By Charles Toutant | March 19, 2021
The case highlights the declining popularity of golf and the potentially damaging financial impact of that trend on longtime golfers who paid for costly club memberships during the sport's heyday.
By Charles Toutant | March 16, 2021
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act afforded no protection to the plaintiff because it does not apply to a medical bill, the appeals court ruled.
By Amanda Bronstad | March 8, 2021
A year after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down everything, federal judges overwhelmingly have sent the cases to arbitration, including those against Major League Baseball, Ticketmaster and LA Fitness. The rulings come as lawmakers in both houses of Congress have introduced legislation that would ban forced arbitration, which is prevalent in consumer cases.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 23, 2021
Even as some lawyers barely had their own lights back on, some began filing lawsuits seeking punitive damages. But a law professor pointed out that "utilities historically have not been found liable for discontinuing service when the weather is to blame."
By Charles Toutant | February 17, 2021
Zantac claimants are priced at $700 each, while users of Roundup weed killer who developed cancer go for $1,500 a piece and clergy sex abuse claimants cost $2,500 per name.
By Charles Toutant | February 16, 2021
The judge will decide the amount of legal fees to be awarded at a later date, with class counsel agreeing not to seek more than $3.7 million and defense lawyers saying they won't contest any award at or below $1.5 million.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Dan Roe | February 12, 2021
Greg Dadika's move to Greenberg Traurig is one of several in-house leader moves to the Am Law 200 this year.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Joshua Denbeaux, Lee M. Perlman and Heidi Spivak | February 11, 2021
In this unique moment in time, bankruptcy practitioners and consumer protection counsel can, and should, work together and use their concerted expertise to move beyond the discharge.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 9, 2021
One attorney has filed a motion before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to coordinate 42 class actions into multidistrict litigation in the Northern District of California. Robinhood is one of 35 defendants and their subsidiaries facing lawsuits over the Jan. 28 trading halt, according to court papers.
By Charles Toutant | January 28, 2021
The case illustrates what can happen when a law firm's sense of loyalty to its own personnel collides with a category of litigation that's hard to win.
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