By Colleen Murphy | May 13, 2024
"More broadly, we will continue our fight for open government and for transparency," Liza Weisberg, a staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, said. "We will continue to fight for open government and for transparency, not just to restore the OPRA we had before this bill, but to push it forward. Unfortunately, New Jersey has moved in the wrong direction."
By Charles Toutant | May 13, 2024
ZHP sought to invoke the Apex Doctrine, which seeks to limit depositions of individuals at the "apex" of a corporation based on the premise that lower-level employees are likely to have firsthand knowledge of the material facts, and that deposing the top executives of a corporation is likely to impose a significant burden.
By Colleen Murphy | May 13, 2024
"Under the Brokers Act, the parties' agreement to an independent contractor affiliation is not merely one of several factors in the analysis, as the Appellate Division viewed it to be," Justice Anne M. Patterson said. "To the contrary, if the parties have agreed in writing to a business affiliation in compliance with the Brokers Act, that agreement is dispositive."
By Charles Toutant | May 13, 2024
Lawsuits have emerged in multiple states, including New York, New Jersey, Michigan and Oregon.
By New Jersey State Bar Association | May 13, 2024
The NJSBA's weekly report.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 10, 2024
Their 2020 study found 75 unnamed mesothelioma patients had no exposures to asbestos other than cosmetic talcum powder, but Johnson & Johnson has insisted those claims are false as to six or more of the individuals.
By Colleen Murphy | May 10, 2024
Gibbons filed an employment class action on behalf of former employees of Christmas Tree Shops against two owners of the now-bankrupt company for allegedly laying off hundreds of workers with only one week's notice, in violation of the required three months' advanced notification under the New Jersey Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.
By Colleen Murphy | May 9, 2024
The New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously struck down a portion of a law criminalizing "portraying a child in a sexually suggestive manner" as unconstitutionally overbroad this week because it bars "a large swath of material that is neither obscenity nor child pornography."
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By Ellen Bardash | May 9, 2024
According to the federal judiciary, Jordan gave notice of his plan to retire on May 7, and he plans to leave the bench on Jan. 15, days before a presidential inauguration. With one other current vacancy on the court, the currently majority-Republican Third Circuit could flip.
By Charles Toutant | May 9, 2024
"Rivka is just one of the few who is willing to truly put their neck on the line," plaintiffs attorney Cory Rothbort said.
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