By Colleen Murphy | June 13, 2024
"Indeed, when someone purchases a vacant commercial lot, that is a business decision that embraces all the attendant costs and burdens of conducting business," Associate Justice Fabiana Pierre-Louis said. "We conclude that one of those costs necessarily includes maintaining the abutting sidewalks so that they are in a reasonably safe condition for innocent passersby."
By Charles Toutant | June 13, 2024
Liberty Mutual said one of the judge's claim in 2008 was investigated by the company after being "red flagged."
By Colleen Murphy | June 13, 2024
"Our primary concern is with proposing a constitutional amendment without robust engagement from stakeholders, including the bar association, members of the legal community, and civil rights advocates," Sarah Fajardo, the policy director for the ACLU-NJ, told the Law Journal.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 12, 2024
Lawyers for talc claimants filed a motion on Tuesday to prevent a planned third J&J bankruptcy from being filed outside New Jersey, where two prior Chapter 11 cases were dismissed.
By Charles Toutant | June 12, 2024
"[T]the statute imposes 'liquidated damages' triggered by a short and arbitrary compliance deadline, without any consideration of fault or extenuating circumstances," the motion to dismiss states.
By Kat Black | June 11, 2024
A $700 million settlement reached by Johnson & Johnson with attorneys general from 43 states prohibits the pharmaceutical company from manufacturing, selling or distributing its talcum-based body powder products, which are known to increase the risk for cancer, in the United States.
By Charles Toutant | June 11, 2024
Consumers' online reviews of lawyers have been deemed a matter of public concern for SLAPP purposes in California, New York, Oregon and Washington state, said defense attorney Bruce Rosen.
By Colleen Murphy | June 11, 2024
Counsel for Sun Pharmaceutical and Ranbaxy, Devora W. Allon, a partner with Kirkland & Ellis in New York, said that the plaintiffs hired a regulatory expert to say that the Food and Drug Administration moves as fast as it can and that if there had been an earlier target date, the FDA would have met that date.
By Charles Toutant | June 11, 2024
The verdict "certainly got the wheels moving" in Taylor's case, the plaintiff's attorney said.
By Colleen Murphy | June 10, 2024
"The irony is not lost on me, that the seat that we are here talking about, is the seat that belongs to my second boss at the U.S. Attorney's Office, Justice Lee Solomon, who served this court with incredible dignity, with incredible respect, and with incredible grace," New Jersey Supreme Court nominee John Jay Hoffman said.
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