By Michael Booth | June 8, 2017
A federal judge has ordered a Pennsylvania doctor and her husband to pay Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. $1.87 million in fee sanctions and counterclaim damages in a discrimination lawsuit that was deemed to have been lodged in bad faith.
By Marcia Coyle | June 5, 2017
The employee retirement plans of religious-affiliated nonprofits are exempt from the protections and requirements of the federal pension law, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday. The decision was a blow to multimillion-dollar class actions that seek to hold those plans liable for violating the federal law.
By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | June 1, 2017
State Employee Entitled to Qualified Immunity Where No Causal Connection between Complained-Of Conduct and Exercise of Clearly Established Rights
By Michael Booth | May 31, 2017
Seven lawyers from LeClairRyan's Newark office focused on health care law and insurance defense have jumped to Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith.
By Max Mitchell | May 30, 2017
Plaintiffs suing Merck over its shingles vaccine Zostavax have lost the fight to have their cases heard in state court, after a judge determined one defendants was fraudulently joined.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 26, 2017
A Philadelphia jury has awarded $2.1 million to a woman claiming she experienced ongoing pain resulting from the deterioration of a pelvic mesh implant.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 24, 2017
A federal appeals court ruled that a state-employed psychologist can't be sued by her patient, a convicted sex-offender, over claims that she retaliated against him for his paralegal work while committed.
By Michael Booth | May 23, 2017
The New Jersey Supreme Court will hear the appeal of a medical malpractice plaintiff who took the rare step of seeking counsel fees under the offer-of-judgment rule but failed to recover those fees because an appeals court ruled that the settlement agreement did not address the issue.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 18, 2017
A group of certified nursing assistants can move forward with a prospective Fair Labor Standards Act class action against an assisted living facility over claims they weren't paid enough overtime or compensated for meal breaks.
By Michael Booth | May 11, 2017
A New Jersey appeals court won't disturb a $1.1 million judgment against a bankrupt Montclair abortion clinic owner who allegedly fired three employees after they became pregnant.
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