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New Jersey - February, 2016

233 articles

• Menendez Atty Says Exec. Branch Meetings Were Protected
• NJ Casino Expansion Bill Derided In Public Panel Hearing
• Justices Nix Wild West Theme Park Cowboy Shooting Case
• Christie Renews Bid For NJ High Court's 1st Asian-American
• Mercedes 'Defeat Device' Suit Prompts Questions From EPA
• Justices Won't Hear Gay Conversion Therapy Ban Challenge
• Christie Taps 10-Year Vet In AG's Office To Take Over
• Trump Taj Mahal Casino Now Icahn's After Exiting Ch. 11
• Amgen Patent Suit Targets Sandoz's Enbrel Biosimilar
• High Court Won't Take On Workplace Docs Seizure Suit
• Justices Won't Hear Girardi's $10M Avandia Fee Fight
• Supreme Court Rejects NJ Workers' Pension Fund Row
• High Court Wants DOJ View On Truckers' Bankruptcy Claims
• High Court Won't Hear EPA Chesapeake Pollution Plan Appeal
• Reviving Time-Barred Financial Litigation In State Courts
• High Noon In America: Executive Orders After Justice Scalia
• NJ Law Firm Dodges Malpractice Claim In Ch. 11 Advice Row
• NJ Panel Sinks Anonymity Bid In Defamation Suit
• GE Must Face Service Technicians' Overtime Suit
• JFK Manager Failed To Disclose Vendor-Paid Trip, AG Says
• Reckitt Benckiser Wins Transfer Of NJ Wrongful Firing Suit
• NJ Talent Co. Pays $26M To Settle Fla. Unfair Practices Probe
• NJ Town Challenges Nonprofit Hospital's Tax Exemption
• DC Regulators Block 2nd Try To Seal $6.8B Exelon-Pepco Deal
• Are 'Casual' Auto Sellers Subject To Strict Liability?
• Merck Gets K-Dur Pay-For-Delay Antitrust Case Narrowed
• NJ Agency Says Transmission Co. Can't Be A Public Utility
• Ex-ConvergEx Unit CEO Can't Exit SEC's Hidden Fee Suit
• Allstate Says Urine Testing Scheme Conned It Out Of $1.3M
• NJ Man Cops To $148M Medical Debt Scheme
• Philly Atty On Hook For $18M Slams Added Costs At 3rd Circ.
• Ex-Birdsall Exec Takes Plea On Eve Of Pay-To-Play Trial
• Charter $55B Time Warner Deal Clears Hurdle With NJ OK
• High Court's Montgomery Ruling Fuels Demand For Pro Bono
• Contractors Settle Overrun Dispute On $21M USAF Project
• Plaintiffs Give Teeth To NJ's Obscure Warranty Act
• Templo Fugit: NJ Insureds Must Give Notice Promptly
• 5 Tips For Founding A Successful Law Firm
• Agency Wants Award Reinstatement For '93 WTC Attack Axed
• Pharma Groups, Economists Knock Effexor Antitrust Appeal
• NJ Unveils Rules To Usher In Skill-Based Gambling
• Deals Rumor Mill: Honeywell, Terex, London City Airport
• Md. Power Plant Subsidy Gets Cool Reception From High Court
• GSK, Teva Ask Justices To Take Lamictal Pay-For-Delay Case
• NJ Tax Court Says Citizen FCA Awards Count As Income
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revisit Tyco Whistleblower Suit
• Aetna Scored Discount Through Shady Deal, Clinic Claims
• Feds Fight Worker Groups' Bid For Standing In H-2B Suit
• Shareholders Win Cert. In Suit Over Tibetan Pharma Co.'s IPO
• Hospitals Say NJ Approved Horizon's Omnia Plan Too Soon
• Ex-Willkie Atty Seeks Sealed Docs To Defend Fraud Case
• Md. Faces Skeptical High Court In Power Plant Subsidy Row
• Gibbons Beats DQ Bid In Cigna Employee Plan Suit
• Stock Tipper Asks 3rd Circ. To Nix SEC Pact After Newman
• Actavis Says Endo Cites Wrong Precedent In False Ad Suit
• HQ Settles Baxter's Dispute Over Arrhythmia Drug Generic
• 3rd Circ. Orders BIA To Consider Ebola In Asylum Bid
• NJ Bill Targeting 'Patent Trolls' Gets Committee Approval
• Malpractice Trial Ruling Against Defunct NJ Firm Upheld
• 'History' Against IHeartMedia On Pre-1972s: Song Owners
• Ala. Law Firm Dropped From Ex-NFLer's $1M Fraud Suit
• NJ Immigration Officer Accepted Sex And Bribes, Feds Say
• Nicoll Davis DQ Sought In Pill Maker's Kickback Row
• Superfund Contractor Traded Gifts For Info, Feds Tell Jury
• 3rd Circ. Told NLRB Lacks Quorum In Nursing Home Case
• Medicines Co. To Pay $4.25M To Settle Stock Drop Suit
• 5 Ways Social Media Can Land Employers In Court
• AXA Exec Testifies Investor Fees Are Fair, Reasonable
• NJ Town Urges 3rd Circ. To Open Developer Up To Sanctions
• NJ Prosecutor Replaced Amid Death Probe Controversy
• Feds Charge Execs In Water Chemical Price-Fixing Scheme
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Homeowner Suit Against M&T Bank
• Florida Trader Cops To $1.2M Insider Trading Haul
• OPINION: Big Law's Perverse Incentive System
• NJ Grower Must Pay For Wage Violations, DOL Judge Says
• NJ Dem Leaders Reach Deal To Push $15 Minimum Wage
• Plea Deal Was Misrepresented, Immigrant Tells High Court
• Ch. 13 Plans Must Prioritize Condo Liens, Judge Says
• Mercedes Accused Of VW-Style 'Defeat Device' In Lawsuit
• NY Immigration Atty Gets Prison For False Billing Scam
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rehear Super Bowl Ticket Suit
• 3rd Circ. Agrees Doc's Words Doom Suit Over GSK's Avandia
• Ex-Birdsall CEO Takes Plea In Pay-To-Play Scheme
• 3rd Circ. Says Debtors Could Have Understood Subpoena
• Landfill Operator Settles Neighbors' Suit Over Stench
• Gerber Says Probiotic False Ad Class Can't Be Determined
• Determining The Scope Of FCA's Public Disclosure Bar
• 3rd Circ. Puts Gambling Ban Constitutionality Back On Table
• SEC Hits More Traders With Newswire Hacking Allegations
• NJ Lawmakers Formalize Plan For Atlantic City Bailout
• Feds Urge Judge To Block Bridge Scandal Media Request
• NJ Tells 3rd Circ. Gov't Can't Force Anti-Sports Betting Law
• Insurer Launches $6M Suit Over Sandy-Ruined Coffee
• FCC Approves MTA Spectrum Changes For Rail Safety Tech
• Insurer Must Defend Garage Co. In Injury Suit, 3rd Circ. Says
• NJ Judge Dies At 63 After 25 Years On The Bench
• Banana Workers Ask Full 3rd Circ. To Save Pesticide Suit
• 3rd Circ. Asked To Revive Allergan Product-Hopping Suit
• Prior NJ Sports Betting Opinions Might Signal Judges' Moves
• Wyeth, Teva Say Effexor Pay-For-Delay Suit Fell Short
• Battling Revenue Doom And Gloom With Litigation Finance
• Conrail Seeks Stay Of Verdict In NJ Train Derailment Case
• Houghton Mifflin, NY Times Writer Shake Atty's Nazi Book Row
• Christie's 2017 Budget To Pump $1.9B Into NJ Pension Fund
• 3rd Circ. OKs Legal Publisher's Junk-Fax Class Action Deal
• NJ Enviros Sue To Overturn Coastal Managment Rules
• NY, NJ Multifamily Portfolio Scores $98M Freddie Mac Loan
• Tribe In Limbo As NJ Does Double Take On Recognition
• DOJ Says United, Delta Can't Ditch Newark Airport Slot Suit
• Scalia's Rapid-Fire Questioning Transformed Oral Arguments
• Justice Scalia Leaves His Mark In Biting, Clever Dissents
• Death Of Scalia Leaves High Court Docket In Limbo
• Scalia Leaves Mighty Legacy At High Court
• GOP Attys Would Likely Back Srinivasan To Replace Scalia
• Scalia's Originalism Shifted The Constitutional Debate
• Scalia Took On Gun Control, Class Actions In Top Opinions
• Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Dies At 79
• Sports World Watches To See If NJ's Betting Wager Pays Off
• Class Wants Cert. In Gerber Probiotic False Ad Suit
• Tyco Whistleblower Says 3rd Circ. Overlooked Evidence
• CoreLogic, Morgan Stanley End Trade Secrets Release Feud
• NJ Bill Would Spark More Equal Pay Suits For Employers
• NJ Doc Accused Of Bogus Insurance Claims Settles For $5M
• Energy Co. Tells 3rd Circ. Activists Can't Join Fracking Fight
• Orloff Lowenbach Stays Clear Of NJ Malpractice Claim
• GSK Shakes Diabetes Drug Row At 3rd Circ.
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive $80M Fragrance Secrets Row
• NJ Muslim Hospital Worker's Bias, Liability Claims Survive
• The Potentially Sweeping Effects Of EPA's Chesapeake Plan
• Lessons Learned From A $1.4M Legal Malpractice Verdict
• Amended Rule 26's Proportionality Standard: The First 60 Days
• Merck Investors Win Prelim OK Of $1B Vioxx Marketing Deal
• NJ Wants To Limit US Arguments In Sports Betting Rehearing
• Home Depot Dodges Liability From Stepladder Suit
• NJ Justices Send 'Warning Call' To Insureds On Late Notice
• NJ Senate Clears Port Authority Legislative Oversight Bill
• NJ Senate Chief Introduces Legislation For $15 Minimum Wage
• MoneyGram To Pay $13M To Settle Nationwide Fraud Claims
• NJ Senate Passes Equal Pay Legislation
• Recycler Says Brokers' Advice Led To Sandy Coverage Gap
• NJ Paralegal Withdraws Guilty Plea In Immigration Scheme
• NJ Senate Advances New Offshore Wind Farm Bill
• NJ Justices Back National Union In Late-Notice Battle
• NJ Shareholder Suit Over Nymox's Prostate Drug Trials Tossed
• Kushner Planning $500M Revamp Of NJ Mall
• Feds Accuse NJ Doc Of Falsely Billing For Diagnostic Tests
• OSHA Cites NJ Chemical Co. For Workplace Safety Breaches
• Toys 'R' Us Settles Insurance Row Over $25M Verdict
• LeClairRyan Hit With Malpractice Suit By Defunct Hotel
• 3rd Circ. Again Revives Arbitration Row In Debt Fraud Suit
• Mylan Pushes 3rd Circ. To Revive Doryx Product-Hopping Suit
• NJ Lawmakers Request Feds' Help To Fix Sandy Damage
• Employer Tips For Handling Office Romances
• How Does Skadden Stay No. 1?
• 3rd Circ. Won't Review Benefits Award In Black Lung Row
• Hagens Berman Loses Sanctions Appeal In Thalidomide Row
• Gambling Atty Gets 18 Months For $2.6M Embezzlement
• NJ Houlihan's Operator Faces Suit Over OT, Deductions
• NJ Enviros Revive Court Fight Against $225M ExxonMobil Deal
• SunTrust Beats Ex-MLB Player's Appeal Over Bad Investments
• NY, NJ Dunkin' Donuts Accused Of Charging Illegal Tax
• NJ Dems Unveil State, Federal Plans For $15 Minimum Wage
• Ex Bankruptcy Judge Tapped As Examiner In Zucker Ch. 11
• OPINION: The Road To Partnership Must Keep Evolving
• Tribe Says Fed. Contract Hinges On Recognition By NJ
• Eaton, Volvo Tell 3rd Circ. Antitrust Suit Correctly Tossed
• NLRB Judge Backs Labor Charges Against NJ Nursing Home
• NJ Sen. Makes Appellate Bid To Join $225M ExxonMobil Suit
• NJ Bill Would Expand Infrastructure Projects Cost Oversight
• Justices Told Seizure Of Workplace Docs Can Be Challenged
• Nonprofit NJ Hospitals Dispute IRS Tax Bill Over Group Buys
• Ex-NJ Public Water Operator Gets 3 Years For Fake Data
• Truckers Tell High Court Bankruptcy Case Has High Stakes
• NJ Assembly Panel Advances Casino Expansion Bill
• NJ Jury Dings Supplement Maker $1M In Contract Row
• DC Circ. Grills Feds Over Low Maersk Port Rate
• Demand For NFL Tix Throws Wrench Into Pricing Challenges
• GCs Name Best Of The Best Attorneys
• 8 Firms Boast The Most Client-Savvy Attorneys
• Supernus Gets Partial Win In Drug Patent Row With Actavis
• NJ Acting AG To Become Rutgers General Counsel
• 3rd Circ. Says No Rehearing Or Fees In Thalidomide Suit
• Ex-NFL Player Burress Ordered To Pay $56K In Tax Case
• NJ High Court Won't Hear Bishop Rosen's Arbitration Row
• NJ Latest To Sue VW Over 'Massive' Emissions Fraud
• Atlantic City Ordered To Pay $62.5M Casino Tax Refund
• Gibson Dunn To Face Subpoena In NJ Bridge Case
• NJ Panel Advances Pipeline Leak Penalties Bill
• Northern NJ Apt. Community Sold For $183M
• Water Treatment Chemical Antitrust Suits Land In NJ
• Arbitration Bid In Ladenburg Fraud Suit Struck Down, Not Out
• NJ Senate Panel Advances Equal Pay Legislation
• NJ Wind Farm Proposal Back To Senate After Pocket Veto
• Restrictive Covenants: The Law In Flux
• Gibson Dunn Accused Of Withholding Bridge Scandal Docs
• NJ Cardiologist Indicted For Double-Billing Insurers
• NJ Lawmakers Are Latest Pols Seeking $15 Minimum Wage
• Landlords Not Root Of Rent Control Reforms, NJ Panel Says
• Atty Can't Keep Malicious Prosecution Suit In Federal Court
• NJ Landfill Operator Lied About Solar Farm, Indictment Says
• US Urges 3rd Circ. To Preserve Menendez Corruption Charges
• 3rd Circ. Says Law Firm 'Original Source' Of Info In FCA Suit
• Horizon Says Pulled Ads May Alter Tiered Coverage Suit
• NJ Co. Owner Gets 32 Months For Con Ed Bid Rigging Scheme
• Farm Group Tells High Court EPA Chesapeake Plan Is Unfair
• NCAA Athletes Voluntarily Dismiss Sex Bias Suit Appeal
• Residents Ask 3rd Circ. To Save NJ Airport Suit Against FAA
• BlackBerry Shakes Class Action Over Smartphone Defects
• NJ Officials Look To Derail Charges Over Bridge-Lane Closing
• Tyco Whistleblower Didn't Show Retaliation, 3rd Circ. Says
• Keep Big Oil Out Of Atlantic Ocean, NJ Lawmakers Say
• Ch. 11 Purchase Conferred Cleanup Coverage, NJ Court Told
• NJ Jury Finds Conrail Liable In Suit Over Spill Injuries
• Goldberg Segalla Opens New Offices In Fla., Md. And NJ
• Ex-NJ Firm Manager Says Overbilling Claims Brought Firing
• NJ Atty Facing Criminal Sexual Contact Charges Found Dead
• Hagens Berman Tells 3rd Circ. Facts Are Disputed In GSK Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Morgan Stanley, Sugar Hill, Bal Harbour
• REIT AvalonBay Drops $130M On NJ Multifamily Property
• CMS Extends Bans On Home Health, Ambulance Cos.
• NJ Man Cops To Helping Doctor Hide $3.6 Million
• Charter Can Seek Atty Fees From Avaya In Chancery Dispute
• NJ Man Stressed Before Conrail Derailment, Doc Testifies
• Calif. Cities Hit Chemtrade With Aluminum Antitrust Suits
• Discovery Halted In SEC Hacking Suit Amid Criminal Case
• 9 New Immigration Judges Sworn In, EOIR Says
• Wells Fargo Rescinded Job Offer Based On Faulty Data: Suit
• NJ High Court Won't Undo $4.2M Judgment Against Nissan
• 3rd Circ. Frees Margolis Edelstein From Insurers' $2M Suit
• Patent Holder Seeks NJ Justices' OK To Sue Ex-Atty's Partner
• NJ Atty Failed To Maintain Environmental Escrow, Suit Says
• Ex-Zavodnick Atty Must Arbitrate Pay, Misconduct Claims
• What The Court Got Wrong About Hatch-Waxman In Alcon