Law

Riker Danzig LLP will move its headquarters to 7 Giralda Farms in Madison, a professional campus on the former Geraldine R. Dodge Estate in July 2025.
Dec 6, 2024

Riker Danzig leaving longtime HQ in Morristown for new space in Madison (updated)

After more than 40 years in the city, the law firm is designing a “new modern, technologically advanced headquarters" with future attorneys in mind.

Five attorneys from Greenberg Dauber Epstein & Tucker will join Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC (CSG Law) as of Jan. 1, 2025.
Dec 2, 2024

CSG adds 5 attorneys from Newark-based boutique business law firm

As Greenberg Dauber Epstein & Tucker plans to close in 2025, several team members will make the move to Roseland-based Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC.

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Nov 18, 2024

Pharma giants defend against high-stakes lawsuit over weight loss drugs

Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are facing scores of personal injury claims for allegedly failing to warn patients about side effects of their blockbuster diabetes and weight loss medications. NJBIZ recently spoke with legal experts about the status of the litigation, as well as possible effects in areas like public trust and the market for GLP-1 drugs.

Tort law
Nov 18, 2024

New tech, societal shifts drive personal injury lawyers to adopt new approaches

NJBIZ spoke with New Jersey-based attorneys about emerging trends that are likely to affect the practice, the types of complaints being brought and how cases will be handled.

Cryptocurrency and the law
Nov 14, 2024

Lowenstein Sandler hires former FTX general counsel

Ryne Miller comes on board as a partner and chair of the new commodities, futures and derivatives practice and co-chair of the crypto group.

Researcher
Nov 11, 2024

OPINION: GIT going

Michael Puzyk, a tax partner with McCarter & English LLP, shares why New Jersey’s research and development tax policy must be fixed.

Superior Court Judge David Katz has been named the new assignment judge for the Hudson Vicinage, effective Nov. 7, 2024.
Nov 8, 2024

Essex County judge tapped to lead Hudson vicinage

Superior Court Judge David Katz succeeds Assignment Judge Jeffrey Jablonski, who accepted a position in the state’s Appellate Division.  

Nov 6, 2024

Brach Eichler adds former Catholic Health GC

With more than 35 years of health care legal experience, Tracy Miller's addition "marks another exciting chapter for our growing healthcare law practice, which strengthens our offerings and complements our steadfast commitment to client service," according to managing member John Fanburg.

Noncompete Agreement
Nov 4, 2024

CLOSING ENTRY: On hold

New Jersey businesses that faced uncertainty regarding the future use of employee noncompete agreements now may take a collective deep breath.

Oct 31, 2024

NJ confirms 5 new Superior Court judges

The additions to the bench in Camden, Morris and Union counties drops the number of vacant seats statewide to below 40.

A new kind of solar array is being tested at Rutgers University in an effort to support farmers and expand the supply of renewable energy. - PROVIDED BY A.J. BOTH/RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
Oct 29, 2024

Expert insight: NJBPU pilot brings solar production to active farms

Genova Burns energy law professional and counsel Kenneth Sheehan provides details on the new "agrivoltaics" program, open to unpreserved farmland in active agriculture or horticulture use.

Parimal Garg has served as Gov. Phil Murphy's chief counsel since October 2020.
Oct 28, 2024

Lowenstein Sandler adds Gov. Murphy’s outgoing chief counsel

“We have got what really is – if I dare say this myself – a pretty extraordinary team,” Chris Porrino, chair of Lowenstein’s Litigation Department, told NJBIZ. “If you’ve got a challenge or a problem or an opportunity in New Jersey, we’ve got the former Chief Counsel, former Justice Barry Albin, former Chief Judge of the federal court Freda Wolfson, three or four former federal pro[...]