New Jersey

  • May 28, 2025

    3rd Circ. Pauses J&J Unit Appeal In Talc Study Libel Case

    The Third Circuit on Wednesday granted a bid by Johnson & Johnson's talc liability unit to stay briefing in its appeal seeking to revive a libel case over a scientific article linking talcum power to mesothelioma.

  • May 28, 2025

    Amtrak Worker Admits To Part In $11M Benefits Fraud Scheme

    A New Jersey-based Amtrak employee has pled guilty to participating in a conspiracy to defraud the passenger railroad's health plan for an estimated $11 million in benefits, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey announced Wednesday.

  • May 28, 2025

    3rd Circ. Says Pot Smell Needs Link To Suspect For Search

    A Third Circuit panel on Wednesday found that the smell of cannabis alone is not enough to establish probable cause to arrest or search a person unless it can be linked by the arresting officer to the suspect.

  • May 28, 2025

    Indian Pharma Co. Hit With Patent Suit Over Fennec's Cancer Drug

    An Indian multinational pharmaceutical company is infringing a patent for a drug to treat hearing loss in pediatric cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, a North Carolina biotechnology company claimed in a lawsuit filed in New Jersey federal court.

  • May 28, 2025

    Mallinckrodt Investors Get Initial OK For $5.5M Settlement

    Investors of drugmaker Mallinckrodt received preliminary approval of their $5.5 million settlement with two executives and a director of the company Wednesday, ending the investors' claims they were misled into believing Mallinckrodt had recovered from bankruptcy and would make a $200 million payment to opioid claimants.

  • May 28, 2025

    Ex-Worker Claims NJ Law Firm Fired Her Over Maternity Leave

    A former human resources manager at a New Jersey employment law firm alleged she was fired in retaliation for taking maternity leave less than one month before she was to return to work and due to receive a bonus payment.

  • May 28, 2025

    China Can't Duck PPE Hoarding Claims By Fla. Medical Pros

    A Florida federal judge won't fully dismiss claims from a group of medical professionals alleging that China, through a New Jersey company, hoarded personal protective equipment to create a monopoly at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, finding the allegations fall within the commercial activity exception to sovereign immunity.

  • May 28, 2025

    NJ Firm Loses Bid To Toss Worker's Wage Suit

    A New Jersey personal injury law firm will not be able to escape a former employee's lawsuit alleging she was paid less than men and harassed while pregnant, a state court judge ruled, saying that she fulfilled discovery demands.

  • May 28, 2025

    Trump Nominates Ex-Personal Atty Emil Bove For 3rd Circ.

    President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday he is nominating Emil Bove, his former criminal defense attorney who served as acting deputy attorney general, for the Third Circuit.

  • May 27, 2025

    Drone Co. Overhyped Army Contract Prospects, Investor Says

    Drone maker Red Cat Holdings Inc. faced a proposed investor class action alleging it misled investors about its expectations for capitalizing on a prospective U.S. Army contract, hurting shareholders as markets reacted to adverse news about the contract and the company's potential revenue from the deal.

  • May 27, 2025

    US Accuses 4 NJ Cities Of Blocking Immigration Enforcement

    Four New Jersey cities — Newark, Jersey City, Paterson and Hoboken — are obstructing federal immigration enforcement with their sanctuary policies in violation of the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution, the federal government claims in a lawsuit filed in the Garden State.

  • May 27, 2025

    Khalil Says ICE Detention Blocking Access To Lawyers, Family

    Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil told a New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday that his continued detention at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Louisiana has been blocking him from meaningful access to his attorneys and wife during his habeas proceedings.

  • May 27, 2025

    NJ Developer Alleges Defamation In Waterfront Dispute

    A Garden State developer claims that a real estate and property management company defamed it in a letter to municipal officials in which it said an appellate panel had ruled that the developer conspired with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to deprive the real estate company and the public of due process regarding a waterfront development.

  • May 27, 2025

    Pharma Co. Says Chubb Failed To Pay Covered Defense Costs

    A New Jersey pharmaceutical company said Chubb owes nearly $6.5 million in outstanding defense costs related to a multibillion-dollar arbitration dispute over the manufacture of an antiviral drug, according to a suit removed to federal court Tuesday.

  • May 27, 2025

    Tort Report: 'High-Low' Deal Nets Plaintiff Extra $10M

    A last-minute "high-low" agreement that turned out to be a stroke of genius by lawyers for an injured motorcyclist and a $26 million verdict for a crash caused by a postal worker lead Law360's Tort Report, which compiles recent personal injury and medical malpractice news that may have flown under the radar.

  • May 27, 2025

    Expert Says DuPont Knew Of PFAS Risk At NJ Site

    A former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency policy adviser told a New Jersey federal court on Tuesday that E.I. du Pont de Nemours knew of the risk of "forever chemicals" and failed to disclose that risk to federal and Garden State regulators despite its obligation to do so.

  • May 27, 2025

    Mobile App Infringement Suit Against Bridgestone Dropped

    A New Jersey company and tire maker Bridgestone Americas Inc. on Tuesday jointly asked a Texas federal judge to dismiss a case in which Bridgestone was accused of using patented mobile device communication technology in its mobile app.

  • May 27, 2025

    EV-Maker Polestar Faces Investor Suit Over Financial Reports

    Swedish electrical vehicle company Polestar has been hit with a proposed shareholder class action accusing it of misleading investors by failing to maintain proper internal controls, which caused it to misreport liabilities and assets on its balance sheets for several quarters.

  • May 27, 2025

    Retired NJ Justice Withdrawn As Rutgers Board Nominee

    Retired New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Faustino Fernandez-Vina had his nomination for the Rutgers University Board of Governors withdrawn from the state Legislature last week.

  • May 27, 2025

    Feds Can't Turn Off NY Funding In Congestion Pricing Fight

    A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked as "arbitrary and capricious" a Trump administration threat to withhold federal transportation funds from New York as part of a White House effort to undo New York City's congestion pricing program.

  • May 23, 2025

    Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar

    This past year, a handful of attorneys secured billions of dollars in settlements and judgments for both classes and individual plaintiffs against massive companies and organizations like Facebook, Dell, the National Association of Realtors, Johnson & Johnson, UFC and Credit Suisse, earning them recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2025.

  • May 23, 2025

    Cooley Beats Malpractice Claim In NJ Investor Suit, For Now

    A New Jersey federal judge on Friday trimmed a securities fraud lawsuit alleging Cooley LLP and its attorneys deliberately hid from an investor fraud claims against a startup's CEO, dismissing legal malpractice allegations against Cooley and four attorneys, but keeping alive other claims and letting the plaintiff amend his suit.

  • May 23, 2025

    Real Estate Recap: Opp Zones, SFR Sector, NYC Casinos

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including how the "Big, Beautiful Bill" would tweak rules for opportunity zones, the prognosis for the single-family rental sector, and a look at the seven remaining bids for casino licenses in New York City.

  • May 23, 2025

    Trump Says 'It's Time For Nuclear' And Orders New Reactors

    President Donald Trump said Friday that he wants to revive the nation's nuclear power industry to serve defense and artificial intelligence needs, and ordered the U.S. Department of Energy to "eliminate or expedite" environmental reviews so new reactors can come online more quickly.

  • May 23, 2025

    NJ Man Seeks $8M To Settle Suit Against Ex-Jets Player

    A Garden State seriously injured in 2022 after his car was run off the road by a car driven by NFL cornerback Brandin Echols has told a New Jersey state court he is willing to settle a lawsuit against the former New York Jets player for $8 million, according to a court filing.

Expert Analysis

  • The Complex Challenges Facing Sustainable Food Packaging

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    More and more states are requiring recycled content to be used in product packaging, creating complex technological and regulatory considerations for manufacturers who must also comply with federal food safety requirements, say Peter Coneski and Natalie Rainer at K&L Gates.

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    Playing Diplomacy Makes Us Better Lawyers

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    Similar to the practice of law, the rules of Diplomacy — a strategic board game set in pre-World War I Europe — are neither concise nor without ambiguity, and weekly gameplay with our colleagues has revealed the game's practical applications to our work as attorneys, say Jason Osborn and Ben Bevilacqua at Winston & Strawn.

  • Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys

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    Amid a growing body of research finding that attorneys face higher rates of mental illness than the general population, firms should consider setting up mental health first aid training programs to help lawyers assess mental health challenges in their colleagues and intervene with compassion, say psychologists Shawn Healy and Tracey Meyers.

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    Collecting Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The therapeutic aspects of appreciating and collecting art improve my legal practice by enhancing my observation skills, empathy, creativity and cultural awareness, says attorney Michael McCready.

  • How Cos. Can Protect Supply Chains During The Port Strike

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    With dock workers at ports along the East and Gulf Coasts launching a strike that will likely cause severe supply chain disruptions, there are several steps exporters and importers can take to protect their businesses and mitigate increased costs, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.

  • Litigation Inspiration: Honoring Your Learned Profession

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    About 30,000 people who took the bar exam in July will learn they passed this fall, marking a fitting time for all attorneys to remember that they are members in a specialty club of learned professionals — and the more they can keep this in mind, the more benefits they will see, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • Opinion

    AI May Limit Key Learning Opportunities For Young Attorneys

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    The thing that’s so powerful about artificial intelligence is also what’s most scary about it — its ability to detect patterns may curtail young attorneys’ chance to practice the lower-level work of managing cases, preventing them from ever honing the pattern recognition skills that undergird creative lawyering, says Sarah Murray at Trialcraft.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: September Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy identifies practice tips from four recent class certification rulings involving denial of Medicare reimbursements, automobile insurance disputes, veterans' rights and automobile defects.

  • How NLRB Memo Balances Schools' Labor, Privacy Concerns

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    Natale DiNatale at Robinson & Cole highlights the recent National Labor Relations Board advice memorandum that aims to help colleges reconcile competing obligations under the National Labor Relations Act and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act as university students flock toward unionization.

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    Round-Canopy Parachuting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Similar to the practice of law, jumping from an in-flight airplane with nothing but training and a few yards of parachute silk is a demanding and stressful endeavor, and the experience has bolstered my legal practice by enhancing my focus, teamwork skills and sense of perspective, says Thomas Salerno at Stinson.

  • And Now A Word From The Panel: The MDL Map

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    An intriguing yet unpredictable facet of multidistrict litigation practice is venue selection for new MDL proceedings, and the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation considers many factors when it assigns an MDL venue, says Alan Rothman at Sidley Austin.

  • Why Now Is The Time For Law Firms To Hire Lateral Partners

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    Partner and associate mobility data from the second quarter of this year suggest that there's never been a better time in recent years for law firms to hire lateral candidates, particularly experienced partners — though this necessitates an understanding of potential red flags, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

  • What 7th Circ. Collective Actions Ruling Means For Employers

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    With the Seventh Circuit’s recent Fair Labor Standards Act ruling in Vanegas v. Signet Builders, a majority of federal appellate courts that have addressed the jurisdictional scope of employee collective actions now follow the U.S. Supreme Court's limiting precedent, bolstering an employer defense in circuits that have yet to weigh in, say attorneys at Jackson Lewis.

  • Considering Possible PR Risks Of Certain Legal Tactics

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    Disney and American Airlines recently abandoned certain litigation tactics in two lawsuits after fierce public backlash, illustrating why corporate counsel should consider the reputational implications of any legal strategy and partner with their communications teams to preempt public relations concerns, says Chris Gidez at G7 Reputation Advisory.

  • It's No Longer Enough For Firms To Be Trusted Advisers

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    Amid fierce competition for business, the transactional “trusted adviser” paradigm from which most firms operate is no longer sufficient — they should instead aim to become trusted partners with their most valuable clients, says Stuart Maister at Strategic Narrative.

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