New Jersey

  • June 05, 2025

    3rd Circ. Says Amgen Can Proceed With Subpoena In IP Suit

    The Third Circuit on Thursday sided with biotechnology company Amgen Inc. in its efforts to subpoena a competitor that it accused of patent infringement, reasoning that the panel lacked jurisdiction to hear the case because the lower court's decision regarding discovery was not ripe for appeal.

  • June 05, 2025

    NJ Judge Trims Pool Equipment Maker Shareholder Suit

    A New Jersey federal judge has dismissed some claims in a proposed investor class action alleging pool supply company Hayward Holdings Inc. concealed it was struggling with ballooning inventory and lowered demand, but ruled that some of the claims, including the claims against the company's consortium, can continue.

  • June 05, 2025

    NJ Justices To Take Look At Boys & Girls Club Abuse Claims

    Garden State justices have agreed to hear whether New Jersey courts have jurisdiction over the alleged sexual abuse in the 1970s and '80s by a counselor for the Hudson County chapter of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, according to a court order.

  • June 05, 2025

    Maryland Judge Halts 'Mass Closure' Of AmeriCorps Programs

    A Maryland federal judge on Thursday temporarily enjoined the Trump administration's "mass closure" of AmeriCorps programs in two dozen states and ordered more than 750 national service members be restored, but declined to vacate the firing of AmeriCorps' paid staff.

  • June 05, 2025

    'Rubio Determination' Must Be Stricken, Khalil Says

    Attorneys for Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil asked a New Jersey federal court to block Secretary of State Marco Rubio's doctrine of linking deportation with foreign policy interests, telling the court that he will suffer irreparable harm if his detention on foreign policy grounds continues.

  • June 05, 2025

    NJ High Court Will Review Injury Suits Against Walmart, Clinic

    New Jersey justices have agreed to weigh in on personal injury suits against Walmart and a Garden State health clinic involving an overturned $1.3 million verdict in one case and the immunity of medical nonprofits in the other, according to a pair of court orders.

  • June 05, 2025

    Sills Cummis Slams 'Woefully Inadequate' Docs In Fees Suit

    Sills Cummis & Gross PC is asking a New Jersey state court to order a former client to produce documents to back up allegations the law firm padded legal bills that reached about $1.5 million, saying the man's responses have been "inadequate" and "vaguely written."

  • June 05, 2025

    Students Removal Case Witnesses Fear Retaliation, Orgs. Say

    Potential witnesses are afraid the government will retaliate against them if they testify in a free speech case brought by academic organizations over immigration officials' detention of non-citizen students and faculty for expressing pro-Palestinian views, according to a filing in Massachusetts federal court seeking a protective order.

  • June 05, 2025

    Judge Wants Details On Harm From Trump Wind Farm Pause

    A Massachusetts federal judge Thursday asked a coalition of states and a clean-energy advocacy group for more specifics about the harm they allegedly will be caused by the Trump administration's decision to pause wind farm permitting, and said he wanted to move forward with a trial "promptly."

  • June 04, 2025

    Calif. Won't Get Insulin Pricing Case Sent Back To State Court

    The New Jersey federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation accusing Express Scripts, CVS Caremark and other pharmacy benefit managers of conspiring to fix the prices of insulin on Wednesday refused to ship a case brought by the state of California back to state court.

  • June 04, 2025

    1st Circ. Upholds Block On Trump's Education Dept. Job Cuts

    The First Circuit on Wednesday rejected a bid by President Donald Trump to greenlight massive job cuts at the U.S. Department of Education, finding that the administration had not provided enough evidence to overturn a block put in place by a Massachusetts federal judge.

  • June 04, 2025

    Cheesesteak Icon Asks 3rd Circ. If Loper Bright Slices Sentence

    Counsel for a Philadelphia cheesesteak shop owner seeking a lighter sentence for paying employees off the books told the court Wednesday that he has asked the Third Circuit to consider how the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision striking longstanding agency deference framework might affect his case.

  • June 04, 2025

    NJ Contractor Tells 3rd Circ. One-Man Rule Voids CBA

    A New Jersey contractor told a Third Circuit panel Wednesday that it isn't obliged to negotiate over a successor collective bargaining agreement with union-represented sheet metal workers, arguing it no longer employs any workers represented by the union.

  • June 04, 2025

    NJ Man Cops To Dodging $2M Tax Bill On Real Estate

    A New Jersey man linked to an intricate pension plan scheme involving refunds from the Dutch government pled guilty to evading more than $2.4 million in U.S. taxes by concealing ownership of more than $5.5 million in real estate, the U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday. 

  • June 04, 2025

    Novo Nordisk Wants Hospital Sanctioned For Insulin Pen Suit

    Novo Nordisk Inc. has asked a Connecticut federal judge to sanction Griffin Health Services Corp. for suing the pharmaceutical company after settling a separate insulin pen contamination lawsuit, saying the hospital's complaint left out five important facts that could point blame back toward its own staff.

  • June 04, 2025

    Cognizant Granted Some DHS Docs In Visa Fraud Case

    A New Jersey federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to confer with attorneys for Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. on how much to broaden a search for materials related to two types of visas, in a case brought by a former executive alleging the company defrauded the government through its visa applications.

  • June 04, 2025

    Apple Can Shield Info In NJ TikTok Addiction Suit

    A New Jersey state court will allow Apple Inc. to inject itself into the state attorney general's high-profile lawsuit accusing TikTok of designing features that harm and cause addiction in children, allowing the manufacturer of the iPhone to argue, away from public view, that certain content in the lawsuit should be redacted.

  • June 04, 2025

    NJ Judge Suspended Over Pro-Police 'Likes' On Facebook

    A New Jersey municipal court judge was hit with a two-month suspension without pay beginning Wednesday after an advisory committee took issue with his Facebook activity indicating support for pro-police movements, political candidates, individual lawyers and law firms.

  • June 04, 2025

    NJ Mayor Expands False Arrest Suit Against US Atty

    Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, New Jersey, on Wednesday added a false light count to his defamation and malicious prosecution complaint against interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba over his May 9 arrest outside an immigration detention center.

  • June 03, 2025

    Empire Wind Foes Target Feds' Reversal On Stop-Work Order

    A coalition opposed to the Empire Wind project off New York and New Jersey sued the Trump administration Tuesday in New Jersey federal court, saying the administration never justified its decision to lift a stop-work order weeks after pausing construction.

  • June 03, 2025

    3rd Circ. Flags 'Double-Counting' Damages In Trade Secrets Trial

    A Third Circuit panel on Tuesday seemed ready to double-check a jury's apparent double-counting of damages in a trade secrets case between two regulatory compliance businesses, noting that the jurors' math indicated they had multiplied an expert's estimate of allegedly ill-gotten profits, while the victor in the case cautioned against trying to divine the jury's thoughts.

  • June 03, 2025

    NJ Steel Co. Seeks Block Of OSHA Review Agency Hearing

    A steel fabrication company is urging a New Jersey federal court to give it an early win in its suit against an independent federal commission over nearly $350,000 in proposed penalties, arguing that it will be required to undergo an unconstitutional proceeding without court intervention.

  • June 03, 2025

    New Jersey Senate Confirms 4 Judge Nominees, Prosecutor

    The New Jersey Senate has approved the nominations of three Superior Court judges, an administrative law judge and a county prosecutor.

  • June 03, 2025

    Safari Co. Can't Arbitrate Fatal Hippo Attack Suit, Court Told

    A Connecticut-based tour operator cannot force into arbitration a lawsuit over a hippopotamus attack that led to a New Jersey woman's death during a safari in Zambia, her husband and estate have said, claiming they didn't sign a "murky" private dispute clause attached to a ticket sale.

  • June 03, 2025

    Judge Extends Block On Post-Pandemic School Funding Cuts

    A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday maintained a block on a Trump administration move to halt funding for education-related COVID-19 pandemic recovery efforts, after lawyers for New York and other states said the feds are trying to get around an earlier injunction.

Expert Analysis

  • 3 Ways To Train Junior Lawyers In 30 Minutes Or Less

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    Today’s junior lawyers are experiencing a skills gap due to pandemic-era disruptions, but firms can help bring them up to speed by offering high-impact skill building content in bite-sized, interactive training sessions, say Stacey Schwartz at Katten, Diane Costigan at Winston & Strawn and Lauren Tierney at Freshfields.

  • $3B TD Bank AML Settlement Is A Wake-Up Call For All Banks

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    TD Bank’s historic settlement over anti-money laundering violations, resulting in over $3 billion in penalties, reminds banks of all shapes and sizes why they need to take financial crime compliance seriously, and highlights three areas that may be especially vulnerable to enforcement, says Jack Harrington at Bradley Arant.

  • Expect Surging Oil And Gas Industry Under New Trump Admin

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    Throughout his recent campaign, President-elect Donald Trump promised increased oil and natural gas production and reduced reliance on renewables — and his administration will likely bring more oil and gas dealmaking, faster federal permitting and attempts to roll back incentives for green energy, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • The Bar Needs More Clarity On The Discovery Objection Rule

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    Almost 10 years after Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 was amended, attorneys still seem confused about what they should include in objections to discovery requests, and until the rules committee provides additional clarity, practitioners must beware the steep costs of noncompliance, says Tristan Ellis at Shanies Law Office.

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    Being A Navy Reservist Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Serving this country in uniform has not only been one of the greatest honors of my life, but it has also provided me with opportunities to broaden my legal acumen and interpersonal skills in ways that have indelibly contributed to my civilian practice, says Phillip Smith at Weinberg Wheeler.

  • Navigating DOJ's Patchwork Whistleblower Regime

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    In the past few months, the U.S. Department of Justice and several individual U.S. attorney’s offices have issued different pilot programs aimed at incentivizing individuals to blow the whistle on misconduct, but this piecemeal approach may create confusion and suboptimal outcomes, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.

  • So You Want To Move Your Law Practice To Canada, Eh?

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    Google searches for how to move to Canada have surged in the wake of the U.S. presidential election, and if you’re an attorney considering a move to the Great White North, you’ll need to understand how the practice of law differs across the border, says David Postel at Henein Hutchison.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: November Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses six federal court decisions that touch on Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and when individual inquiries are needed to prove economic loss.

  • Notable Q3 Updates In Insurance Class Actions

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    Total loss valuation cases and labor depreciation cases dominated the past quarter of insurance class actions, with courts continuing to reject challenges to condition adjustments in the former, and a pro-insured trend persisting in the latter, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.

  • Promoting Diversity In The Selection Of ADR Neutrals

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    Choosing neutrals from diverse backgrounds is an important step in promoting inclusion in the legal profession, and it can enhance the legitimacy and public perception of alternative dispute resolution proceedings, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.

  • Series

    Playing Ultimate Makes Us Better Lawyers

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    In addition to being fun, ultimate Frisbee has improved our legal careers by emphasizing the importance of professionalism, teamwork, perseverance, enthusiasm and vulnerability, say Arunabha Bhoumik and Adam Bernstein at Regeneron. 

  • Considering Chevron's End Through A State Tax Lens

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    States took the lead in encouraging Chevron's demise, turning away from Chevron-type deference in state tax administration ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright decision, a trend likely to accelerate as courts take a more active role in interpreting tax laws, say attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Metadata

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    Several recent rulings reflect the competing considerations that arise when parties dispute the form of production for electronically stored information, underscoring that counsel must carefully consider how to produce and request reasonably usable data, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • The 3rd-Party Bankruptcy Release Landscape After Purdue

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    In its Purdue Pharma ruling prohibiting nonconsensual third-party releases, the U.S. Supreme Court did not comment on criteria to render a third-party release consensual, opening a debate in the bankruptcy courts on the permissibility of opt-out versus opt-in releases, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Comparing Antitrust Outlooks Amid Google Remedy Review

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    As the U.S. Justice Department mulls potential structural remedies after winning its recent case against Google, increased global scrutiny of Big Tech leaves ex post and ex ante antitrust approaches ripe for evaluation, say Nishant Chadha at the Indian School of Business and Manisha Goel at Pomona College.

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