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February 06, 2025
NJ Personal Injury Firm Hit With Bias Suit From Fired Atty
A solo personal injury attorney is suing his former firm in New Jersey state court alleging that he was discriminated against based on his Ecuadorian heritage and because of his requests for accommodations when he became a father.
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February 06, 2025
Convicted Atty Disbarred In NJ Over LA Utility Billing Scandal
The New Jersey Supreme Court disbarred an attorney this week who orchestrated a sham lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles on behalf of plaintiffs suing the local water utility and who later made $24 million off contracts with the city reached through a number of bribery schemes.
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February 05, 2025
Party City Reaches Interim Deal On Unpaid Rent
Party City received court approval Wednesday to continue using cash collateral as the bankrupt retailer continues to liquidate its assets, after agreeing to a deal with its unsecured creditors committee and several landlords who had objected to the request.
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February 05, 2025
NJ Judge Finds For Textron Unit In Fatal Copter Crash
A New Jersey state judge said Tuesday that Avco Corp., a division of Textron Inc., wasn't liable for a helicopter crash that resulted in the death of a country singer, since the company didn't design the engine part that the plaintiffs claimed was defective.
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February 05, 2025
NJ Seeks Jury Trial In PFAS Cleanup Case Against 3M, DuPont
New Jersey officials are fighting back against 3M and DuPont's requests to have a federal bench trial on their environmental claims seeking remediation and restoration cost reimbursement over purported PFAS contamination, arguing that its legal claims are tied to legal remedies that a jury, not a judge, must decide.
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February 05, 2025
Wachtell, Skadden Guide Becton's Bid To Sell Diagnostics Biz
Becton Dickinson and Co. has agreed to divest its biosciences and diagnostics unit in order to focus more resources on medical technology and maximize shareholder value, the company said on Wednesday.
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February 05, 2025
NJ's Climate Change Suit Against Energy Cos. Tossed
A New Jersey state judge on Wednesday threw out the Garden State's lawsuit accusing fossil fuel companies of concealing the climate change risks of their products, finding the state's claims are preempted by federal law.
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February 05, 2025
NJ Fraud Defendant Loses Bid To Toss 'Vindictive' Charges
A New Jersey federal judge has rejected a bid by convicted fraudster Eliyahu Weinstein — who was later pardoned, and then charged again — to toss seven counts of a 17-count indictment on money laundering and other charges, reasoning that he and a co-defendant didn't show the new counts amounted to vindictive prosecution.
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February 05, 2025
Philly Archdiocese Freed From Abuse Suit In New Jersey
New Jersey's highest court has held the Archdiocese of Philadelphia is not subject to Garden State courts in a lawsuit claiming a former priest sexually abused a teenager at the former priest's Jersey Shore house decades ago, ruling there was no evidence the ex-priest was assigned to take the teen on a trip to New Jersey or that the archdiocese was even aware of the trip.
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February 05, 2025
NJ Supreme Court Will Review Immigrant's Wage Case
The New Jersey Supreme Court said it will review rulings that denied a bid for unpaid wages by an immigrant living in the country without legal permission, which stemmed from an arrangement that had him performing tasks for a property management company in exchange for an apartment.
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February 05, 2025
Lowenstein Sandler Aims To Combine Dueling Dispensary Suits
Lowenstein Sandler LLP has moved in New Jersey state court to consolidate its $800,000 legal fee case against a cannabis dispensary with a malpractice suit that the dispensary recently filed against it and handle the cases in Essex County.
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February 05, 2025
Proskauer Fights Another DQ Bid In NJ Hospital Antitrust Suit
A New Jersey federal magistrate judge was right to allow Proskauer Rose LLP to continue as counsel for RWJBarnabas Health Inc. since the firm's prior advice to CarePoint Health on its use of COVID-19 relief funds is unrelated to the antitrust lawsuit currently playing out between the two companies, according to the firm.
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February 05, 2025
Maryland Judge Blocks Trump Birthright Citizenship Order
A Maryland federal judge on Wednesday issued a nationwide injunction blocking President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship.
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February 04, 2025
Fed. Circ. Grapples With Extensions On Reissued Patents
The Federal Circuit is set to decide when a reissued patent actually expires after fielding arguments Tuesday morning from Merck and the generic-drug makers who are trying to break the pharmaceutical giant's hold on a blockbuster drug that counteracts the effects of anesthesia.
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February 04, 2025
Axon Gets Cities' Antitrust Case Largely Tossed
A New Jersey federal judge dismissed the bulk of a class action brought by local governments accusing Axon of monopolizing the Taser and body camera markets, ending claims related to the Taser market but allowing claims that Axon has maintained a monopoly in the body-worn camera market to continue on.
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February 04, 2025
DLA Piper Partner To Testify At Cognizant Evidence Hearing
Prosecutors told a New Jersey federal judge Tuesday that the managing partner of DLA Piper's Houston office will testify at a Feb. 18 evidentiary hearing in a criminal bribery case against two former executives of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., which tapped the law firm for an internal investigation into the alleged corrupt scheme in India.
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February 04, 2025
McKesson Paying $850M For Top Stake In Eye Health Co.
Irving, Texas, healthcare services company McKesson Corp. said Tuesday it had agreed to buy a controlling interest in PRISM Vision, an ophthalmology services provider, from private equity firm Quad-C for $850 million.
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February 04, 2025
NJ Wildlife Regulator Is Unconstitutional, Ex-Legislator Argues
A former New Jersey state senator urged an appeals court Tuesday to revive his nonprofit company's suit challenging the constitutionality of the state's hunting and fishing regulatory agency, arguing it's the only policymaking body in the state controlled by a single private organization.
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February 04, 2025
Lawmakers Hit Replay On Bill For Singers' Radio Royalties
Lawmakers in Congress have reintroduced legislation that would require radio broadcasters to pay artists when playing their music, a measure that would address what the recording industry has called a legal loophole in which songwriters and publishers get paid — but not performers and labels — when radio stations play their music.
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February 04, 2025
Ex-NJ Mayor Gets Probation For Defying Public Office Ban
The former mayor of the third-largest city in New Jersey has been sentenced to three years of probation for trying to retake the mayoral office in 2022, in violation of a 2017 judicial order banning him from running for or holding public office, the state attorney general and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability announced Tuesday.
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February 04, 2025
'Sloppy' Work Hurts Lab's $20.6M Insurance Suit, Judge Says
A Connecticut federal judge said Tuesday that a contract lawsuit against insurer Aetna Inc. and its owner CVS Health Corp., seeking about $20.6 million in payment for laboratory services, seems to "suffer" from the fact that the plaintiff filed dozens of similar cases in short order.
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February 04, 2025
3rd Circ. Urged To Nix Tax On $191M In Family Pharma Feud
A pharmaceutical company's $191 million payment settling a family feud over shares of the business did not include imputed interest triggering higher taxes as the U.S. government claims, a trust for family members who received the money told the Third Circuit.
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February 04, 2025
NJ Atty Avoids Disbarment After Bank Fraud Conviction
A New Jersey attorney who was disbarred in New York and Colorado after copping to participating in a bank fraud conspiracy in 2017 has been handed a three-year license suspension in the Garden State, retroactive to the date of her guilty plea.
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February 03, 2025
Credit Suisse Gets Investor Suit Over Collapse Booted To NY
Credit Suisse can fight a proposed investor class action in New York, instead of New Jersey, alongside similar litigation related to its rapid deterioration and subsequent takeover in March 2023, a Garden State magistrate judge has determined.
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February 03, 2025
DOJ Creates Multiagency Task Force Targeting Antisemitism
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that it is putting together a multi-agency task force to investigate and prosecute antisemitic crimes, including harassment in schools and on college grounds, in response an executive order issued last week by President Donald Trump.
Expert Analysis
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AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex
Todd Itami at Covington discusses how generative artificial intelligence will reshape the current e-discovery paradigm, replacing the blunt instrument of data handling with a laser scalpel of fully integrated enterprise solutions — after first making e-discovery processes technically and legally harder.
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When Innovation Overwhelms The Rule Of Law
In an era where technology is rapidly evolving and artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere, it’s worth asking if the law — both substantive precedent and procedural rules — can keep up with the light speed of innovation, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Imagine The Possibilities Of Openly Autistic Lawyering
Andi Mazingo at Lumen Law, who was diagnosed with autism about midway through her career, discusses how the legal profession can create inclusive workplaces that empower openly autistic lawyers and enhance innovation, and how neurodivergent attorneys can navigate the challenges and opportunities that come with disclosing one’s diagnosis.
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Parsing 3rd Circ. Ruling On Cannabis, Employee Private Suits
The Third Circuit recently upheld a decision that individuals don't have a private right of action for alleged violations of New Jersey's Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance and Marketplace Modernization Act, but employers should stay informed as the court encouraged the state Legislature to amend the law, say attorneys at Mandelbaum Barrett.
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Documentary Filmmaking Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Becoming a documentary filmmaker has allowed me to merge my legal expertise with my passion for storytelling, and has helped me to hone negotiation, critical thinking and problem-solving skills that are important to both endeavors, says Robert Darwell at Sheppard Mullin.
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Litigation Funding Disclosure Debate: Strategy Considerations
In the ongoing debate over whether courts should require disclosure of litigation funding, funders and plaintiffs tend to argue against such mandates, but voluntarily disclosing limited details about a funding arrangement can actually confer certain benefits to plaintiffs in some scenarios, say Andrew Stulce and Marc Cavan at Longford Capital.
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Adventure Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Photographing nature everywhere from Siberia to Cuba and Iceland to Rwanda provides me with a constant reminder to refresh, refocus and rethink the legal issues that my clients face, says Richard Birmingham at Davis Wright.
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5 Ways To Create Effective Mock Assignments For Associates
In order to effectively develop associates’ critical thinking skills, firms should design mock assignments that contain a few key ingredients, from messy fact patterns to actionable feedback, says Abdi Shayesteh at AltaClaro.
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And Now A Word From The Panel: How MDLs Fared In 2024
A significant highlight of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's practice during 2024 was the increase in the percentage of new MDL petitions granted by the panel, with 25 granted and only eight denied — one of the highest grant rates in years, says Alan Rothman at Sidley.
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Recent Suits Show Antitrust Agencies' Focus On HSR Review
The U.S. Department of Justice's suit this month against KKR for inaccurate and incomplete premerger filings, along with other recent cases, highlights the agency's increasing scrutiny of Hart-Scott-Rodino Act compliance for private equity firms, say attorneys at Willkie.
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Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year
Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process — mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.
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Trump's Energy Plans For Generation, Transmission And More
The executive orders and presidential memoranda issued by President Donald Trump on the day of his inauguration, unwinding the Biden administration's energy policies and encouraging development of fossil fuels, may have significant impacts on the generation mix, electric transmission construction and the state regulatory environment, say attorneys at Polsinelli.
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Algorithm Price-Fixing Ruling May Lower Antitrust Claims Bar
A Washington federal court's refusal to dismiss Duffy v. Yardi Systems, an antitrust case over rent prices allegedly inflated by revenue management software, creates an apparent split in the lower courts over how to assess such claims, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While coaching poorly played Little League Baseball early in the morning doesn't sound like a good time, I love it — and the experience has taught me valuable lessons about imperfection, compassion and acceptance that have helped me grow as a person and as a lawyer, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.
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5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025
Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.