/newjersey?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: New Jersey Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:54:32 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2353830?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2353830 New Jersey can empanel a special grand jury to investigate allegations of clergy sexual abuse, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday, saying that no case law or court rule allows a judge to prohibit a grand jury inquiry before it has even begun. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:14:09 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2353973?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2353973 Mahmoud Khalil's attorneys on Monday urged a New Jersey federal judge to immediately release the Palestinian rights activist on bail, or at least allow his return to the Garden State from Louisiana to be closer to his wife and newborn son. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 18:38:21 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2354071?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2354071 Companies accused by data security firm Atlas Data Privacy Corp. of violating New Jersey's judicial privacy law argued in federal court Monday that the suits should be dismissed because they lack enough facts to carry their claims. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:49:58 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2351793?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2351793 The time is right to amend Rule 702 of the New Jersey Rules of Evidence to align it with the recently amended Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence and clarify the standard for admissibility of expert testimony, says Timothy Freeman at Tanenbaum Keale. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:27:36 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2353840?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2353840 A former general counsel for a New Jersey public agency previously fined for ethics breaches has now been censured, with the state Supreme Court issuing the discipline after finding he operated a private law practice out of his office at the agency. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:02:40 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2353668?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2353668 Reed Smith LLP has selected a real estate finance attorney with over 20 years of experience at the firm to lead its Princeton, New Jersey, office, the firm announced on Monday. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:26:23 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2352951?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2352951 A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday blocked the National Institutes of Health from cutting hundreds of grant programs to universities, hospitals and other organizations, saying that in his 40 years on the bench he had never seen such "palpable" racial and LGBTQ discrimination from the government. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:58:44 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2353695?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2353695 Attorneys general from 55 U.S. states and territories on Monday backed Purdue Pharma's $7.4 billion deal to settle opioid injury claims against the company and the Sackler family, almost a year after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out Purdue's previous plan to end litigation over its role in the opioid epidemic. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 10:10:11 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2352423?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2352423 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal that asked if it is proper for courts to adopt state statutes of limitations in trademark disputes to determine whether a party took too long to sue. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 10:07:09 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2352804?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2352804 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.'s request to review a Third Circuit decision that more than 1,000 failure-to-warn claims over its osteoporosis drug Fosamax can continue despite the company's assertion that the litigation is barred by federal law. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 09:57:24 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2326567?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2326567 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review the Third Circuit's dismissal of an anti-abortion pregnancy center's federal lawsuit challenging a subpoena from the New Jersey attorney general demanding information about its donors. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 21:56:45 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2353248?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2353248 A California federal judge on Friday narrowed the pool of cases set for the first bellwether trials in sprawling multidistrict litigation by school districts and personal injury plaintiffs over claims social media is addictive, choosing six bellwether school districts in Maryland, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, South Carolina and Arizona. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 21:31:44 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2353487?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2353487 The U.S. Department of Justice said Friday it is investigating potential price-fixing in the fragrance industry and asked a New Jersey federal judge for permission to intervene in litigation accusing fragrance giants of conspiring to reduce competition, saying it needs to protect the criminal investigation. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 21:28:17 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2352992?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2352992 The acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director issued more than a dozen discretionary denial decisions on Thursday and Friday, where she ruled largely in favor of the challenger, made clear that challenges to young patents have a huge advantage and brought in a denial based on assignor estoppel. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 21:08:03 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2352554?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2352554 Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Real Estate Authority — including an inside look at California's Builder's Remedy, aggressive moves by South Korean mezzanine lenders, and why one BigLaw hospitality leader says hotels are "scared to death."  Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:39:09 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2353214?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2353214 A New Jersey trial court should've reduced a $1.6 million jury verdict to $200,000 sooner in an automobile accident dispute after the plaintiff told both the trial judge and judge in the defendant's bankruptcy proceedings he would seek only $200,000, a state appeals court ruled Friday. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:18:35 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2353204?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2353204 A longtime Thomas Jefferson University Hospital employee filed a retaliation suit in New Jersey state court Wednesday alleging she was ousted from her job for taking sick time and blowing the whistle about what she considered to be improper vendor relationships and language in a grant application. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:47:48 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2353191?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2353191 A former deputy attorney general who worked on environmental cases for New Jersey accused the state of retaliating against him when he sought accommodations for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and later terminated him for his disability. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:14:53 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2353379?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2353379 The Third Circuit declined to hold a panel or full court rehearing of its May decision to uphold the Boy Scouts of America's Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan in a pair of Friday orders rejecting petitions by two sets of abuse survivors, with the orders implying some judges on the court had supported taking another look. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:26:05 +0000 /newjersey/articles/2352437?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newjersey/articles/2352437 The Eastern District of Texas held onto its newly regained title as the busiest patent venue in the U.S., with nearly three times as many cases in 2024 as the once-dominant Western District of Texas. In addition, Patent Trial and Appeal Board filings bounced back after falling to a record low in 2023.