New Jersey Archive » May, 2013

New Jersey - May, 2013

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• Second-Tier Firms Hire Up As BigLaw Sheds Work
• FCPA Powerhouse: Debevoise
• Retailer With $1.5M In Sandy Damage Goes After Broker
• Tolling Approved In Bayer $100M Sex Bias Suit
• Judge's Alcon Dismissal Ends Drug Kickback Qui Tam Suit
• Boston Scientific Unit Can't Duck FCA Claims, DQ Blank Rome
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Conviction Of Pa. County Commissioners
• NJ Firm Denied Arbitration In Debt-Collection Class Suit
• 3rd Circ. Refuses To Reinstate 12 Suits In Asbestos MDL
• 3rd Circ. Asked To Quash DOL's 'Secret' H-2B Visa Rule
• Hertz, E-Toll Co. Will Pay $11M In Overcharge Action
• Real Estate Pro Leaves Rockefeller Group To Rejoin McCarter
• LA Fitness Offers Gym Passes To Settle Overcharge Suit
• Giants, Jets Revive Suit To Block American Dream Project
• NJ Senate Approves Pier Development Bill
• NJ Senate Advances Crackdown On Trucker Misclassification
• NJ Senate Clears Bill To Ease Cluster Development Rules
• 3rd Circ. Weighs Religion In ACA Contraception Mandate
• Wells Fargo Sheds Insurance Bid-Rigging Claims In MDL
• Merck Investors Can't Use Vioxx News Report In Fraud MDL
• Biotech Firms, Exec Pay $11M To Settle NJ Fraud Suit
• FCPA Powerhouse: Davis Polk
• Group Backs FTC Authority In Wyndham Data Breach Case
• NJ Court Says City Clerks Must File Referendum Proposals
• NJ Utility Regulator OKs $446M In PSE&G Solar Projects
• Immigration Atty Charged With Advertising Scam
• J&J Unit Cleared Of Union's Info Withholding Charges
• Morgan Stanley Workers Fight Dismissal Bid In Wages MDL
• And Now A Word From The Panel ...
• NJ Justices Won't Lift Injunction On Affordable Housing Funds
• FCPA Powerhouse: Crowell & Moring
• Hiscock & Barclay Opens NJ Location
• NJ High Court Agrees To Consolidate Bayer's Mirena Cases
• Mack-Cali, Allstate Not Liable In Death, Appeals Court Says
• 3rd Circ. Revives Arbitration Row In Debt Fraud Suit
• Comcast Loses Bid To Ax Flyers Season-Ticket Class Action
• AstraZeneca Spends $443M On Lipid Drug Specialist
• DOL Rips 11th Circ. Ruling In H-2B Wage Rule Challenge
• Day Pitney Adds Real Estate, Enviro Pro In NJ
• FCPA Powerhouse: Cahill Gordon & Reindel
• Bad Birth Control Packaging Led To Pregnancy, Suit Says
• Fed. Circ. Blocks Generic Sales Of AstraZeneca's Pulmicort
• The Ethical Neutral: What Must Be Disclosed In Mediation
• Lupin Must Produce Generic Info In Warner Chilcott Suit
• JPML Head Judge Explains Why Panel Is More Picky
• NJ Plan To Speed Civil Cases Stirs Hope For Pretrial Reform
• NJ Law Commission Mulls Tweaking Underground Utilities Law
• Law360 Names 10 FCPA Powerhouse Firms
• DOL Rule Backs Groups' H-2B Challenge, 3rd Circ. Hears
• Conrail Denies Liability For NJ Derailment, Chemical Spill
• 'Kids For Cash' Judge Loses Conviction Appeal In 3rd Circ.
• FTC Defends Cybersecurity Authority In Wyndham Suit
• NJ Judge Asks 3rd Circ. To Pick Venue In Short-Sell Suit
• Watson, Apotex Settle Azilect Patent Infringement Suit
• Litigation Financier Can't Recoup Rival's Payout: NJ Court
• Ex-Pfizer Counsel Tapped For NJ County Prosecutor Job
• $22M Sale Of Bankrupt Big M's Assets Gets Judge's OK
• NJ Lawmakers Rip Christie On Housing Funds
• Chubb, Insurance Agent Sued Over Yacht Club's Sandy Woes
• DOT Distributes $3.7B For Sandy Repairs To Transit Agencies
• Aetna Wins NJ Surgical Center Coverage Row
• FERC Nixes Permit For Tidal Energy Project On NJ River
• NJ Court Orders DEP To Revisit Brownfield Cleanup Loan
• Ex-Watson Manager Says Homophobia Concerns Led To Firing
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Westport Win In Malpractice Coverage Row
• NJ High Court Asked To Set Independent Contractor Test
• NJ Domestic Violence Leave Bill Heads To Christie's Desk
• Fen-Phen User Fairly Denied Extra Benefits, 3rd Circ. Finds
• 3rd Circ. Sides With IRS In Majestic Star Casino Tax Dispute
• EPA, 4 Cos. Strike Deal To Study NJ Superfund Site
• HSBC Client Avoids Jail After Cooperating With Tax Probe
• NJ Judge Says Hertz Fax Spam Coverage Suit Belongs In Wis.
• When Rights Of Publicity Trump 1st Amendment
• Commerce Bank Founder Loses Bid For $17M Parachute
• Biotech Exec Indicted On Charges He Stole Investor Funds
• 3rd Circ. Solidifies Free Speech Test In EA Likeness Case
• Atlantic City Gets Award In Police Arbitration Row Remanded
• Revel Finishes Restructuring, Exits Ch. 11
• Atlantic County Surrogate Cops To Improper Politicking
• Aetna Lost $10M In Surgical Center's Billing Scam, Suit Says
• 'Girls Gone Wild' Exec Dodges $3M Judgment In 3rd Circ.
• NJ Assembly Passes Privatization Standards Bill
• 7 Birdsall Execs Plead Not Guilty In Pay-To-Play Scheme
• NJ Assembly Advances Controversial Tax Incentive Bill
• NJ Assembly Passes Revised Social Media Privacy Bill
• NJ Sens. Urged To Train Closer Eye On For-Profit Hospitals
• NJ Assembly Clears Bill To Stop Trucker Misclassification
• Conrail Faces 2 New Suits Over NJ Derailment, Spill
• Zydus Defends Obvious Challenge In Zegerid Patent Row
• Former NJ Judge Joins Mandelbaum Salsburg's Dispute Group
• Actavis Puts Up $8.5B For Warner Chilcott
• NJ Judiciary To Expand E-Filing To Appellate Division
• PokerStars' Bid To Buy Casino Sinks In NJ Court
• NJ Unveils Internet Gambling Regulations
• NYC Ferry Owner Hit With Injury Claims Over January Crash
• NJ Sports Authority OKs Amusement Park Plans
• Rise Of The Machines — Predictive Coding Goes Mainstream
• Herrick Accused Of Tacking High Fees Onto Debt Notices
• NJ Firm Says BofA Owes $5M For Fraudulent Wire Transfer
• 3rd Circ. Resurrects $180M Oil Spill Suit Against Citgo
• J&J To Stop Selling Metal Hips, Facing Thousands Of Suits
• NJ Bill Could Shake Up Contractor Model For Port Trucking
• Ex-Commerce Bank Director Tells Jury He Sped CEO's Ouster
• 3rd Circ. Adds Fuel To Obama Recess Appointments Fight
• NJ Panel Floats Pro Bono Requirement For New Attys
• Christie Unveils $300M Plan To Buy Homes Hit By Sandy
• NJ Assembly To Vote On Revised Social Media Privacy Bill
• Court Defends Secretive Arbitrations To 3rd. Circ.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Marine Harvest, Actavis, Elliott Management
• 3rd Circ. Finds NLRB Recess Appointment Of Becker Invalid
• Commerce Bank Alumnus Says CEO Involved In Probed Deals
• NJ Atty Sues Newbies Over Breach Of Training Pact
• Revel's Ch. 11 Plan Gets NJ Casino Regulator's Nod
• Mass Tort For Tylenol Liver Injuries Requested In NJ
• Ex-Pa. County Officials Want Corruption Convictions Axed
• First Responders Sue Conrail In Pa. Over NJ Derailment
• Novartis Wins Jury Verdict Over Zometa's Bone Death Risk
• NRG Settles States' Suit Over Emissions At Pa. Plant
• Medco Can't Trim Suit Over Recouped Pharmacy Payments
• Arnold & Porter Atty Says Bank Couldn't Certify CEO Payout
• Kobe Bryant To Mediate With Auction House Before Trial
• Suit Over Novartis Drug's Bone Death Risk Heads To Jury
• Post-Sandy Coastal Protection Bills Advance In NJ Assembly
• NJ Panel Reverses $4M Judgment In Condo Conversion Suit
• NJ Blocked From Seizing $140M In Housing Funds
• Past Its Prime: Weedo V. Stone-E-Brick
• AstraZeneca Sues Actavis Over Planned Generic Vimovo
• High-Tech Pump-and-Dump Schemer Sentenced To 71 Months
• NJ Court Won't Revive Sun Pharma's Contract Breach Suit
• CR Bard Pays $48M To Settle FCA, Kickback Claims
• CVS, Cardinal Health Returned Opened Drugs, Savient Says
• Revel Casino's Reshuffle Secures Nod From Bankruptcy Court
• Minor Notice Errors Don't Bar RE Projects, NJ Justices Rule
• NJ Appeals Court Kills FirstEnergy Substation Challenge
• NJ Borough Asks High Court To Alter Payouts In Land Seizures
• NJ High Court Mulls Reach Of Arbitration In Stock Sale Fight
• Injured Worker Prods NJ Justices To Tackle Employer Liability
• NJ Watchdog Blasts State's $446M Solar Projects Deal
• NJ Beach Dune Project Hinges On High Court Case
• Actavis, Warner Chilcott In Merger Talks
• 3rd Circ. J&J Ruling Won't Halt Flood Of Food Labeling Suits
• Sills Cummis Won't Get NJ High Court Review Of Rent Battle
• Levy Phillips Atty Sanctioned For Confidentiality Breach
• $9M Hurricane Isabel Coverage Row Sent Again To Arbitration
• NJ Gov. Vetoes Bill To Relax Racing Agency Job Limits
• Ex-CEO Raided Entertainment Co.'s Assets, RICO Suit Says
• Calif. Chemical Safety Rules Push Constitutional Envelope
• Kobe Bryant Says NJ Auction Items Weren't His Mom's To Sell
• Novartis Expert Denies Zometa Caused Bone Death In NJ Trial
• 3rd Circ. Nixes J&J Benecol False Ad Suit
• NJ Senate Panel Approves Medicaid Expansion
• Vitamin Shoppe Shareholders Sue After $30M Insider Cashout
• Skadden Replaces Cahill Gordon In Rutgers Abuse Probe
• Prudential Says UBS Fraud Doomed $208M MBS Purchase
• Merck's 'Boys Club' Targeted In $100M Gender Bias Suit
• Travelers Wants Money Back For Honeywell Asbestos Defense
• NJ Lawmaker Revives Pay Equality Bills Felled By Veto
• US Trustee Calls Foul On Atlantic City Casino's Ch. 11 Plan
• Lady Gaga Off The Hook In Copyright Row Over Author Credit
• Bankrupt Big M Drops Auction As Rival's Bid Stands Alone
• Conrail Derailment Suit Belongs In NJ, Judge Says
• NJ Cracks Down On Foreclosure Relief Scams
• Ex-Waterford VP Fired To Avoid Incentive Payout, Suit Claims
• Privacy Bill Veto Gives NJ Employers Reprieve From Litigation
• NJ Formally Adopts FEMA Flood Maps, But Skeptics Remain
• NJ Floats $35M Deal In Passaic River Cleanup Suit
• NJ Firm Double-Dipped In Contract Row, Malpractice Suit Says
• Sports Betting Ban Undermines States' Power, 3rd Circ. Told
• Christie Vetoes Bill To Monitor NJ Lottery Contractor
• Kaufman Dolowich Picks Up Partner In NJ From Wilson Elser
• NJ Casino Owners Can't Abandon PokerStars Sale
• Lauryn Hill Gets 3 Months For Ducking $1M In Taxes
• Sills Cummis Owes More Than $1M In Back Rent, Suit Says
• NJ Judge Still Won't Boot Widener Law Job Data Fraud Suit
• Prudential's $200M Barclays MBS Suit Returns To State Court
• Birdsall Trustee Convinces Judge To Consider Sale
• NJ Appeals Court Upholds Suit Over Plaintiffs' Attys' Fees
• NJ Lawmakers Tackle GMO Labeling Requirement
• Gerdau Strikes $3.1M Settlement In Don, Doff Suit
• Judicial Vacancies Plague NJ's Busiest Court
• Kobe Bryant, NJ Auction House Square Off Over Memorabilia
• 3rd Circ. Shuts Down Agent's Nationwide Benefits Suit
• Prime Healthcare To Purchase NJ Hospital System
• Punitive Damage Claims Kept Alive In NuvaRing Bellwethers
• Conrail Hit With New Suit Over NJ Train Derailment
• Circuit Split On Market Share-Based Discounts Remains
• Inventor Again Loses Bid To Dodge Sony Patent Settlement
• PokerStars Seeks To Revive Atlantic City Casino Takeover
• Novartis Safety Efforts Challenged In NJ Zometa Trial
• NJ Health Commish Says State Is Preparing For Demand Spike
• NJ Appeals Court Nixes State Lease With Noncompliant Bidder
• LED Maker Hits Contractor With Suit Over False Promises
• Apotex's Planned Angiomax Generic Spurs Patent Suit
• NY, NJ Get $609M In Sandy Aid For Water, Energy Projects
• NJ Appeals Court Shrinks Pension Window For Cops Who Quit
• NJ Medical Sales Reps Plead Guilty To Kickback Scheme
• Union Accused Of Conspiring To Destroy NJ Contractor
• Stonegate Accuses Mortgage Co. Of $5M Ponzi Scheme
• Novartis Stresses FDA Approvals In Zometa Trial
• Ex-CEO, Investment Firm Escape A&P Shareholder Suit
• FRSA Only Preempts State Law In Explicit Situations: 3rd Circ.
• NJ Metal Co. Hit With Discrimination Suit After Acquisition
• NJ Bill Would Force Banks To Maintain Vacant Properties
• PokerStars' Deal For Atlantic City Casino Falls Through
• Generics Co. Rips Novartis' Bid To Combine Reclast Suits
• How McBurney V. Young Will Impact State FOIAs