitz, Senior Deputy County Counsel, on the briefs); Hill Wallack LLP (James G. O'Donohue and Victoria J. Airgood, of counsel and on the briefs); Hendricks & Hendricks (George F. Hendricks, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Christopher S. Porrino, Attorney General (Melissa H. Raksa, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; George N. Cohen, Deputy Attorney General, on the briefs); Zazzali, Fagella, Nowak, Kleinbaum & Friedman (Flavio L. Komuves, of counsel and on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-0330-15T3

    Counsel Fees Imposed on Municipal Defendants Where §1983 Liability Imposed for Defendants Enforcement of Unconstitutional Statutes