/newjersey?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: New Jersey Copyright 2025 ĂŰĚŇĘÓƵ. en-US Mon, 07 Jul 2025 23:50:33 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2361861?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2361861 Fox Rothschild LLP urged a New Jersey state court on Monday to toss claims brought by a couple injured in a vehicle crash alleging they were unlawfully steered to cover medical expenses with high-interest loans from the law firm's litigation funder client, saying its involvement was limited to a "tangential, representative role." Mon, 07 Jul 2025 22:54:59 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2361678?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2361678 An irascible Federal Circuit judge chewed out both sides of the aisle Monday morning during arguments over a generic endocrine disorder drug, and although she accused one attorney of "beating a straw man to death," the judge said she still wasn't sure how she would decide the appeal. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 21:50:44 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2361843?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2361843 The publisher of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette told the Third Circuit Monday that the National Labor Relations Board was impermissibly dictating business decisions for the struggling newspaper when it ruled the paper's contract proposals were unacceptable and made in bad faith. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 21:37:16 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2361816?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2361816 The Third Circuit on Monday reversed a lower court's decision to certify classes of Pennsylvania drivers who accuse Progressive Insurance units of breaching their contracts by systematically underestimating the actual cash value of their totaled cars, finding that the lower court misapplied the standard to determine whether common issues predominate. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:16:57 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2361650?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2361650 A former human resources executive at a New Jersey-based neurological services company alleged in Garden State federal court that she was discriminated against and ultimately fired in retaliation for disclosing her mental health disabilities and pursuing accommodation requests. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 18:54:45 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2361658?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2361658 A New Jersey appellate panel on Monday upheld a trial court's ruling that a real estate investment firm properly terminated its $32.8 million purchase agreement for a mixed-use building in Newark after receiving a noncompliant estoppel certificate from one of the tenants, rejecting the seller's argument that the certificate's deficiencies were immaterial. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 17:58:16 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2359480?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2359480 Recent legislative efforts to expand the Family and Medical Leave Act reflect workers' growing demand for work-life balance, but as federal proposals continue to face significant hurdles, states have stepped in, creating a labyrinth of leave laws and compliance headaches for multistate employers, say attorneys at FordHarrison. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 17:42:25 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2361597?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2361597 A California state court's decision to preliminarily approve a settlement in a case against PHH Mortgage would prevent California mortgage loan officers from pursuing their claims in their New Jersey federal court proceedings, two California workers told the New Jersey court. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 16:48:14 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2361609?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2361609 A former Middlesex County assistant probation head is suing the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office and the state judiciary for racial discrimination, alleging that a prosecutor undermined him at work and used racist language about him in court. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 16:46:03 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2357541?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2357541 Law360 previews the lawsuits environmental attorneys will be watching closely during the second half of 2025, including the Trump administration's challenge to states' efforts to slow climate change, a lawsuit seeking to continue federal funding for climate change projects and product liability cases over forever chemicals in consumer goods. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 16:45:01 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2361789?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2361789 The New Jersey Supreme Court has named a former federal prosecutor and cybersecurity and privacy expert to the committee that handles ethics complaints against state judges, the court said in a notice published Monday. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 15:17:28 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2361672?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2361672 A New Jersey federal judge consolidated four proposed class actions against The Cooper Health System over a May 2024 data breach they allege resulted from the failure to properly safeguard individuals' personally identifiable information and protected health information, according to a court order. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 21:07:03 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2359908?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2359908 A New Jersey appellate panel has upheld the state Turnpike Authority's rejection of a towing company's protest of its denied prequalification application to provide towing services, saying it was neither arbitrary, capricious nor unreasonable. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 20:44:27 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2360772?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2360772 Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart has released 24 more discretionary denial decisions, more than half of which she cleared challenges to move forward through the Patent Trial and Appeal Board process. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 20:15:42 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2361154?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2361154 Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insight into this week's reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act, how states are approaching energy demand for data center projects, and where the commercial and residential real estate sectors stand at the midyear. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:12:40 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2361055?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2361055 A New Jersey appellate panel declined to expand the principles of sidewalk liability for commercial properties to a residential property that was unoccupied and undergoing renovations on Thursday, backing a lower court ruling that held the property was not used for investment nor to generate a profit. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:30:14 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2354744?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2354744 It was a tough term at the U.S. Supreme Court for two very different circuits — one solidly liberal, one solidly conservative — that had their rulings overturned in eye-popping numbers. But it was another impressive year for a relatively moderate circuit that appears increasingly simpatico with the high court. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:12:44 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2360694?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2360694 The U.S. Supreme Court voted along ideological lines when it hindered the ability of federal district court judges to issue nationwide pauses on presidential policies, but that outcome didn't seem like a foregone conclusion during oral arguments earlier this year. What do the colloquies suggest about the justices' thinking? Here are some moments that may have swayed them. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:45:41 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2361131?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2361131 McCarter & English LLP argued a veterans' rights law does not apply in a former attorney's anti-veteran discrimination suit against the firm, while the attorney fought to preserve his claims relating to the law, according to briefs they filed in New Jersey state court Thursday. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:24:52 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2361035?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2361035 New Jersey is seeking a protective order to halt an ex-workers' compensation judge's "harassing" inquiries in her suit over her removal, telling a state court that her conduct over the past month raises serious concerns about the security of the individuals she is targeting.