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December 11, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

How New Jersey’s Pragmatic Bankruptcy Approach Sets It Apart Post-'Purdue Pharma'

The Chapter 11 filing statistics clearly show that New Jersey has emerged as a strong venue option. The question is why? The answer, we submit, is consistency and pragmatism.
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December 11, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Things That Can Win (Or Lose) a Trial

Gibson Dunn partners George Hazel and Gregg Costa, who both spent time serving on the federal trial bench earlier in their careers, recently walked through things they think weigh heavily on the outcome of a trial.
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December 10, 2024 | Law.com

Amid Growing Litigation Volume, Don't Expect UnitedHealthcare to Change Its Stripes After CEO's Killing

"[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.
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December 10, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

After 40 Years, Riker Danzig Leaves Morristown

Based in Morristown, New Jersey, since 1983, Riker Danzig is relocating its headquarters to 7 Giralda Farms in Madison, New Jersey.
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December 10, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Workers Can't Sue for Alleged Employment Discrimination Over Marijuana Use, 3rd Circuit Rules

“Because New Jersey’s Supreme Court has not addressed this precise issue, we must predict how it would rule,” Judge Arianna J. Freeman said in her dissent. “Fortunately, several New Jersey authorities guide our path. Following that path, I predict that the New Jersey Supreme Court would discern an implied cause of action for failure to hire in violation of CREAMMA.”
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December 10, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Suspected Shooter of UnitedHealthcare CEO Is Charged With Murder in New York. Now What?

Former veteran prosecutor and law professor Gary Galperin lays out the road map for getting Luigi Mangione, chief suspect in the shooting death of Brian Thompson, back to Manhattan to face murder charges following his arrest in Pennsylvania. Mangione is fighting extradition.
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December 09, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Union Leader Awarded $662K Judgment Against Employer in Decade-Old Wiretap Suit

"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.
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December 09, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Nadine Menendez to Stand Trial in January on Bribery-Related Offenses

Defense attorneys sought to further delay her trial, citing medical reasons.
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December 09, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Spoliation of Evidence Costs Defendants Nearly $850K in Sanction Award

Essex County Judge Jodi Lee Alper found that the defendants in a theft of trade secrets case used software to wipe message history in violation of multiple court orders to preserve evidence.
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December 09, 2024 | National Law Journal

'Stake Out My Space': Attorneys, Law Professors Flock from X to Bluesky

Texas appellate attorney Raffi Melkonian, who has been called the Dean of Appellate Twitter, said he began seeing more ads, bots and hateful content on X in recent years, to the point that he said he has blocked dozens of accounts a day.
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