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New Jersey

  • May 15, 2025

    Jenner & Block Hires Garland's Former Chief Of Staff

    Matthew Klapper, who was chief of staff to former Attorney General Merrick Garland, has joined Jenner & Block LLP in the latest expansion of the firm's congressional investigations team, the firm announced Thursday.

  • May 14, 2025

    NJ Attys Reveal Workplace Probe Tips Amid New Limits

    Witness misunderstandings in workplace probes can be avoided by clarifying the terms of the interview and the roles of the participants, lawyers said Wednesday at the New Jersey State Bar Association's annual meeting in Atlantic City.

  • May 14, 2025

    NJ Attys Share Mass Tort Litigation Insights At Annual Meeting

    Get to general cause issues as early as possible, take advantage of special masters and make sure local counsel knows the local rules 鈥 those are some of the tips New Jersey bar members took away Wednesday from an expert panel in Atlantic City on multicounty and multidistrict litigation in the Garden State.

  • May 14, 2025

    Integra Brass Face Investor Suit Over FDA Compliance Lapses

    Executives and directors of medical device company Integra Lifesciences Inc. were hit with a derivative suit alleging they misled investors about the company's compliance with regulatory standards for over five years, causing share declines when information regarding Integra's violations emerged.

  • May 14, 2025

    CFTC Forex Case Dismissed Over Sanctioned Conduct

    A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday approved sanctions against the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, one day after a special master's report said the agency acted in "bad faith" to gain a "tactical advantage" over a foreign exchange firm it accused of fraud.

  • May 14, 2025

    FERC Chair Floats Plan To Slash Grid Project Perks

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of financial perks for $3 billion worth of transmission projects has prompted Chair Mark Christie to suggest a way to scale back the awarding of additional rate incentives to grid developers.

  • May 14, 2025

    Health Co. Founder Pleads Guilty In $5M Fraud Case

    A Florida man who operated a health monitoring company geared toward keeping substance-addicted people from relapsing has admitted to bilking investors out of $5 million by misstating interest in the firm, the U.S. attorney's office in Philadelphia said.

  • May 14, 2025

    States Ask Court To End Trump's Wind Project Freeze

    A coalition of states on Wednesday asked a Massachusetts federal judge for a preliminary injunction ordering the Trump administration to end its freeze on wind energy project permitting, saying the policy could erase nearly $100 billion in investments and cost 40,000 jobs if left in place throughout the president's term.

  • May 14, 2025

    NJ Firm Blume Forte Seeks To Arbitrate Disability Bias Claims

    New Jersey personal injury firm Blume Forte Fried Zerres & Molinari PC is seeking to force the arbitration of claims from聽a former staffer regarding her dismissal after being hospitalized for a seizure.

  • May 14, 2025

    Starbucks, Ex-VP Settle $830K Bonus Repayment Suit

    Starbucks has struck a deal with a former senior vice president the company previously accused of failing to repay part of his $1 million signing bonus after he quit, according to filings in New Jersey federal court Tuesday.

  • May 14, 2025

    Vape Co. Stopped From Using 'Breeze' Name

    A Michigan federal judge has blocked a New Jersey company from marketing products with the name "Breeze" in a trademark dispute with a competitor in the vaping industry.

  • May 13, 2025

    Magistrate Judge Cuts Defendants In J&J Talc Unit Fraud Suit

    A New Jersey magistrate judge on Tuesday dropped a collection of defendants from a class action brought by cancer patients alleging that Johnson & Johnson's maneuvers to settle thousands of tort claims through Chapter 11 involved fraud.

  • May 13, 2025

    Becton Dickinson Sues Baxter Over Infusion Pump Patents

    Becton Dickinson has accused Baxter International of willfully infringing six of its patents for infusion pump technologies used to deliver medications to patients, telling a Delaware federal court that marketing materials for a Baxter infusion pump platform touted several Becton inventions.

  • May 13, 2025

    States Say Trump Can't Link Immigration To DHS, DOT Funds

    A 20-state coalition hit the Trump administration with lawsuits Tuesday in Rhode Island federal court asking the court to stop the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Transportation from conditioning billions of state grant dollars on enforcing the president's immigration agenda.

  • May 13, 2025

    麻豆传媒suit Challenging Trump Energy Order May Be Premature

    States may have good reasons to fight President Donald Trump's declaration of a national energy emergency, but courts may be unwilling to evaluate the strength of a new suit from 15 states in the absence of expedited energy project approvals.

  • May 13, 2025

    NIH Letters Ending Grants Lack Factual Support, Judge Says

    A Massachusetts federal judge said Tuesday that a "blast" of hundreds of virtually identical letters in March canceling National Institutes of Health-funded research projects appeared to offer no factual basis, only unsupported assertions that the projects were unscientific or discriminatory.

  • May 13, 2025

    3rd Circ. Upholds Most Of Boy Scouts' Ch. 11 Plan

    The Third Circuit upheld the bulk of the Boy Scouts of America's Chapter 11 plan to deal with thousands of childhood sex abuse claims, but agreed Tuesday with one objecting insurer that its rights were impermissibly altered under the plan.

  • May 13, 2025

    Father-Son Duo Get Prison Terms In $100M Deli Fraud

    A father and son were handed down federal prison sentences on Tuesday for their roles in a scheme that tricked investors into thinking a small, unprofitable Garden State deli was worth $100 million.

  • May 13, 2025

    CFTC Faces Sanctions For 'Bad Faith' Actions In Forex Case

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is staring down sanctions in a case accusing a foreign exchange firm of fraud, with a special master recommending Tuesday that the agency pay the firm's legal fees for acting in bad faith in order to gain a "tactical advantage" in the case.

  • May 13, 2025

    3rd Circ. Says Worker's Pre-Suit EEOC Filings Are Inadequate

    The Third Circuit refused to revive an age bias suit from a former community college employee who claimed she was mistreated by a younger supervisor, rejecting her argument that a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission intake form and other documents qualified as her required pre-suit discrimination charge.

  • May 13, 2025

    NJ AG, Data Co. Defend Judicial Privacy 麻豆传媒 At 3rd Circ.

    Data protection company Atlas Data Corp. and New Jersey's attorney general are urging the Third Circuit to uphold a decision declaring the state's judicial privacy measure known as Daniel's 麻豆传媒 as constitutional.

  • May 13, 2025

    Menendez 'Laptop Problem' May Not Sway 2nd Circ. On Bail

    The Second Circuit pushed back Tuesday on聽arguments by two New Jersey businessmen convicted of bribing former Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., after they asked for bail pending the outcome of their appeals, with the men pointing to a laptop used by jurors聽that contained excluded evidence.

  • May 12, 2025

    3M Says It'll Pay $285M To End Past, Future NJ PFAS Claims

    3M has agreed to shell out $285 million to put to rest environmental claims brought by New Jersey officials over purported PFAS contamination at the Chamber Works manufacturing facility in Salem County as well as statewide claims the Garden State may have in the future, according to an announcement made Monday.

  • May 12, 2025

    Mass. Court Says NIH Grant Disruption Suit Is In The Right Place

    A Massachusetts federal court ruled Monday that it has jurisdiction over several states' lawsuit challenging delays and cancellations of federal grant programs linked to issues they say are "disfavored" by the Trump administration, rejecting the federal government's contention that the claims instead belonged in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

  • May 12, 2025

    20 AGs Suing HHS Move to Halt Cuts At 4 Affected Agencies

    States challenging the Trump administration's plans for massive cuts to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are asking a Rhode Island federal court to block any planned terminations at four of the department's agencies and programs.

Expert Analysis

  • The Prospects Of Pa. Gaining Its Own Antitrust 麻豆传媒 After 2024

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    In the only state that does not have its own antitrust law, Pennsylvania's business community's strong opposition to the Pennsylvania Open Markets Act signals a rough road lies ahead for passage of the bill after Republicans retained a narrow majority in the state Senate, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.

  • 5 Notable Anti-Money Laundering Actions From 2024

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    Regulators' renewed interest in anti-money laundering programs in 2024 led to numerous enforcement actions and individual prosecutions in industries like banking, cryptocurrency and gaming, including the blockbuster TD Bank settlement and investigations of casinos in Nevada, says Michael Beckwith at Dickinson Wright.

  • Series

    Group Running Makes Me A Better 麻豆传媒yer

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    The combination of physical fitness and community connection derived from running with a group of business leaders has, among other things, helped me to stay grounded, improve my communication skills, and develop a deeper empathy for clients and colleagues, says Jessica Shpall Rosen聽at聽Greenwald Doherty.

  • 7th Circ. Ruling Muddies Split On Trade Secret Damages

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    The Seventh Circuit's recent endorsement in Motorola v. Hytera of a Second Circuit limit on avoided-cost damages under the Defend Trade Secrets Act contradicts even its own precedents, and will further confuse the scope of a developing circuit conflict that the U.S. Supreme Court has already twice declined to resolve, says Jordan Rice at MoloLamken.

  • Opinion

    6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A 麻豆传媒 School

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    Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner identifies several key issues plaguing law schools and discusses potential solutions, such as opting out of the rankings game and mandating courses in basic writing skills.

  • Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware

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    Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer鈥檚 market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for a larger book of business 鈥 but moving into the fourth quarter, firms should slow down their hiring process to minimize risks, say officers at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

  • AV Compliance Is Still A State-By-State Slog 鈥 For Now

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    While the incoming Trump administration has hinted at new federal regulations governing autonomous vehicles, for now, AV manufacturers must take a state-by-state approach to compliance with safety requirements 鈥 paying particular attention to states that require express authorization for AV operation, say attorneys at Frost Brown.

  • Think Like A 麻豆传媒yer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out

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    In contrast to some cases that appear complex due to voluminous evidence or esoteric subject matter, a different kind of complexity involves tangled legal and factual questions, each with a range of possible outcomes, which require a 鈥渟liding scale鈥 approach instead of syllogistic reasoning, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • Why State Captive Audience 麻豆传媒s Matter After NLRB Decision

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    As employers focus on complying with the National Labor Relations Board's new position that captive audience meetings violate federal labor law, they should also be careful not to overlook state captive audience laws that prohibit additional types of company meetings and communications, says Karla Grossenbacher at Seyfarth.

  • How Litigation, Supply Chains Buffeted Offshore Wind In 2024

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    U.S. offshore wind developers continue to face a range of challenges 鈥 including litigation brought by local communities and interest groups, ongoing supply chain issues, and a lack of interconnection and transmission infrastructure 鈥 in addition to uncertainty surrounding federal energy policy under the second Trump administration, say attorneys at Liskow & Lewis.

  • Think Like A 麻豆传媒yer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity

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    Cases can appear complex for several reasons 鈥 due to the number of issues, the volume of factual and evidentiary sources, and the sophistication of those sources 鈥 but the same basic technique can help lawyers tame their arguments into a simple and persuasive message, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • Permitting, Offtake Among Offshore Wind Challenges In 2024

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    Although federal offshore wind development started to pick up this year, many challenges to the industry became apparent as well 鈥 including slow federal permitting, the pitfalls of restarting permits after changes in project status, and the difficulties of negotiating economically viable offtake agreements, say attorneys at Liskow & Lewis.

  • Series

    Gardening Makes Me A Better 麻豆传媒yer

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    Beyond its practical and therapeutic benefits, gardening has bolstered important attributes that also apply to my litigation practice, including persistence, patience, grit and authenticity, says Christopher Viceconte at Gibbons.

  • Litigation Inspiration: Reframing Document Review

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    For attorneys 鈥 new ones especially 鈥 there is much fulfillment to find in document review by reflecting on how important, interesting and pleasant it can be, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • Series

    Flying Makes Me A Better 麻豆传媒yer

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    Achieving my childhood dream of flying airplanes made me a better lawyer 鈥 and a better person 鈥 because it taught me I can conquer difficult goals when I leave my comfort zone, focus on the demands of the moment and commit to honing my skills, says Ivy Cadle at Baker Donelson.

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