The legal battle over a plan to redevelop a Hoboken industrial complex has reached its fourth courtroom in as many years, where a judge is now expected to rule on a zoning dispute in lieu of the Mile Square City's governing body.
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Fla. law firm opens three N.J. offices in response to Sandy
West Palm Beach, Fla.-based law firm Ellis, Ged & Bodden has announced three New Jersey offices, in Point Pleasant Beach, Totowa and Seaside Heights.
Read More »Law firm Goldberg Segalla names new chief operating officer
Goldberg Segalla, a law firm with offices in Princeton, announced Wednesday it has hired Kerry Schiller as its new chief operating officer.
Read More »Judge gives preliminary OK to 100M settlement of class-action suit
A class-action lawsuit led by the New Jersey Carpenters Health Fund has received preliminary approval from a federal judge in New York for a $100 million settlement of losses on mortgage-backed securities that lost value in the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis, according to attorney Joel Laitman.
Read More »Biotechs look to silver lining on much-feared DNA patent ruling
Jeffrey Rosenfeld heard all the gloom-and-doom predictions for the biotech industry in New Jersey following the Supreme Court's landmark ruling on genetic research earlier this month.
Read More »Bar association’s election is a debate about diversity
Nancy Erika Smith makes it very clear: She doesn't want to be elected as the second vice president of the New Jersey Bar Association because she's a woman.
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Senate panel debates bill to limit employers’ ability to ask applicants about criminal history
A bill before a state Senate panel today could create new job prospects for people with criminal convictions, but business groups fear it also could create unnecessary red tape and the potential for legal liability.
Read More »CWA files suit over lottery contract with Northstar
The battle over the state’s plan to privatize some of its lottery functions is headed to court, with the Communications Workers of America announcing today it’s suing to block the move by Gov. Chris Christie’s administration.
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Chiesa’s first boss at law firm fondly recalls Senate appointee, says he ‘can work both sides of the aisle’
Gov. Chris Christie's appointment of Attorney General Jeff Chiesa to be New Jersey's next U.S. senator is putting the law firm where the pair got their starts back in the spotlight.
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Chiesa, attorney general and Christie confidant, to fill Lautenberg’s Senate seat
The state attorney general, a close friend of Chris Christie, will fill New Jersey's open U.S. Senate seat, the governor said today.
Read More »Tech Council chief Alleged trade secret theft not a reason to abandon immigration reform
Word spread this week of New Jersey's latest case of alleged trade secret theft by a foreign-born worker, but the head of the state's technology business trade group says that shouldn't detract from reforms to help companies hire skilled workers from abroad.
Read More »Christie puts stop to so-called ‘Facebook bill’
Gov. Chris Christie on Monday conditionally vetoed the so-called “Facebook bill” that would limit the amount of information job candidates would have to disclose to prospective employers of their social media activity.
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