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November 20, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

$113K Sanction Award to Law Firm at Stake: NJ Supreme Court Will Consider 'Unsettled Law' Frivolous Litigation Question

"The only published cases are two divergent Chancery Division rulings issued almost four years apart, the most recent being some twenty-seven years ago," Judge Thomas W. Sumners Jr. said.

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November 19, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

$10 Million Settlement Reached for Baby Injured by Disconnected Ventilator

“We are very happy to get justice for the Voyez family after all of these years and to provide them with compensation so that they can provide the care their son needs,” Michael J. Epstein of the Epstein Law Firm told the Law Journal.

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November 18, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Monmouth County Bench May Soon Have a New Superior Court Judge

Currently, there are 39 open seats on the Superior Court bench across the state. Two more seats are expected to open up in December.

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November 18, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Construction Fall Nets $2.3 Million Settlement After Trial Begins

A $2.3 million settlement has been reached for a construction worker seriously injured when he fell while working on stilts.

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November 13, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Essex County Jury Returns $1.8 Million Verdict for Construction Site Fall

An Essex County jury returned a $1.8 million verdict following a seven-day trial in a personal injury claim over a fall down the stairs at a construction site.

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November 12, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Drugmaker Wins $70.5M After Fed Judge Says Generic Sales Were Blocked

"The court finds Sandoz’s lost profits following the launch of generic treprostinil were a natural and probable consequence of United Therapeutics' breach of its promise," U.S. District Judge Brian Martinotti said.

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November 11, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

3rd Circuit Revives Class Action Against Bayer Over Benzene-Contaminated Products

“Since the contaminated products contained a defect that rendered them unusable, the products were worth less than their full purchase price,” Judge Cindy K. Chung said. “To hold otherwise would be to conclude that an unusable product is worth the same as a usable one—a conclusion that resists logic.”

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November 08, 2024 | Law.com

'What Is Certain Is Uncertainty': Patchwork Title IX Rules Face Expected Changes in Second Trump Administration

"Educational institutions are expending so many resources putting systems in place, training their employees, educating their student bodies, and then having to do it all over again in a short period of time when regulations change as much as they have in 2020 and now 2024," said Patricia Hamill, a member with Clark Hill.

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November 08, 2024 | Law.com

Pharmacies Accuse GoodRx of 'Inviting Price-Fixing' in Series of Antitrust Class Actions

"This case involves an unlawful price-fixing agreement among several PBMs—orchestrated by the PBM rate aggregator, GoodRx—to suppress the prices paid to independent pharmacies for generic drugs," according to one complaint filed Nov. 1 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

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November 07, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Narrow Path Back From Disbarment: 'You Have to Really Want to Be a Lawyer Again'

Being barred from practice for five years is career-ending for most lawyers, one ethics attorney said, adding that he believes suspension is a more appropriate punishment for lawyers who qualify for reinstatement.

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