New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis|News
By Amanda O'Brien | March 28, 2024
While sources pointed to failed discussions over how to transition beyond the leadership of founding partners Angelo Genova and James Burns, Burns said the firm has "built a brand which will continue beyond its founders."
By Amanda Bronstad | March 27, 2024
U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp, overseeing more than 50,000 talc lawsuits in multidistrict litigation, cited recent changes to Federal Rule of Evidence 702 and new science since the first Daubert hearing in 2020.
By Amanda Bronstad | March 26, 2024
Johnson & Johnson's worldwide vice president of litigation, Erik Haas, and Jim Murdica, outside counsel at Barnes & Thornburg, testified on Monday that they were shocked to find out a former member of their team had been working with plaintiffs' lawyer Andy Birchfield as early as April 2023.
By Colleen Murphy | March 25, 2024
"An initial scan of Section 27 reveals a series of difficult to decipher and contradictory sentences contained in a single arbitration clause," Judge Morris G. Smith said in his written opinion for the court. "The clause contains 887 words in thirty-six unbroken lines. A closer reading shows that the run-on paragraph harbors within it mutually inconsistent means for dispute resolution."
By Charles Toutant | March 21, 2024
"[W]hat everyone fails to realize is that if you're home on the couch doing what you're supposed to be doing, you won't ever be one of those numbers no matter what your race, religion, or political affiliation!" the employee posted about police killings of Black people.
By Amanda Bronstad | March 15, 2024
The proliferation of advertising on social media for Ozempic and related drugs will be a key part of the lawsuits against Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Jay Sabin | March 12, 2024
"These laws, not surprisingly, were passed on the strength of lobbying by unions in union-rich industries—health care and building services," writes Jay Sabin of Brach Eichler.
By Colleen Murphy | March 11, 2024
"Despite the lessons of the last four years, New Jersey remains underprepared for the next emergency," the report said. "We owe it to those who lost their lives, and the families who suffered, as well as the heroic state workers and healthcare professionals."
By Colleen Murphy | February 28, 2024
"This case shows the changing landscape of the judicial crisis, and why the governor and Legislature need to fully staff our courthouses around the state," plaintiffs counsel Christina Vassiliou Harvey of Lomurro, Munson, said. "This decision does not resolve the problem of a grossly understaffed judiciary around the state. While there has been movement, judicial nominees should be vetted and approved so that litigants' cases can be heard as expeditiously as possible in a convenient forum."
By Charles Toutant | February 21, 2024
She died after a series of miscommunications delayed her operation for several hours, according to the plaintiff's attorneys.
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