New Jersey Archive » March, 2013

New Jersey - March, 2013

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• Exxon Wants In On $367M Superfund Cleanup Case
• Christie Delivers Pay-To-Play Warning In Birdsall Case
• Toys R Us Nixes $800M IPO Amid Weakened Sales
• Firm Hit With $1M Malpractice Suit Over Hotel Stabbing Case
• As Sandusky Heads To 3rd Circ., D&O Policyholders Cringe
• NJ Considers Expanding Electronic Court Filing System
• Antitrust Scholars Back Eaton's High Court Bid In Price Case
• Metropolitan Edison Escapes NJ's Clean Air Act Suit
• $1.8B HUD Funds Will Help Rebuild Sandy's Hardest-Hit Areas
• DOT Allocates $1.4B To Transit Agencies For Sandy Repairs
• NJ Gov. Taps White Collar Expert As Middlesex Co. Prosecutor
• Missing Witness Jury Instruction Was Improper, NJ Court Says
• Quest Can't Duck Claims That It Pushed Out Older Sales Reps
• NJ Appeals Court Says Experts Can Testify On Same Subject
• Oil Tycoon's Goldman Sachs Financing Suit Sent To NY
• Big M Creditors Balk At Lowenstein Sandler Fee Request
• NJ Pol Can't Recoup Fees In Tossed Corruption Case: 3rd Circ.
• High Court's Comcast Ruling Raises Bar For Class Actions
• Armored Car Driver Not FLSA-Exempt, Judge Rules
• Lawyers Weigh In On Supreme Court's Comcast Ruling
• NJ Enviros Keep Pressure On Gov. To Cut Carbon Emissions
• 'Faulty' Jail Construction Warrants No Coverage, 3rd Circ. Says
• Pfizer Sues To Block Lupin's Generic Bladder-Control Drug
• Lucchese Attys Can't Quash Billing Record Subpoenas
• High Court Sides With Comcast In Antitrust Class Action
• Virgin Media Hit With $100M Suit Over Turnaround Services
• 7 Birdsall Execs Indicted Over Pay-To-Play Scheme
• NJ Regulator Nixes Proposed Incentive For Big Solar Projects
• IDT Flouted $2.5M Termination Deal, Ex-Exec Says
• Volvo Buyers Score Class Cert. In Sunroof Defect Suit
• NJ's Enviro Regulator Finalizes Adoption of FEMA Flood Maps
• NJ High Court Mulls Limit On Evidence Of Prior Convictions
• Spray Foam Companies Fight MDL Bid As Litigation Heats Up
• Wyndham Gets FTC's Data-Security Case Sent To NJ
• NJ High Court Snubs Bid To Up Eminent Domain Damages
• Ex-Dinsmore Atty Released From Engineering Suit By 3rd Circ.
• Revel Looks To Slash $1B In Debt With Ch. 11 Plan
• Forum Selection Clauses In The Intra-Corporate Litigation Era
• Chinese Engineer Gets 5 Years For Swiping Defense Secrets
• No Faith In Proposed Bad Faith Legislation
• NJ's Waiver Rule Has Potential But No Effect Yet
• NJ Social Media Bill Could Prompt Flurry Of Employee Suits
• 5 Tips For Making It Rain
• United Tech Took Laid-Off Workers' Stock, Class Action Says
• NJ Panel Refuses To Revive Fosamax 'Jaw Death' Suit
• NJ Corrections Officers Sue State For Age, Race Bias
• NJ Law Firm Claims Defamation In Insurance Work Row
• NJ High Court To Mull Legality Of Wiretap Law In Murder Case
• Broker Must Face Suit Over Bungled $25M NJ Hotel Deal
• Big East Says Rutgers' Exit Suit Belongs In Arbitration
• Shipping Cos.' $10M Oil-Dump Fine To Help With Sandy Costs
• Insurers Push For Dismissal Of Irene, Sandy Coverage Suit
• NJ High Court To Mull Insurer Denial Of Arbitration Awards
• Pfizer Settles With EPA On $205M NJ Superfund Cleanup
• Fed. Circ. Issues Mixed Ruling In NJ Public Housing Rent Row
• Whistleblower Blew Wrong Whistle, NJ Appeals Court Says
• Atty Who Choked Judge Loses Fee Fight In 3rd Circ.
• NJ Pol Pushes Sunshine Law To Limit Public Hazard Injuries
• Nordion Settles Dr. Reddy's $80M Negligent Testing Suit
• NJ Enviro Waivers Get Green Light Despite Judicial Rebuke
• NJ Hospital Trustee Blames Losses On Exec Negligence, Fraud
• NJ Bill To Protect Workers' Facebook Info Heads To Gov.
• J&J Misled On Viactiv's Vitamin D Content, Suit Says
• NJ Court Clarifies 'Severe Misconduct' In Employment Cases
• Sandy Spending Oversight Bill Gets NJ Legislature's Approval
• Widener Law Can't Shake Fraud Suit Over Postgrad Job Data
• Delaware Rethinks Reverse Triangular Mergers
• Port Authority Eyes Atlantic City Airport Takeover
• Ex-Hoboken IT Manager Cops To Harvesting Mayor's Emails
• NJ Utility Watchdog Calls PSE&G Grid Upgrade 'Vague'
• General Dynamics, Alliant Duck Machine Gun Glitch Suit
• Indian Harbor Can't Keep Pollution Coverage Suit In NY
• Deals Rumor Mill: Rockwood, Best Buy, Samsung
• AstraZeneca Targets Actavis In Latest Nexium IP Suit
• SL Industries Agrees to Pay $31M For Chromium Cleanup
• FAA Contractor Off Hook In Worker Privacy Suit
• 3rd Circ. Lowers Bar For SOX Whistleblowers In Tyco Case
• Prime Healthcare Says It Was Muscled Out Of Hospital Deals
• NJ Lottery Contract Oversight Bill Heads To Governor
• Plastics Co. Loses Bid For Gov't Docs In $24M Superfund Row
• PSE&G's $4B Grid Upgrade Plan Draws Opposition In NJ
• Power Of Atty Is Not License To Practice Law: NJ Court Panel
• NJ High Court Stresses Respect For Labor Arbitration Awards
• Indirect Purchasers Pipe Fittings Price-Fixing Suit Tossed
• Feds Charge Contractors In NJ Employee Kickback Scheme
• NJ High Court Eyes New Atty Ad Mailing Rules
• Derailment Spill Suit Belongs In Federal Court, Conrail Says
• 3rd Circ. Nurses Union Case Hinges On NLRB Appointments
• And Now A Word From The Panel ...
• FDA Approval Preempts DePuy Knee Device Suit, Judge Says
• Inventor Can't Back Out Of Sony Patent Settlement: Judge
• Prominent NJ Defense Atty Found Guilty Of Witness Murder
• NJ Senate OKs Bill To Balance Legal Fees In Lease Disputes
• Eckert Seamans Merges With NJ Firm Sterns & Weinroth
• Compounder Recalls All Products After Mold Found
• Prudential Slaps BofA With Fraud Suit Over $2B RMBS
• NJ Lets Casinos Offer Fantasy Sports Tourneys
• Mistrial Declared In Merck's 1st Fosamax Femur Trial
• Erie Indemnity Says $300M Fee Suit Belongs In Federal Court
• Hacker Gets 41 Months For AT&T IPad Data Breach
• NJ On Offshore Wind: Let's Build A Project Already
• Morgan Stanley Can't Shake $1B Prudential RMBS Suit
• NJ Bill Would Exempt Sandy Contracts From 'Prevailing Wage'
• NJ Appeals Court Rebukes Judge Over Post-Trial Juror Talk
• NJ Puts Up $6M To Quell Corrections Recruits' Pay Claims
• Plaintiff Wants J&J Unit TCPA Junk Fax Suit Reopened
• 3rd Circ. Revives Female Hoops Ref's Sex Bias Claims
• TD Bank, Call Center Reps Settle OT Pay Dispute
• West-Ward Lobs $175M False Ad Suit At Generic-Drug Rivals
• NJ Appeals Court Won't Rehash Atty Defamation Suit
• Amtrak Says NJ City Can't Charge It Property Taxes
• Late Notice Tougher For NJ Tort Plaintiffs In Gov't Suits
• Bimbo Can't Dodge NJ Distributors' Franchise Claims
• NJ Law Firms May Have To Alter Names After Top Court Ruling
• BMW Hit With Mini Cooper Engine Defect Class Action
• NJ Landlords Would Owe Tenant Attys' Fees Under New Bill
• Dr. Reddy's Still Can't Duck Suit Over Generic Angiomax
• NJ Officials Appeal Sports Betting Ruling
• NJ Appeals Court Revives Suit Over Botched $8M RE Deal
• Former NJ Mayor Gets 3 Years For Bribery Scheme
• LG Must Mediate Suits Seeking To Block HQ Construction
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Ex-NJ Mayor's 30-Month Bribery Sentence
• Ex-Manager Accuses FirstEnergy, NJ Unit Of Disability Bias
• NJ Firm Archer & Greiner Lays Off 14 Attys, 27 Staffers
• Insurers Can Nix Awards Without Seeking Trial, NJ Panel Says
• Meridian Says Class Action Doesn't Make ERISA Cut
• NJ High Court Says Bad Counsel No Excuse For Late Notice
• FTC's Take On Drug Sales To Rivals May Cost Pharma
• Merck's Fosamax Caused Femur Fractures, Jury Hears
• Banking Giants Hit With Fraudulent Foreclosure Suit In NJ
• NJ Health Provider Sued Over Payroll Rounding System
• NJ High Court Eyes Class Action Over Atty Fees In Evictions
• Remember To Pay Attention To Antitrust Standing Issues
• Ex-Army Engineer Gets 13 Years For Iraqi Contract Bribes
• Firm Can't Revive Ethics Harassment Suit: NJ Appeals Court
• NJ High Court Weighs Take-Home Jury Instructions
• T-Mobile, Verizon Get NJ Town's Cell Tower Denial Reversed
• NJ High Court Clarifies Atty-Client Interference Standard
• NJ Senate Panel Advances Lottery Oversight Legislation
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Le-Nature Exec's 15-Year Sentence
• Blue Cross Seeks KO Of Spinal Center's Reimbursement Suit
• Oaktree, NFR Drop $240M On Wells Fargo-Leased Offices
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive NJ Gas Co.'s Faulty Valve Suit
• Merck, BMS Target Hetero Over Generic HIV Drug Sustiva
• K&L Gates Lures Day Pitney Data Privacy, Insurance Pro
• Collection Letters Must Clearly Convey Validation Notice
• What 'Monty Python' Tells You About NJ's Insurance Law
• NJ High Court To Mull When Spills Suits Should Be Deferred
• NJ Sets Up Group To Probe Post-Sandy Fraud
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• Lupin Can't Escape Gilead's Ranexa Patent Suit
• 3rd Circ. Tosses Brother Fraud Suit For Relying On NJ Law
• AshBritt, NJ Lawmakers Clash On Sandy Cleanup Contract
• Aetna Sued Over Personal Injury Benefit Repayments
• Adult Day Care Facilities Wasted Tax Dollars: NJ Watchdog
• Sandy Cleanup Fray Prompts Jersey Shore Oversight Bill
• Doc Accuses Malpractice Insurance Exchange Of Fraud
• Hertz Damage Waiver Fraud Deal Could Net $100M For Class
• Gas Station Operator To Pay $3M For FLSA Violations
• Off-Label Drug Coverage Bill Clears NJ Assembly Panel
• NJ High Court Says Sewer Authorities Can Divide Fees
• NJ Appeals Panel Backs DEP Ruling On Sewer-Overflow Permit
• Storage Co. Seeks Coverage For $2M Contract Padding Plot
• Mayor Doesn't Need Council OK For Layoffs: NJ Appeals Court
• DOT Allocates $390M To Transit Agencies For Sandy Repairs
• Quest Forced Out Older Sales Reps, Court Hears
• NJ High Court Rules Having Cop For Son Is Conflict For Judge
• Nelson Levine Nabs Weber Gallagher Insurance Coverage Pro
• 'Girls Gone Wild' Exec Can't Be Tied To Suit, 3rd Circ. Hears
• Ranbaxy Ducks Wider Recall In Glass Particles Class Action
• Casino Patron Awarded $1.4M For Elevator Shaft Fall
• Hospital Workers Ask 3rd. Circ. To Let Meal Break Suit Proceed
• Age Bias Arbitrator Not 'Partial' Despite Donation: 3rd Circ.
• Pipe Fitting Cos. Can't Duck Price-Fixing, Monopoly Claims
• NJ Fines Water Agency Over Alleged Rigged Samples
• Atlantic City Casino Deal Should Be Halted, Trade Group Says
• NJ Faces Uphill Battle In Appeal Of Sports Wagering Ban
• 3rd Circ. Nixes Boeing's Appeal Of Alabama Aircraft Sale
• NJ Citizens' Group Seeks Court Ban On Voting Machines
• GSK, Thalidomide Plaintiffs Spar Over Pa., Federal Jurisdiction
• Express Scripts Says Class Action's Recall Bid Hits FDA Turf
• Par To Pay $45M For Off-Label Marketing Of AIDS Drug
• Fen-Phen Claimant Wrongly Denied Benefits, 3rd Circ. Told
• What To Expect For NJ Employers In 2013
• NJ Lawmakers Mull Bills To Ease Shore Rebuilding
• NJ Panel Advances Bill To Modify Eminent Domain Laws
• NJ Health Exchange Oversight Measure Clears Senate Panel
• NJ Senate Panel Advances Trucker Classification Bill
• Novartis Gets NJ Damages Applied To Fla. Bone Drug Suit
• DOJ Says NLRB Recess Appointment Ruling Unconstitutional
• Conrail Fires Back Against Derailment Exposure Suit
• Roche Appeals Recusal Ruling In NJ Accutane Suits
• Hexcel Sued For $1M In NJ Pollution Cleanup Row
• A Victory For State-Action Doctrine Critics
• Louis Berger Negligent In NJ Meadowlands Project, Suit Says
• Patton Boggs Forced To Lay Off 65 As Work Dries Up
• Pill Maker Settles $100M Insurance Row Over Thailand Flood
• NJ Court Proposal Codifies Public Access To Jury Selections
• Merck To Kick Off 2nd Round Of Fosamax Suits In NJ
• Sandy Relief Group's Funds Frozen By NJ Attorney General
• Sequestration Will Cut $2.5B From Sandy Aid, NJ Sen. Warns
• Leagues Score Win In NJ Sports Betting Suit