/newjersey?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: New Jersey Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Fri, 01 Aug 2025 23:47:18 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2372544?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2372544 A Manhattan federal judge on Friday rejected a request from 16 states to block the Trump administration from cutting millions of dollars in grant funds from the National Science Foundation for scientific research and programs aimed at enhancing diversity, equity and inclusion in STEM fields and environmental justice. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:58:11 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2371280?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2371280 In this special edition of Wheeling & Appealing, we're spotlighting key decisions and developments in every circuit court during the first half of 2025, while also previewing August's most intriguing oral arguments, including a remarkably "fierce" showdown between Edible Arrangements and 1-800-Flowers with millions of dollars in attorney fees on the line. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:53:54 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2372255?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2372255 A bipartisan group of former federal lawmakers is urging the Third Circuit to continue preventing New Jersey gambling regulators from taking action over KalshiEx's sports contracts, saying Congress intended for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have the final say on event contracts trading on federally regulated markets. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:29:50 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2372006?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2372006 A federal judge erred in tossing class claims accusing Amazon of collecting consumers' voice data without their consent, including by finding that a third-party software company was a "financial institution," the named plaintiffs told the Third Circuit Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:19:01 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2372559?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2372559 If Alina Habba was illegally appointed acting U.S. attorney in New Jersey, a pair of defendants in a drug trafficking case are not entitled to dismissal of the indictment, but it "appears appropriate" that Habba would be barred from prosecuting them, a federal judge ruled Friday. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:59:50 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2372533?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2372533 Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into how law firms are winning the succession game, and the Trump administration's efforts to cut red tape for data center projects. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:02:35 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2372408?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2372408 The Trump administration has improperly "weaponized" federal laws against drug misbranding, false claims and female genital mutilation as part of a pressure campaign to undermine state protections for gender-affirming care, a coalition of state attorneys general argued in a new suit Friday. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:45:32 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2372536?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2372536 A coalition of 16 states pressed the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to reject the Trump administration's push to resume the mass termination of scientific research grants, saying a district judge had authority to pause the cuts. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:26:14 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2372304?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2372304 The First Circuit on Friday seemed inclined to say that the children of unauthorized immigrants are citizens if they were born on U.S. soil, citing both the 14th Amendment and a subsequent U.S. Supreme Court ruling and pushing back on an argument by President Donald Trump's administration. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 18:25:31 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2372210?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2372210 A former New Jersey township manager has claimed in state court that he was the target of retaliation and discrimination after opposing a set of local ordinances that he said would have unlawfully targeted immigrants and enabled racial profiling. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:49:25 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2371987?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2371987 A New Jersey federal judge tossed the Delaware River Port Authority's suit claiming that the Garden State's comptroller unlawfully attempted to force it to comply with two investigative subpoenas, ruling that there is nothing to bar the comptroller from unilaterally issuing subpoenas to the New Jersey-Pennsylvania bistate transit agency. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:24:52 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2370196?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2370196 In an era rife with international trade disputes and tariff-evasion schemes that cost billions annually, the Ninth Circuit's recent decision in Island Industries v. Sigma is a major step forward for trade enforcement and for whistleblowers who can expose customs fraud, say attorneys at Singleton Schreiber. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:56:27 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2367457?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2367457 After the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the practice of nationwide injunctions in Trump v. Casa, Section 1983 civil rights suits can provide a better pathway to hold the government accountable — but this will require reforms to qualified immunity, says Marc Levin at the Council on Criminal Justice. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:41:16 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2369830?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2369830 Five years after a disgruntled litigant killed a New Jersey federal judge's son at their home, experts and judges disagree over whether the judicial privacy laws enacted following the shooting are doing much to protect jurists, while political leaders' heated rhetoric makes for an even more dangerous landscape for judges. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:52:38 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2372366?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2372366 A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who was accidentally shot in the leg does not need expert testimony to make his case that a defective gun design was the cause of his injury, since a layperson could draw their own conclusions once they understood the underlying mechanisms, a Third Circuit panel said Friday. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:46:13 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2371745?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2371745 Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC announced the launch of a dedicated practice group focused on handling employment tax matters in areas such as compliance, audits and transactions related to payroll obligations. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 21:57:23 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2371654?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2371654 The Third Circuit denied the Trump administration's request to fully stay a district court order releasing pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention, ruling that the federal government failed to show it would be irreparably harmed without a stay. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:43:59 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2371704?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2371704 Biotechnology company Scynexis Inc. has won dismissal, for now, of a proposed investor class action alleging that it triggered a 34% share decline by knowingly misleading investors about manufacturing compliance issues that led to a drug recall, with the court finding the allegations the company should have known and disclosed issues only show "fraud by hindsight." Thu, 31 Jul 2025 19:16:25 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2372005?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2372005 The Trump administration has used maneuvers to keep interim U.S. attorneys in place beyond their statutory time limit, which detractors say subverts the Senate's advice and consent role. A bill that two Republican senators introduced on Thursday would shift more power over the process to the president. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 19:04:28 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2371990?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2371990 A New Jersey federal judge tossed a proposed class action Thursday that accused Siemens Corp. of violating federal benefits law by using forfeited money in its retirement plan to cover its contributions instead of plan expenses, finding the company acted in line with the plan's terms.