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New Jersey - May, 2016

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• Pharma Co. Lawsuit Over FDA Threats Premature, Judge Says
• 4 Takeaways From NJ Lawmakers' Atlantic City Showdown
• Attorney Web Bios: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
• High Court's Trump Denial Puts Labor On Defensive In Ch. 11
• Valeant Faces RICO Suit In 'Secret' Pharmacy Network Row
• MGM Buys Out Boyd Gaming's Borgata Stake In $900M Deal
• Robbins Geller Will Lead Valeant Securities Fraud Suit
• 3rd Circ. Says Standing Claim Wrongly Focused On Insurer
• US Says Public Doesn't Have Right To GWB Conspirator List
• High Court Won't Review Special Master Fees In FDCPA Suit
• Tyco Whistleblower Asks Justices To Hear Retaliation Case
• Cooley, Kirkland Lead $1.5B Jazz Pharma Deal For Celator
• Key Steps In Forming Attendance, Time Off And Leave Policies
• Trump Workers Denied High Court Review Of Union Deal
• NJ Tax Lien Investor Gets Probation For Bid-Rigging
• 5 Signs You'll Never Excel In BigLaw
• Feds Fine Medicare Advantage Plan For Deceiving Shoppers
• Uber Hit With NJ Misclassification Class Action
• Lipitor Retailers Push 3rd Circ. To Revive Pay-For-Delay Claims
• Atlantic City Bailout Bills Win NJ Gov.'s Approval
• Behind The Curtain: Technical Advisers In Complex Cases
• NJ Couple Faces Prison, Civil Fine Over Alleged Ponzi Scheme
• Medical Device Co. Says IP Suit Triggers Defamation Policy
• Tax Lien Sale Avoidance May Depend On The State You're In
• Cocoa Co. Wants $2.6M Award Over Contract Breach Upheld
• 3rd Circ. Sides With Insurer That Rejected Pollution Claims
• FedEx Accused By NJ Truck Drivers Of Misclassification
• Jaguar Gets Battery Defect Suit Trimmed To Warranty Claim
• Gov. Christie Nominates NJ Acting AG As Judge
• NJ Judge Ends Force-Placed Insurance Row After BofA Settles
• Healthfirst Dodges NJ Hospital's $26M Repayment Suit
• Atlantic City Bailout Bills Pass Both NJ Houses
• NJ Assembly Passes $15 Minimum Wage Bill
• PennEast Is Avoiding FERC Obligations, Enviros Say
• The Alan West Story: Why An Innocent Man Pled Guilty
• NJ Immune In Day Care Mercury Exposure Suits, Court Says
• LG, Consumers Seek OK Of Washing Machine Defect Deal
• 5 Tips For Negotiating And Drafting Joint E-Discovery Plans
• Boeing, Airbus Tell 3rd Circ. Only FAA Can Regulate Planes
• NJ Attys Didn't Get Client OK For Fee Sharing, Panel Says
• NJ Agency Blesses $18B Altice-Cablevision Deal
• Caterpillar Gets First Nod For $60M Deal To End Defect Row
• 3rd Circ. Dumps FCC's TV Joint Sales Agreement Rule
• NJ Senate President Moves To Ban Rail Operators With DUIs
• NJ AG Asks Judge To Toss Tribal Recognition Suit
• Illegal Dumping Thriving Under Poor Oversight, NJ Agents Say
• Class Attys Want OK Of $1B Deal To End Vioxx Marketing Row
• BMW Can't Use New Arguments In Dismissal Bid, Court Told
• Horizon Weighs In For Paytime In 3rd Circ. Data Dispute
• 3rd Circ. Puts Pa. Hospital Merger On Hold For FTC Appeal
• Why FEMA's Sandy Claims Review Process Isn't Working
• Kmart Cuts $3.8M Deal With Asst. Managers In Class OT Row
• ACLU Says State Takeover In AC Bailout Would Harm Voters
• AstraZeneca Says Del. Order Ends Dr. Reddy's NJ Nexium Suit
• Guilty Subcontractor Wasn't Deprived Fair Trial, Feds Say
• Spokeo Backs Alcatel Pension Suit, Unions Say
• Merck Investors Fight For American Pipe Tolling At 3rd Circ.
• Wal-Mart Can't Topple NJ Worker's Win In Firing Row
• 3rd Circ. Axes Appeal In NJ County Atty Malpractice Complaint
• Bayer Rips Probiotic Class's Use Of 'Rhetoric, Not Evidence'
• And Now A Word From The Panel: A 21st Century MDL
• FERC Urged To Rethink NJ Power Line Projects Ruling
• Stock Tipper Blasts SEC's Newman Stance In 3rd Circ.
• Not So Fast, Ohio: FERC Weighs In On Wholesale Energy
• Panama Papers: Reminders About Law Firm Cybersecurity
• Wrong Law Applied To GWB Conspirator List, 3rd Circ. Told
• 3rd Circ. Tosses Ruling In NJ Turnpike Atty's Harassment Suit
• Fla. City Brings Water Chemical Price-Fixing Class Action
• 3rd Circ. Says Frack Industry Truckers Not OT Exempt
• Atlantic City Bailout Gains Political Consensus
• Gov. Christie Nixes Port Authority Overhaul Bill
• Ex-NJ Agency Wants Insurer To Cover Suit Against Directors
• High Court Won't Hear Supermarket Antitrust Appeal
• Whirlpool, Others Fight Class Cert. Bid In Energy Star Suit
• Preparing For New Paid Family Leave Laws
• Insurers Shouldn't Overreach In Gov't Investigations
• Viacom Says Spokeo Blocks Revival Of Child-Tracking Suit
• Delay Deportation Suit Till Ruling On Exec. Order, Justices Told
• NJ Bar Group Backs Review Of NY In-State Office Rule
• Rutgers To Pay $300K To End Basketball Coach Abuse Case
• Soccer Org. To Pay $185K In H-1B Dispute Over Coaches
• NJ Appeals Court Axes Hospitals' Challenge To Charity Care
• NJ High Court Bars Drunk-Driving Judge From DUI Cases
• NJ High Court Won't Hear Orloff Lowenbach Malpractice Row
• NJ Federal Judge Shortage Now A Crisis, Chief Jurist Says
• Activists Can't Halt NJ Battlefield Construction, Court Hears
• OPINION: Sotomayor's Solution To Pro Bono Is Incomplete
• FTC, Pa. Push 3rd Circ. To Keep Hospital Merger On Hold
• Creating Barclay Damon: Lessons From A Law Firm Merger
• NJ Class Plaintiffs Facing Tougher Row To Hoe, Experts Say
• 3rd Circ. Says Pa. Developer Lacks NEPA Standing
• Brach Eichler Boosts Litigation Team With 2 Attys
• Eisai Asks 3rd Circ. To Rehear Lovenox Antitrust Suit
• NJ Ride-Hailing Oversight Bill Clears Assembly Committee
• NJ Mayor Creates Port Authority Oversight Team
• TD Bank Cashing Out Its Coin-Counters Amid Error Suits
• Six Flags Sued Over Roller-Coaster Rider's Blinded Eye
• Enviro Defends Del. River Comm.'s Right To Bar Gas Drilling
• Actavis, Others Can't Yet Market Generic Nucynta, Judge Says
• Connell Foley Adds Real Estate Trio In Jersey City
• Corporate Counsel: Consumer Becomes Provider (The Sequel)
• NJ Employers: Prepare For The Next Round Of Equal Pay Act
• JPMorgan Beats Investor Suit Alleging It Enabled Madoff
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Let Pa. Hospital Merger Go Forward
• NJ High Court Panel Posts Atty Ad Rules Warning
• VW, Audi Accused of 'Hiding' Engine Defect In Suit
• NJ Judge Reprimanded Over Remarks To Prosecutors, Witness
• 3rd Circ. Went Rogue On Aviation Act, Engine Maker Says
• Scarinci Hollenbeck Adds 5 IP And Entertainment Pros
• Transgender Bathroom Debate: What's The Deference?
• Could Community Microgrids Be More Than Just A Fad?
• Jury Rules Bayer Unit Didn't Copy Foot Care Rival's Marks
• New Whistleblower Protections Could Endanger Trade Secrets
• Regulating Daily Fantasy: Considerations For A Framework
• Paytime Urges 3rd Circ. To Reject Workers' Stolen-Data Claims
• $7B Nortel Allocation Appeal Sent To 3rd Circ.
• Alcatel Says Spokeo Backs Toss Of Workers' Pension Suit
• Dr. Scholl's Foot Care Logo Dispute Now Up To Jury
• Pair Want TD Bank Coin Counting Suits Consolidated In NJ
• OPINION: Stop 'Vigorously Defending' Your Clients
• Estate Lawyer Stole $1.5M From Clients, NJ AG Says
• 3rd Circ. Halts Release Of Bridgegate Co-Conspirator Names
• The Search For 'Unreasonably Small Capital'
• BMW Tells NJ Court Engine Defect Claims Still Fail
• Manning Will Have Limited Practical Impact
• Regulating Daily Fantasy: DFS To Go Head-To-Head With DOJ?
• Supreme Court Shields Shareholder Access To State Court
• 3rd Circ. Gives 2nd Chance To Railroad Asbestos Claims
• St. Joseph's Underfunding Pension Plan, Nurses' Suits Say
• NJ Can Attract International Dispute Resolution, Sens. Told
• Attorneys React To High Court's Merrill Lynch Ruling
• First Hacker Pleads Guilty To $30M Press Release Scheme
• Keep Alleged Bridgegate Conspirator Unnamed, 3rd Circ. Told
• 3rd Circ. Won't Reconsider Military Tax-Shield Decision
• Activists Assert NJ Battlefield Is Wetland In Construction Row
• Consumers Seek Cert. In Tropicana OJ False Label Suit
• NJ Senate Committee Advances $15 Minimum Wage Bill
• GCs Rally Behind Call To Rethink NY Nonresident Atty Law
• Regulating Daily Fantasy: DFS Is Like Rocky — On The Ropes
• Aviation Liability Standards Of Care After Sikkelee
• Justices Say Federal Securities Laws Don't Limit State Suits
• The Top 100 Firms For Minority Attorneys
• The Top 50 Firms For Minority Equity Partners
• White & Case Outpacing Peers In Diversity
• US Law Firms Fail To Move Needle On Racial Diversity
• The 5 Ways BigLaw Is Failing Minorities
• Homeowners Blast Insurer Over Policy Kickback Scheme
• NJ's Pashman Stein, Walder Hayden Merge
• Jazz Makes Deal In Xyrem IP Fight With Ranbaxy, Sun, Ohm
• NJ Appeals Court Orders Mistrial Over Atty's Role As Witness
• NLRB Must Show Plan Change Tied To Election, DC Circ. Told
• Nuke Site Neighbors Can't Bring Cancer Suits, 3rd Circ. Told
• Judge Delays Deadline For List Of GWB Scandal Conspirators
• Consumer Court Wins Spur Surge In NJ Contract Class Actions
• NJ Law Firm Securities Head Accused In SEC Shell Co. Row
• Deal Over Pa. Landfill Odors Finalized As NJ Challenge Fails
• NJ Judge Tosses Debt Collection Suit Against Trident
• NJ Advances Bill Protecting Jurors From Gender ID Bias
• Comcast Stance On Cable Box Class Is Illogical, 3rd Circ. Told
• Advance Auto Parts Sued Over 'Illegal' Terms And Conditions
• Advocates Say Medical Conditions Dire At NJ Immigration Jail
• Sanofi Wins Temporary Reprieve From Kickbacks Action
• 'Housewives' Star Says Malpractice Suit Isn't A Ch. 7 Asset
• Atty Rightly Tossed From Affordable Housing Case: NJ Panel
• Pa. Hospital Merger OK Halted For 2-Week 3rd Circ. Appeal
• Food Co. Sues Commerce For Bungled Customs Instructions
• Denial of Disbarred Atty's Fee Needs Explanation, Court Says
• Feds Won't Fight Order To Reveal GWB Lane Closure Plotters
• Army Vet Urges 3rd Circ. To Reverse Tax-Shield Decision
• Lowenstein Nabs Ex-Federal Prosecutor In NJ
• FCA Suit Against For-Profit Educator Survives With Cuts
• Class Counsel Wins $2.5M In Honeywell Chromium Settlement
• $54M Tobacco IPO Misses Mark, Biotech Curtails Debut
• FERC Stands Firm On PJM Power Plan For Crises
• What Do The Highest-Paid Lawyers Make An Hour?
• LeClairRyan Grows Newark Office With 8 Bankruptcy Partners
• Insurers Press For Escape From Anthem Data Breach MDL
• Wash. Court Decision Puts Recovery Of PURPA Costs At Risk
• Dr. Scholl's Copied Rival Foot Care Co.'s Logo, Jury Told
• Reporters Gain Access To List Of Alleged GWB Plotters
• TSA Told To Speed Up Lines At NY-NJ Airports Or Be Replaced
• PharMerica Says Public Disclosure Testimony Sinks FCA Suit
• Ex-Connell Foley Lawyers Open Firm In Newark, NJ
• McConnell Blocks Dem Bid To Confirm 11 Judicial Nominees
• Delta Hits Travel Websites With Fraud, Trademark Suit
• $2M Settlement Reached In Pipe Price-Fixing Class Action
• Paid Sick Leave Compliance: Untangling The Complicated Web
• Medco Says Revived Hemophilia Kickback Suit Still Fails
• NJ High Court Won't Review Rent Control Atty Fee Row
• NJ Airport Not Covered For Skydiving Accident
• PharMerica Off The Hook For Successor Liability In FCA Suit
• Google Tells 3rd Circ. To Ignore New 1st Circ. Privacy Ruling
• Navigating Choice Of Law Provisions For Offshore Contracts
• New Claims Sink Appeal In Sewer Contract Row, NJ Court Says
• Hertz Investors Say Execs Playing Blame Game In Suit
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Rethink NY Nonresident Atty Office Rule
• How Will Obama's Workplace Legacy Hold Up Post-Election?
• Viacom Cites Gannett Revival In 3rd Circ. Video Privacy Row
• Atty Can Settle Lessee's Debts In Penske Row, NJ Court Says
• NJ Sens. To Introduce Safety Standards For Ride-Sharing Cos.
• Endo Hits Impax With $100M Suit Over Painkiller IP Agreement
• NJ Biz Took IRS To Cleaners On Payroll Taxes, Feds Say
• A Lesson In Defending Legal Malpractice Claims
• The Fastest Rocket Docket For The 8th Straight Year
• Evidence Destroyed In NJ Hospital Exec's Death, Suit Says
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Revive Label Suit Against Novartis
• Pa. Enviros Sue DEP Over Permit For Williams Pipeline
• 7 LeClairRyan Aviation Attorneys Jet To Lewis Brisbois
• SEC Settles With Alleged Newswire Hack Conspirator
• Quest, Contractor Reach Settlement In $90M Debt Dispute
• 3rd Circ. Asked For Redo In $1.45M Shipping Lien Suit
• Christie Decries Inaction On Atlantic City Bailout Plan
• FAA Urges 3rd Circ. To Uphold Dismissal Of NJ Airport Suit
• NJ Atty Gets Prison For Doctoring Asbestos Complaints
• 3rd Circ. Clears Philly Casino In Suit By Muslim Ex-Server
• Insurer Must Cover Hernia Mesh Trade Secret Row, Court Told
• Retailers Must Remit All Tax Shown On Invoice, NJ Court Says
• NJ Court Upholds Atty DQ For Flouting Discovery Order
• Don't 'Poke' The Bear: Using Social Media To Investigate
• 3rd Circ. Upholds EFH's $4B Ch. 11 Deal With Noteholders
• Firms Stand To Gain From Spread Of Uniform Bar Exam
• 6 Ways Lawyers Can Enhance Cross-Office Communication
• Your Online Insurance Sales Can Land You In Court
• Supreme Court Free Speech Ruling Bolsters Employee Rights
• Gig Economy: Settlements Leave Labor Issues Unsettled
• Vanguard Dodges Gambling Co. Investments Suit In 3rd Circ.
• Suit Alleging Gov't Conspiracy To Seize NJ Landfill Thrown Out
• Divide On Atlantic City Bailout Plan Widens On Eve Of Vote
• Pershing Sued Again Over $7.2B Stanford Ponzi Scheme
• NJ Court Says Hospital Injury Reports Barred In Med Mal Suits
• Justices Needn't Eye Reinstated Deportation Order, US Says
• 3rd Circ. Nixes Le-Nature's Exec's Appeal Of 15-Year Sentence
• SEC, NJ Accuse Duo Of Duping Investors In Tech Startup
• 3rd. Circ Says Military Tax Shield Doesn't Cover Businesses
• Member Of $5M ATM-Skimming Scheme Gets 7-Plus Years
• 3rd Circ. Rejects Lovenox Antitrust Suit Against Sanofi
• What Is Your Squirm Factor?
• FERC Says Suit Challenging Pipeline Powers Has No Legs
• Employee Safety: When A 'Reasonable Response' Isn't Enough
• Gig Economy: Are Your Workers Employees? The 6-Part Test
• NJ Co. Monopolizes Online Tax Lien Sales, Report Says
• 3rd Circ. Blocks Pa. Bankruptcy Related To Failed Fla. Case
• Ex-Willkie Atty Wants Cellphone Evidence Axed Before Trial
• 3rd Circ. Rejects Suit Assailing NJ AG Use Of Insurer Probes
• Atlantic City Tourism Stats Bright Despite Financial Woes
• NJ Atty Can't Dodge $50K In Sanctions For Frivolous Claims
• PennEast Illegally Surveyed Proposed Pipeline Route: Suit
• NJ High Court Won't Touch Former Day Care Site Cleanup Suit
• NJ Tax Court Upholds Valuation Of Palisades Property
• Eli Lilly Ducks Suit Over Zyprexa Side Effects
• BMW Can't Escape Liability For Engine Defects, Judge Told
• Gig Economy: The Case For Local Regulation Of Ride Apps
• Horizon Can't Keep Omnia Docs Hidden From Challengers
• Lamictal Buyers Ask High Court Not To Take Antitrust Case
• 3rd Circ. Backs NJ Doctor's Kickbacks Conviction
• Another Birdsall Exec Cops To Role In Pay-To-Play Scheme
• NJ High Court Disbars Atty For Taking Client Funds
• Christie Guts Gender Wage Gap Bill
• PNC's $102M Overdraft Fee Deals Not Covered, 3rd Circ. Says
• 3rd Circ. Partially Revives Cigna ERISA Benefits Class Suit
• Gov. Christie Vetoes Latest Offshore Wind Farm Bill
• Gig Economy: Changes We Need And Changes We Don't Need
• American Airlines Stiffed Workers On Overtime, Suit Says
• Atlantic City Pays Bond Debt, Still Needs Bailout, Mayor Says
• Roquette Asks 3rd Circ. To Undo IP Rights Arbitration Award
• Class Attys In Vioxx Case Ask For Approval Of $1B Deal
• Laying The Groundwork For Automotive E-Titles
• Evening The Score: A New Wave Of Equal Pay Act Claims