Mondaq

JULY 21, 2022

On July 18, 2022, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued a decision interpreting New Jersey's Direct Action Statute, N.J.S.A. 17:28-2, and held that a claimant that pursues.

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Law 360

MAY 13, 2024

A liquor business consultant has told a New York state court that Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and the rapper's general counsel violated federal and New Jersey wiretap statutes, after the court dismissed an earlier counterclaim lodged under the Illinois Eavesdropping Act.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

A Texas appeals court won't toss a defamation suit accusing a former Peloton employee of falsely claiming to company executives and New Jersey police that she was bullied by her workplace acquaintance, an in-house attorney, after finding she can't avail herself of a state statute protecting citizens from retaliatory lawsuits.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

A New Jersey federal judge partly granted JPMorgan Chase Bank's bid to toss a tile company's lawsuit over the financial giant's alleged acceptance of $5 million in counterfeit checks drawn from its Valley National Bank account, reasoning that Florida law claims could stand but allegations under New York statutes could not.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 8, 2021

This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider cases and statutes about suing various government entities, ranging from two counties to a state governor to the United States itself. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor v. Murphy involves New Jersey and New York’s Waterfront Commission Compact.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 2, 2021

New Jersey. The case presents two questions : (1) whether sovereign immunity prevents PennEast from instituting eminent domain proceedings in federal court to condemn properties in which New Jersey has interests, and (2) whether the U.S. Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard argument in PennEast Pipeline Co.

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Law 360

JANUARY 13, 2023

A New Jersey federal judge deemed timely a proposed class action alleging Walmart unlawfully discriminates against applicants with criminal backgrounds through broad screenings that don't consider evidence of rehabilitation, applying a six-year statute of limitations rather than the two-year limitation suggested by Walmart.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 30, 2021

New Jersey that sovereign immunity does not shield New Jersey from condemnation proceedings instituted by a private company in federal court to obtain properties for a pipeline. New Jersey, which opposes the pipeline, contended that it was immune from the suits under the 11th Amendment.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

As an example, the Federal Wire Fraud statute makes it a crime to use the “wires” to move forward with “any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises.” But the federal fraud statutes at issue do not criminalize all such conduct.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Many states impose mandatory retirement ages, set by statute, on judges. Such retirement ages make sense since it is important that individuals retire when they may be less able to fulfill the duties of their demanding jobs and so that new people can fill roles held by those who retire.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 7, 2021

In its petition, Epic argues that the $280 million award comported with due process because the Wisconsin statute gives clear notice to defendants about the possible size of punitive damages. New Jersey , Reb Russell challenges a similar law from New Jersey. New Jersey. The case is Epic Systems Corp.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Share The fate of hundreds of millions of dollars in unclaimed money may depend on the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the term “money order” in an arcane 1974 federal statute. New Jersey , the money often goes to the state in which the issuer of the financial product is incorporated. On one side is Delaware.

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

AstraZeneca won in the District of Delaware, while Sanofi Aventis and Novo Nordisk lost at the District of New Jersey. Both courts found the statute to be ambiguous, but only the Delaware court vacated HRSA’s penalties; the New Jersey court remanded the issue to HRSA. Three of these cases were in the third circuit.

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Mondaq

JANUARY 17, 2022

New Jersey is on the brink of its first insurance bad faith statute after clearing both the Senate and Assembly by vote on January 10, 2022.

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Diane Drain

APRIL 15, 2021

At the other end of the spectrum, New Jersey and Pennsylvania provide no homestead exemptions, while Virginia and Kentucky allow just $5,000. That would undermine “the protection a debtor has under the current homestead• exemption statute,” Drain wrote in a commentary.

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Law 360

MAY 21, 2021

A New Jersey federal judge has said the state labor commissioner can't escape an Employee Retirement Income Security Act industry group's suit over expanded worker protections under the state's mass layoff law, rejecting the official's argument that he could not be sued because he lacks enforcement authority under the statute.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JANUARY 29, 2023

While the FCC also found Fox responsible for transmitting the segment to its affiliates nationwide in violation of the rule, the FCC did not fine Fox as a programming network because the one-year statute of limitations period applicable to non-broadcasters had expired.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 13, 2024

Before purchasing Dixie X, Horn therefore reviewed the product’s FAQ page and called a customer-service hotline to confirm that it was truly THC-free.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 17, 2023

There are state courts and federal courts, state statutes and federal statutes, state common law and federal common law. A clause is contrary to public policy when a statute or a judicial decision declares that enforcement is inconsistent with the policy of the state. The United States legal system is immensely complex.

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Patently O

AUGUST 2, 2021

Both SITO and Hulu are Delaware companies with Hulu headquartered Santa Monica and SITO in New Jersey (although SITO is currently going through Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy). Patent Nos. 8,825,887; 9,026,673; 9,135,635; 9,135,636; 9,591,360; 10,009,637; and 10,171,846.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

When HRSA threatened enforcement action and penalties, several companies sued the HHS in federal district courts in Maryland, Indiana, Delaware, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia to enjoin those enforcement actions (see list below). These lawsuits were filed between January and June of 2021. Code Ann.§

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Broadcast Law Blog

MAY 9, 2013

Strickler will serve through 2016, taking the position of Judge Wisnewski (who resigned about a year ago) as the economics expert required by the statute creating the Board. Mr. Stricker is currently Senior Counsel at a law firm in New Jersey, specializing in business litigation, according to his biography on the firm’s website, here.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Yet being locked up in a Florida prison, it turns out, doesn’t make someone a Florida resident, under a state Department of Education statute. Additional Reading: A New Jersey Program offers Access to Higher Education for Incarcerated Young People. He most certainly hasn’t left the state for decades.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 28, 2022

New Jersey , the court held that the state could not claim sovereign immunity as a defense to condemnation proceedings brought by a private party to whom Congress had delegated federal eminent domain authority. In 2006, in Central Virginia Community College v. And in 2021 in PennEast Pipeline Co.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 11, 2023

New Jersey , 379 U.S. Therefore, if the common law were to apply to the Disputed Instruments, then the abandoned proceeds would escheat inequitably solely to the State of incorporation, just like the money orders expressly referenced in the statute.” MoneyGram applied the common-law escheatment practices outlined in Texas v.

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The Crime Report

MAY 16, 2022

The primary architect of New York’s bail reform statute, Gianaris says that, in a system that promotes the idea of a person being innocent until proven guilty, the injustice in cash bail should be obvious to everyone.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 24, 2022

In New Jersey, assault is defined in the following way: 2C:12-1 Assault. That is defined below under New Jersey statute. However, there is a slight delay before Langley steps forward to hit the employee. The police may be basing the charge on the fact that Langley seemed to pursue the employee. Simple assault.

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 13, 2016

A few states, including New Jersey and Florida, have passed criminal statutes making pirate radio illegal, but such enforcement, in the few cases that I have dealt with in those states, has tended to be a low enforcement priority for state authorities. What is the reality of this actually happening?

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Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

The FCC's auction of new VHF TV channels in New Jersey and Delaware (about which we have written many times including here) has resulted in only three qualified bidders.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

The court said the statutory language authorized courts to grant stays and that EPA’s reading of the statute “would have the perverse result of empowering this court to act when the agency denies a stay but not when it chooses to grant one.” New Jersey Appellate Court Affirmed State Authority to Take Easements for Coastal Protection Projects.

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The Crime Report

MAY 24, 2022

Kathy Hochul would temporarily suspend its civil statute of limitations for adult sexual abuse, reports the New York Times. New York will become the second state, after New Jersey, to open a so-called look-back window for adults. Legislation expected to be signed by Gov.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 17, 2021

New Orleans police will be deputizing citizens to enforce the law. After New Jersey opened up applications for weed growers, manufacturers and testing lab operators, people quickly dispensed with their applications. [ I wonder if either of these statutes will have a section on the proper use of emojis in emails.

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The Crime Report

JULY 15, 2022

Similarly, on July 5, New Jersey Gov. These states’ new regimes go far beyond what more conservative, and generally more rural, states are inclined to seriously consider. States can and should ensure such statutes provide extensive due process protections. Phil Murphy signed seven bills restricting guns.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Superior Court that a father from New Jersey could be served with a lawsuit while visiting his children in California – a form of jurisdiction known as “tag” jurisdiction. Justice Neil Gorsuch joined Sotomayor and Jackson in appearing to side with Mallory and against the railroad.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 19, 2023

New Jersey’s so-called “slogan statutes” permit candidates in primary elections to have a short phrase – containing no more than six words – listed next to their names on the ballot. The slogans cannot include the name of any person or a corporation located in New Jersey without their written consent.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Stillie , the case challenging Alaska’s disclosure requirement statute for political contributions. The court also denied review of two cases challenging New York City’s rent-regulation laws , with Justice Neil Gorsuch noting that he would have granted the petitions. City of Englewood, New Jersey , and Coalition Life v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 23, 2025

City of Englewood, New Jersey , 23-1189 Issues : (1) Whether the City of Englewoods speech-free buffer zones, including zones outside an abortion clinic, violate the First Amendment; and (2) whether the court should overrule Hill v. California , 22 Orig. CVSG: 12/10/2024 (Relisted after the Jan. 17 conference.) Relisted after the Jan.

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